Indiana Football: More OL injuries, Starting RT Peyton Eckert done for the year.

Submitted by markusr2007 on

Indiana is experiencing some OL challenges of it's own.

Starting junior RT Peyton Eckert (6-6, 310 lbs) is now out for the season due to back injury that hasn't healed.  He will be replaced by Sophomore RT Ralston Evans, 6-4, 285 lbs. (3-star, No. 79 tackle)

RG Dan Freeney was lost earlier in the year to injury (Lisfranc injury?).  His replacement RG David Kaminski tore his ACL vs. Penn State.

Link: http://scoop.hoosiershq.com/2013/10/peyton-eckert-out-for-season/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

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Perkis-Size Me

October 17th, 2013 at 1:27 PM ^

They'll still put up points. I'm more concerned about our O-Line than theirs. If we can't generate any push against a rag-tag IU defense, which has been known solely for being terrible for years, than the MSU and OSU games could be legitimate massacres.

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tpilews

October 17th, 2013 at 1:50 PM ^

Who cares? Their offense is designed to get rid of the ball quickly before the defensive line when makes their move. They take their weakness into account and develop a gamelan that minimizes its impact. Who'd a thunk it?

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SalvatoreQuattro

October 17th, 2013 at 3:51 PM ^

IU lost to Navy, got pistol whipped by Connor Cook, and beat PSU at home.  Sure, their offense can give Michigan trouble. They give everyone trouble. But define trouble. They scored 28 on MSU, but lost by 14 to a MSU squad with mediocre-at-best offensive talent.

 

IU's QBs are not exactly hot right now either.They are rotating their guys in. That isn't a good thing.

IU's defense blows chunks and unlike Akron they don't have an Hall of Fame DC running their defense. Oh and Pasqualoni is/was superior to IU's DC as well.

 

Could UM lose this game? Yeah, they could. Such things are possible with young, turnover-prone teams. But they also could score 50 plus and win by a healthy margin.If Michigan struggles it won't be because of IU, but because they didn't not prepare well enough.  However, I suspect and dearly hope that they will be prepared to play.

 

 

 

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BILG

October 17th, 2013 at 1:55 PM ^

They will still out gain us on the ground because they are self aware enough to not run it in between the tackles out of power I goal line sets 30 times a game. Unfortunately our coaches believe we already have the horses to run Alabama's and Stanford's Manball. I

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umbig11

October 17th, 2013 at 2:20 PM ^

our D could exploit this opportunity, I hope we get some pressure and the corners cove the quick throws. I am not feeling good about this game.

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LSAClassOf2000

October 17th, 2013 at 2:36 PM ^

The Indiana offensive line depth chart, which like most teams is likely not the depth chart, reads as follows for the Michigan game:

LT
78 Jason Spriggs, 6-7, 297, So./So.
57 Pete Bachman, 6-5, 298, Sr./Jr.
 
LG
73 Bernard Taylor, 6-2, 295, Jr./Jr. 
65 Wes Rogers, 6-4, 293, So./Fr. 
 
C
64 Collin Rahrig, 6-2, 285, Sr./Jr. 
50 Jake Reed, 6-4, 291, Jr./So.
 
RG
50 Jake Reed, 6-4, 291, Jr./So.
70 Jacob Bailey, 6-5, 301, So./Fr. 
 
RT
62 Ralston Evans, 6-4, 285, Jr./So. 
77 Dimitric Camiel, 6-7, 304, So./Fr. 
 

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BlueHills

October 17th, 2013 at 3:21 PM ^

The team goes from a solid game against Notre Dame, to weak games against losing teams and also-rans. Even the Minnesota game looked like the it was played with the parking brake on.

To say that I don't grok these game plans is an understatement.

If we can't beat Indiana handily, especially with their O-line losses for the season, I might have to become a Detroit Lions fan. And that always ends in disappointment.

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