Indiana*: The Second Scariest CFB Team With a Losing Record
You'll look at Indiana and dismiss them a bit. They couldn't win in conference play, including a loss to a Rutgers team that Michigan beat in the first quarter. Wins against titans like Wake, Western Kentucky, and Southern Illinois aren't too inspiring.
Alas. 40% of those losses come to undefeated teams that Indy played very close. I watched the loss to Michigan State, and though it appears lopsided, and it was in upset territory until the last 5 minutes or so. With games against Maryland and Purdue, Michigan could very well be playing a bowl-eligeable team this week.
There is a can full of expletives, none of them joyful, and I fear it will be opened on Michigan. With Penn State and The Game just after, I find myself concerned.
WHAT SAY YOU?
* Thanks to several folks for the correction!
November 9th, 2015 at 4:37 AM ^
November 9th, 2015 at 4:42 AM ^
Harbaugh?
November 9th, 2015 at 9:03 AM ^
Who's first? Texas?
Hehehe it feels good that I am not asking a rhetorical question.
November 9th, 2015 at 9:29 AM ^
November 9th, 2015 at 10:00 AM ^
How does that confuse you? It used to be us. It is not us anymore. It's beautiful to see a blue blood suffer (as long as it is not your blue blood). Are you following this?
November 9th, 2015 at 10:12 AM ^
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November 9th, 2015 at 4:43 AM ^
They gave up 55 points to Rutgers.
At home.
November 9th, 2015 at 9:21 AM ^
This^. They will get yards on us. Get used to that.
But we will get yards and points on them. We will trade touchdowns for field goals with them. That will be the difference in the game.
November 9th, 2015 at 4:47 AM ^
That's why you play the game. If you do things right, you prepare and play as if each opponent is the number one team in the country. When you don't respect a lowly ranked opponent, you get upset.
One of the reasons why Harbaugh makes the big bucks is his ability to get his players motivated against teams that you should beat.
November 9th, 2015 at 6:14 AM ^
...a key factor that separates the great coaches from the merely very good.
November 9th, 2015 at 8:37 AM ^
Exactly. A prime example is our game against Akron that we almost lost. Also, I'm not saying Brady is a very good coach. He is average to below average, but the lack of preparation for that game is a perfect example as to why teams should always prepare for every opponent as if they're an excellent team.
November 9th, 2015 at 5:01 AM ^
November 9th, 2015 at 10:52 AM ^
& sums up my thoughts pretty well.
Indiana is a high scoring team, primarily through the air.
Our secondary consists of average, to lights-out stars. advantage even.
Our linebackers are at their worst in coverage. advantage Indiana
Our front 4-7 will stop anything resembling a run game in it's tracks and they may get negative yardage on the ground. They will also put immense pressure on their QB to throw quickly before eating turf. big advantage Michigan.
Our offense can be shaky at best some days, but they have such a shitty D that it won't take 30+ points to beat them.
They'll get yards, they'll get points. I think the closest this game gets is 21-17 Michigan, with 30-13 more realistic.
November 9th, 2015 at 5:08 AM ^
They played OSU close earlier in conference play. Fear level is at 3, as I can see them putting up a fight.
November 9th, 2015 at 7:59 AM ^
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November 9th, 2015 at 9:41 AM ^
Not only did they play OSU close, they had a first and goal at the OSU 6 with :45 left and a chance to tie.
November 9th, 2015 at 10:29 AM ^
Without their starting QB.
November 9th, 2015 at 5:09 AM ^
November 9th, 2015 at 10:46 AM ^
In the original script, Indy was supposed to fight this guy, but Ford had a bad case of dysentery so they changed it to him just shooting the guy.
November 9th, 2015 at 8:45 AM ^
Is that done down there?
November 9th, 2015 at 9:28 AM ^
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November 9th, 2015 at 9:08 AM ^
I'd prefer to call them Diana, as opposed to Indy, if we are just making-up stuff.
November 9th, 2015 at 5:23 AM ^
November 9th, 2015 at 5:35 AM ^
indy played both ohio and msu tight until later in the game and both were on the road. they have a far better offense than rutgers. and though we played well saturday, we had two consecutive nail-biters before that against teams 'we' thought we were going to beat by a zillion. college sports don't easily fall into the transitive principal given their widely varying performance marks, and we are playing indy on the road.
do i think we'll win? of course. do i think we need to be careful of a 'trap' game or a game where indy finally plays 4 quarters where they make most of their passes, get a few calls, and find a turnover or two? absolutely. JH won't let us look past them, but don't be so sure we're going to curbstomp them.
November 9th, 2015 at 5:58 AM ^
November 9th, 2015 at 7:06 AM ^
November 9th, 2015 at 10:17 AM ^
i'm easily confused....
November 9th, 2015 at 7:37 AM ^
Indy is an NFL team. Picking nits, yes. But besides you and the OP I've never heard Indiana (or IU) ever called Indy.
November 9th, 2015 at 6:12 AM ^
No gimmes next three games. Two on the road.
November 9th, 2015 at 6:16 AM ^
scares me. OTOH, the IU defense doesn't scare anyone.
Overall, the IU team lacks depth; the coaching of the offensive side of the ball is good but lacks the talent to make the team good enough to overcome that lack of depth and their porous defense.
My fear level is 4, and that is somewhat due to this being a road game with bigger-name opponents on the horizon.
November 9th, 2015 at 6:19 AM ^
They learned a lesson at Minny. I don't think they will take Ind lightly at all. Another thing with Indiana is that they don't have the depth of an upper tier B1G team. I would think they would be a bit beat up at this point in the season. Unlikely they have the same horsepower this Saturday that they had earlier in the season against osu. In other words, this game does not concern me. The PSU game will be a much greater challenge.
November 9th, 2015 at 6:31 AM ^
Their strength is our strength. Our CBs can be had on a few plays because they play aggressive. Our LBs are not world beaters. But this is still a really good defense. They will control the line of scrimmage and eventually force their will in the 3rd quarter. On the other side of the ball, I see this Indiana defense no better than anyone else we played, including UNLV. We were able to put up points on all the defenses we played so far, including MSU, NU, MN. The only way we can lose this game is if we turnover the ball 4 or 5 times. I don't see that happening as we will keep it on the ground most of the day. So, my fear level is 3 because it is on the road. I would have given 1 to Rutgers.
November 9th, 2015 at 6:44 AM ^
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November 9th, 2015 at 6:56 AM ^
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November 9th, 2015 at 7:18 AM ^
November 9th, 2015 at 8:49 AM ^
Yeah I thought about that after I posted, basically, we just need MSU to drop one more and we need to win our remaining games.
November 9th, 2015 at 10:45 AM ^
I'm fairly confident that the Nuteyes will be able to flush the men in skirts down the Toilet Bowl.
November 9th, 2015 at 7:58 AM ^
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November 9th, 2015 at 9:49 AM ^
That means we held serve this weekend.
November 9th, 2015 at 6:45 AM ^
Who is the scariest?
November 9th, 2015 at 6:50 AM ^
November 9th, 2015 at 7:59 AM ^
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November 9th, 2015 at 6:57 AM ^
November 9th, 2015 at 7:29 AM ^
Well, they are certainly going to exploit our linebackers and safeties. Everybody is going to do that now, since those are the only vulnerabilities of our defense. We can expect some blows in every game to Morgan and Hill in coverage. But it shouldn't be anywhere near enough to counter how many we score on them. I think they'll get 20 points on us, which is pretty alarming. But we shoyuld be the 40's easily.
November 9th, 2015 at 7:01 AM ^
But their YPG average is better than Ohio State, Michigan State, Stanford, Alabama, LSU and Florida State.
We will probably need to score at least 40 to win. Our defense will do well to hold them under 30. It is a very losable game...
November 9th, 2015 at 7:30 AM ^
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November 9th, 2015 at 8:24 AM ^