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(12/02/14 3:21am)
The Old Oaken Bucket is back where it belongs for the second year in a row— the first time this has happened since 1993-94. Also back in Bloomington for another season is Coach Kevin Wilson, Bruce Feldman of Fox Sports reported on Sunday.
IU finished its season 4-8 overall and 1-7 in the Big Ten. At the beginning of the season, if you had told me this record would be the end result, then I would have been calling for Wilson’s firing.
However, my thoughts have changed since then.
Before the season, the expectation was that IU would take that next step up from a five-win team and become bowl-eligible. The opportunity was there to get six wins.
IU lost to Bowling Green in a game that could have ended its bowl hopes after two games, but the Hoosiers shocked the nation by beating Missouri on the road in what I believed to be the biggest win in school history. It may have been, but wasn’t after what transpired in the Iowa when quarterback Nate Sudfeld went down with an injury and was lost for the season.
It isn’t often that an injury ruins a season the way Sudfeld’s did. IU lost every game remaining besides the season finale against Purdue. His loss took away any chance of a bowl game.
Having backup quarterback Chris Covington get injured in the same week and being out for the season certainly didn’t help the Hoosiers. Zander Diamont just wasn’t ready to start in the Big Ten. While he improved as the season went on, it wasn’t enough.
But let’s be clear on something. It wasn’t just Sudfeld’s injury that saved Wilson’s job. Did it help? It sure did. But it was the improvement of the defense that I think earned Wilson his job for next year. The defense improved enough to win games. It was the lackluster quarterback play on offense that let the team down. Had Sudfeld been there, this team would be preparing for a bowl game right now. Last season, everyone said IU had to have just an average defense to win six, seven or even eight games. The Hoosiers got that defense.
With a healthy Sudfeld, a now prepared backup in Diamont and a much improved defense, this team should go to a bowl game next year. Add in a much easier schedule, and there are 10 winnable games for next season (Southern Illinois, Florida International, Western Kentucky, Wake Forest, Penn State, Rutgers, Iowa, Michigan, Maryland and Purdue).
Now some people will read this column and say that keeping Wilson will result in another bad season, or that losing Sudfeld isn’t an excuse or that the improved defense was a result of the defensive coordinator Brian Knorr.
I can’t put the blame on Wilson for Tre Roberson and Cam Coffman transferring to places they were going to play more. They knew Sudfeld was going to be the starter, and they simply wanted to be on the field. Wilson never had the opportunity to recruit another quarterback because Roberson transferred so late in the summer.
Now a ton of the credit has to go to Knorr in relation to the defense, but Wilson was involved and helped hire Knorr, so you have to give Wilson his fair share of credit just as he received blame for poor past defenses.
Another thing most IU fans often forget, when you fire a coach, the goal is to hire someone better than the previous guy. I have a hard time believing there is a guy willing to come to IU that would put the Hoosiers in a better position to succeed next year than with Wilson.
In an offseason where likely Michigan, Florida and Nebraska will be looking for new coaches, the top coaching candidates will be hired there, and then a second tier of candidates will replace those people at their old schools, leaving bottom-tier candidates for a school like IU. The Hoosiers would not be hiring the top assistant in the nation like they did with Wilson.
IU needs to keep a coach for more than three or four seasons. The program is not in a high enough caliber position to be able to cycle coaches like it has in the past. Wilson is the fifth coach at the helm for the Hoosiers since Bill Mallory, the winningest coach in IU history, was fired in 1996 after 13 seasons. This program needs consistency.
Next season will be boom or bust for Wilson and his staff. There will be no more excuses. But being the optimist I am, I’d put my money on boom.
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(11/24/14 2:18am)
If you had Indiana beating Ohio State in football late in the third quarter on Saturday, I’m going to need you to fill out some lottery numbers for me.
After Tevin Coleman did what he does week after week— run for a long touchdown— the Hoosiers were up by six with an upset over the No. 6 Buckeyes in their sights.
Then reality set in, the Earth went back to its normal rotation and Ohio State dominated the final quarter, beating IU 42-27.
Normally I’d say there is no such thing as a moral victory. Normally I would say a loss by 15 points is unacceptable. But in all honesty, did anyone actually expect IU to even be in this game come the second quarter, let alone the second half? I consider myself an IU football optimist, and even I thought the Hoosiers would lose by 50.
This loss was a moral victory. We saw flashes. We saw potential. The defense continues to make progress, as we saw sophomore safety Antonio Allen snatch two interceptions. This team had fans on the edge of their seats into the fourth quarter wondering if the world was coming to an end and IU was going to beat another ranked team on the road in the same season.
The Hoosiers gave fans a reason to keep their TV’s on in the second half— and that’s more than anyone thought we’d get.
Zander Diamont has gotten a bit more comfortable at quarterback, he still lacks arm strength and isn’t the best decision maker, but he has gotten better and could possibly be a serviceable backup in the future. He was 11-for-27 passing for 114 yards and a costly interception.
Tevin Coleman gave everyone a show running for 228 yards and three touchdowns on 27 carries, as he closes in on 2,000 yards for the season (1906). He remains second in the nation in rushing behind Wisconsin’s Melvin Gordon who has 2,109 yards.
Do I think IU is even close to as good as Ohio State? Of course not. But IU played a heck of a game for about 42 minutes. This team just needs to learn how to make it a full 60 minutes. However, it could also have been that the Buckeyes simply went through the motions until they realized that they couldn’t beat IU unless they kicked it into another gear.
IU was playing for pride, while Ohio State was playing for a playoff spot.
The Hoosiers did all they could against one of the nation’s best teams, and hopefully it’ll create a bit of a buzz for the final home game against Purdue next Saturday.
Purdue is a team that IU can beat, and should beat. But it won’t be an easy task. The Boilermakers are better than they were last year. It will all come down to whether or not Coleman can continue to be this team’s savior and carry the team. With another performance like the one against the Buckeyes, the Old Oaken Bucket should stay in Bloomington.
I just hope Coleman’s back doesn’t hurt too much.
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(11/16/14 3:45am)
IU fans have two games left to watch Tevin Coleman run up and down the field in a Hoosier uniform.
After a career high 307 rushing yards on 32 carries in IU’s 45-23 loss to Rutgers, it is all but official that Coleman will be leaving school early to enter the NFL draft, just as wide receiver Cody Latimer did last year.
Coleman was able to bounce back nicely after not reaching 100 yards rushing last week against Penn State, however, the IU defense went back to being average, and turnovers, penalties and bad decisions cost the Hoosiers their chance to pull off a win.
Coleman has reached 100 yards on the ground in every game besides last week. He is second in the country in rushing yards behind Wisconsin’s Melvin Gordon who just set the NCAA record for rushing yards in a game at 408 (in three quarters). He also has 12 touchdowns on the year.
With a chance to reach 2,000 rushing yards for the season (at 1,678 right now), Coleman is clearly the best running back IU has had since Anthony Thompson.
Coleman deserved better from this team.
His monster season has gone almost unnoticed by the national media because his team can’t win games.
Coleman can’t do it all. He can’t play quarterback, running back and wide receiver. He can’t play defense. His teammates have let him down.
Quarterback Zander Diamont did finally play better Saturday, but his receivers didn’t help him out— despite Shane Wynn having a great day statistically with 11 catches for 120 yards and a touchdown. There were just too many drops.
Now the final two games of Coleman’s career will be spent in games devoted to developing young players. There is no bowl game to play for. The only thing left is the rivalry game against Purdue.
We’ve essentially watched a Heisman caliber season go to waste.
Coleman himself said it best early on in the season.
“It’s hard to get recognized as a running back here at Indiana,” Coleman said. “Maybe if I were somewhere else I’d probably be noticed because it’s a bigger school and they win much more. I just have to keep working and we have to keep working hard and we have to win more games and maybe I’ll be noticed.”
His talents haven’t been rewarded with attention outside of Bloomington, and his efforts haven’t been rewarded with a bowl game— just like Cody Latimer.
But next year, when he runs up and down the field on an NFL defense, he’ll finally get his due. But until that time, cherish his last two games as a Hoosier.
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(11/09/14 2:53am)
I never thought I would see the day when the IU defense would give up just 13 points and still lose. Add in the fact that the defense even scored a touchdown, and the idea becomes even more unfathomable.
However, that was the case on Saturday as Penn State beat the Hoosiers 13-7 in Memorial Stadium.
The defense was incredible the entire afternoon except for one play- PSU running back Bill Belton’s 92-yard touchdown run in the second quarter. Senior safety Mark Murphy returned an interception to the house to give the Hoosiers the only points they would score all game long, and the front seven sacked PSU’s golden boy Christian Hackenberg five times. Add in another interception late in the fourth quarter to give the offense good field position, and the defense did all it could to put the team in a position to win.
The IU offense was every bit as determined to give the game back to the Nittany Lions. The offense did not make a single trip inside the red zone— let alone score. Not one of IU’s 68 plays came inside the red zone. Zander Diamont, while throwing for a career high 68 yards on 13-of-27 attempts, still only threw for 68 yards.
Now you still have to give credit to the PSU defense, ranked No. 1 in rush defense and No. 2 in total defense in the entire country— but to not move the ball at all is not acceptable.
IU started off with good field position countless times and squandered it every time. Tevin Coleman struggled, his streak of games with 100 yards rushing ending at 10 after gaining 71 yards on 20 carries. The receiving core made several key drops including one in the fourth quarter by Simmie Cobbs on third down that would have given the Hoosiers a first down. The next play, Griffin Oakes missed a long field goal attempt from 51 yards out.
There was questionable play calling throughout the game, especially when it came to short fourth downs. IU Coach Kevin Wilson elected to punt every time. There were opportunities to go for it and try to get down into an area where the offense could score, but instead punted. With an offense led by Diamont, IU needs to take advantage of the rare chances it has to put points on the board, and on Saturday that didn’t happen. With the defense playing as well as it was, IU could’ve afforded to take a risk or two.
You can see the progress on Diamont over the past few games, but he still doesn’t look like a guy capable of leading a Big Ten team. We didn’t see the wildcat at all. We did see some longer throws being attempted by the Hoosiers, but it is clear that Diamont just doesn’t have the arm to make those throws. The most impressive offensive play was a 24-yard completion to tight end Jordan Fuchs, but it came on a third and 26.
At this point it is time to look ahead to the future, and if the defense can continue to play anywhere near the level it did Saturday, good things will come—eventually. That eventually will just have to wait until next year.
In the meantime, get well soon Nate Sudfeld.
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(11/03/14 2:35am)
ANN ARBOR, Mich. --- The IU football team has passed for 35 yards in the past two games.
Freshman Zander Diamont is responsible for all of them. Put into a tough situation as the starter because of injuries, it is difficult to be angry with Diamont because fans can’t have high expectations. However, after completing just 5-of-8 passes for 24 yards in the Hoosiers’ 34-10 loss to Michigan on Saturday, Diamont should no longer be the starting quarterback going forward.
IU has fallen to 3-5 and 0-4 in the Big Ten, and the possibility of a bowl game becomes slimmer and slimmer with each passing day.
There has to be a change, something completely different than what we’ve seen the past two weeks. Now to give Kevin Wilson credit, he did run several trick plays and direct snaps to running back. Some of them worked, some did not. But I want more.
Zander Diamont has no business being a starting quarterback in the Big Ten.
IU’s best player and biggest offensive threat is running back Tevin Coleman. IU can’t fully take advantage of Coleman because they have no passing attack. Opposing teams have no reason not to stack the box on every single play and force Diamont to beat them through the air, because he has made it clear he cannot complete passes consistently and certainly can’t when facing a blitz. No matter how good Coleman is, he can’t be the playmaker IU needs him to be when he faces eight guys in the box every play.
Michigan Coach Brady Hoke said his team’s game-plan was to keep Coleman between the tackles and in front of them, something they were able to accomplish.
IU needs to take more chances. They have nothing to lose at this point in the season. If Wilson chooses to keep Diamont at quarterback, then he needs to throw the ball 20 times a game so the team has something else to game-plan for besides running the ball every play with Coleman.
What the team should do, however, is change the offense. Run the wildcat, have more direct snaps, put in someone else at the quarterback position. You can’t convince me that there is nobody else on the roster that can’t throw just as well if not better than Diamont. There has to be someone.
Coleman said he isn’t the best passer and has tried it in practice. Running back Devine Redding was mentioned as a guy who could throw. Give D’Angelo Roberts a chance to throw. Put in freshman quarterback Danny Cameron. The Hoosiers have to do something differently so they can create just enough space that Coleman can do his thing.
This offense has to use trickery and unusual formations. IU cannot and will not win another game this season (even against Purdue) if it cannot make changes on the offensive side of the ball.
It doesn’t make sense to me why the Hoosiers did not attempt a single pass in the fourth quarter when the game was out of reach. That was an opportunity to give Diamont some in-game reps that he needed.
IU takes on Penn State at home next, and unless something changes, expect yet another loss.
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(10/19/14 1:28am)
Expectations were low for Saturday’s IU football game against No. 8 Michigan State. With a freshman quarterback making his first career start against a stacked Spartans defense who also happen to have a pretty good offense this year, things weren’t looking good for the Hoosiers.
Things didn’t go well, as expected, and IU dropped to 3-4 on the year with a 56-17 loss to Michigan State.
As I stood in the stands during the final moments of the game, (yes I stayed until the end, as I always do) I couldn’t help but feel bad for the team. This was a team that started the season with a lot of potential. This was a team that beat a ranked Missouri team on the road. This was a team that looked like it could finally reach a bowl game. But now, that all seems to be gone.
What makes it so sad is that it isn’t completely the fault of Coach Kevin Wilson or the players. While Wilson has made some boneheaded play calls and the players have certainly made mistakes on the field, the injury bug has gotten to IU, and may have done them in for the season.
When junior starting quarterback Nate Sudfeld went down for the season last week, this team lost its leader. More importantly, it lost the glue keeping the offense together. He is clearly the best passer the team has, and without the ability to move the ball through the air, it will be difficult for this offense to do much the rest of the year.
Yes IU has the best running back in the nation, but even Tevin Coleman won’t be able to completely carry the offense when opposing defenses are stacking eight guys in the box every play. He was able to extend his streak of games with 100 yards rushing or more to nine straight, as he went for 132 yards on 15 carries. But he had his streak of consecutive games with a touchdown snapped at 15.
What made the Sudfeld injury even worse was that freshman backup Chris Covington went down with an ACL injury and is out indefinitely. Third stringer and freshman Zander Diamont didn’t play well at all against the Spartans, going 5-for-15 and throwing for 11 yards. He threw for no touchdowns, but ran for one despite having -12 rushing yards on 10 carries. He looked uncomfortable in the pocket. He turned to hand the ball off the wrong way on a play, and he showed no arm strength at all.
I couldn’t tell you the last time IU had a game where they completed just five passes.
With Diamont set to lead the way the rest of the season, I don’t feel confident in the Hosiers winning another game. Even the Purdue game to close out the year is starting to look like it could be tough with the Boilermakers improvement.
Could IU win another game? Of course. I think they will, I just won’t be making any guarantees. Could IU still win six games? Yes. There are still four winnable games left on the schedule: Michigan, Penn State, Rutgers, and Purdue. The Hoosiers would have to win three of these games. Do I see it happening? Not with these injuries.
The Hoosiers now have a bye week to prepare for their trip to the Big House. Hopefully the offense works things out, because this team must beat Michigan to keep the season alive. My co-host Tori Ziege and I will be broadcasting the game from Ann Arbor Nov. 1 on WIUX. It will be a pivotal match-up, as the IU season hinges on it.
Even more reason to tune in.
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(10/13/14 3:48pm)
Here’s what we learned from Saturday’s IU football game against Iowa: Nate Sudfeld is important.
That could be an understatement after the Hoosiers lost 45-29 to the Hawkeyes in Iowa City in a game where the nation’s leading rusher Tevin Coleman ran for 219 yards and three touchdowns.
Really the only thing we learned from Saturday’s game is that Chris Covington is not a good enough quarterback to lead IU to any wins in the Big Ten. We knew the defense was shaky. We knew the receiving core has been up and down. We knew Coleman was good.
Covington, who was converted from linebacker in preseason practice, went 3-for-12 and threw for 31 yards and two interceptions after he took over for Sudfeld, who went down in the second quarter with a separated shoulder. There is no definite timetable for Sudfeld’s return as he could be out anywhere from a few practices to several games.
Purely a running quarterback, Covington struggled mightily throwing the football, and Iowa was able to stack the box play after play with only a couple runs by Coleman to keep the Hoosiers in the game.
IU could use a guy like Tre Roberson right about now.
But the Hoosiers no longer have the luxury of a good second quarterback, and unless they burn Zander Diamont’s redshirt and see what he can do, they won’t for the remainder of the season. Covington has potential as a runner, maybe a guy that could compete for a running back or a position on defense next season , but he doesn’t belong under center.
While Nate Sudfeld is not an outstanding quarterback, he is more than good enough to help this team win Big Ten football games—Covington is not.
If Sudfeld is forced to miss time, and I suspect he will at least miss this week’s game against Michigan State, IU should burn Diamont’s redshirt and get him on the field. He has more potential at the position and sure gives the Hoosiers a better chance at an upset of the Spartans.
There are two players who IU absolutely could not lose to injury— Sudfeld and Coleman. And I do not want an injured Sudfeld on the field against the conference’s best and ferocious Michigan State defense that takes pleasure in tormenting opposing quarterbacks. Take your chances with someone else and heal up over the bye week to be ready for a struggling Michigan team that IU can beat.
There are more people at fault than Covington of course, it’s tough to put too much blame on a freshman backup quarterback. The defense was awful in the first half, allowing 38 points, and 28 alone in the first quarter. The offensive line looked bad in pass protection. The receivers forgot how to catch a football.
It’s a loss that this team can bounce back from, the Hoosiers have played Michigan State tough in recent years, and there is always potential for a major upset. However, IU needs to sort out its backup quarterback position because Kevin Wilson can’t throw in a guy like Covington where he is set up to fail.
Maybe Coleman can throw the ball too.
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(10/05/14 6:16pm)
Indiana beat North Texas on Saturday 49-24 at Memorial Stadium. The win was nothing special— and that’s just fine.
Coming off of an ugly loss to Maryland, the Hoosiers simply needed to get back on track. The offense, which looked stagnant last week, returned to a form fans are more accustomed to.
Tevin Coleman ran for 151 yards and a touchdown, D’Angelo Roberts ran for 102 yards and two touchdowns. Nate Sudfeld looked much better this week as he improved on his accuracy, completing 23-of 29 passes for 230 yards and three touchdowns- two of which went to Shane Wynn who also had 127 yards receiving.
This was a must-win game for IU, and they got it done just like they should have against an opponent like North Texas.
To make a bowl game, IU now needs to win three of its final seven games—a task that will prove challenging, but nevertheless one that can be done by this team.
I can’t sit here and tell you the offensive explosion Saturday afternoon is what you should expect every Saturday, but I also think the showing goes a long way in boosting the confidence of a team that has a Jekyll and Hyde personality, and lacks consistency.
Fans never know whether the good team will show up as it did against Missouri, or the bad team will show up as it did against Bowling Green and Maryland. Beating the teams that you’re supposed to beat has been a struggle for the Hoosiers in the past. This week won’t wow anyone, but it should relieve fans as it gives the Hoosiers a clear path towards the bowl appearance that has eluded them since 2007.
Sudfeld, who I was hard on after last week’s loss, played much better, and looked to get into a rhythm with his receivers, most notably Shane Wynn, who blew by the coverage twice for long touchdowns. Wynn played more in the slot than on the outside, which is good for both him and the Hoosiers. Not only did he look more comfortable, but after the game he said he is more comfortable in the slot since he has played there for three years. If IU Coach Kevin Wilson continues to play him in the slot, the offense could become more dangerous, and allow Wynn to make plays like he did Saturday.
Saturday’s win was all about making adjustments and coming out and showing the Maryland loss wasn’t weighing on the minds of the players. IU responded well. Coleman’s touchdown marked the 14th straight game he got in the end zone, and it was also his seventh straight game with over 100 yards rushing. Both are the longest active streaks in the country. The running game opened up the passing game, and the passing game opened up the running game as the Hoosiers look to keep the offense balanced.
As Bachman Turner Overdrive would say, the Hoosiers are just takin’ care of business.
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(09/28/14 2:48am)
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By: Andrew Vailliencourt
IU football had a chance to do something Saturday that it hadn’t done in a very long time. Memorial Stadium had a huge crowd of over 44,000 people, and the student section was completely full. Let’s say that again. The IU student section was FULL from top to bottom at the start of the Hoosiers’ matchup with Maryland.
For once, fans showed up to support and thank the team that went on the road and beat a ranked SEC opponent. In return, the Hoosiers thanked their fans by not showing up in a lackluster 37-15 loss to Maryland.
The game was a disaster from the start. Penalties killed the Hoosiers, as they had two touchdowns called back due to penalties with a total of nine for the game. One penalty on a Shane Wynn punt return that would have changed the game entirely, and the other came on a breakout touchdown run by Tevin Coleman. It felt like the game couldn’t go more than a few plays without a flag flying across the field.
With a win, IU football would have proven it could be taken seriously as a contender. Instead, the Hoosiers showed they are more like the team we saw lose to Blowing Green.
Maryland played the entire second half with its backup quarterback in the game, and the IU defense still gave up 17 points.
The Terrapins entered play Saturday ranked LAST in the Big Ten in total defense. Yet the IU offense, which is supposed to be high powered and explosive, put up a whopping 15 points on 332 total yards. (Maryland had given up an average of 460 yards per game)
Maryland continually stacked the box, making it tough for Tevin Coleman to get going. It wasn’t really until the fourth quarter when the game was out of reach—aka, garbage time—that Coleman had any decent carries. He finished with 22 carries for 122 yards and a touchdown. Because it couldn’t get the run game going, IU was forced to throw the ball. The Terrapins dared IU to beat them with the pass.
Enter Nate Sudfeld, who is supposed to be the guy that can finally get IU over the hump. He’s the quarterback that can throw, as opposed to former mobile IU quarterback Tre Roberson, who transferred to Illinois State. But what does Sudfeld do against the Terrapins? He throws incomplete passes, and lots of them.
Sudfeld went 14-for-37 for 126 yards and one interception. Zero touchdowns. Against the worst defense in the entire conference.
Nate Sudfeld has to be better. If he wants to be a great quarterback, or simply wants to lead his team to a bowl game, he has to make better decisions and throws. Too many passes were too high over a receiver’s head, in the ground, or off pace of his receiver. You can’t have a quarterback who is inaccurate.
To be fair, Sudfeld doesn’t have much help. The IU receiving core is not good, to put it lightly. This team misses former receivers Cody Latimer, Kofi Hughes, and tight end Ted Bolser from last year. IU’s wide receivers must improve. However, just because Sudfeld’s wide receivers aren’t NFL caliber doesn’t give him an excuse for his poor passing performance.
With the up and down defense IU has, the Hoosiers need a quarterback that can win them games. Sudfeld is not that guy. Sudfeld is a game manager that benefitted greatly from having three star players to throw the ball to last season.
The lack of preparation for this game falls on the coaching staff. Coach Kevin Wilson has to be better. You can’t expect to enter a conference game unprepared and expect to win.
With just over two minutes left in the second quarter and IU trailing 20-6, the Hoosiers got the ball to start at its own 22 yard line. With an offense that is supposedly explosive, it should be built for a two minute drive. IU would receive the opening kick to start the second half, and with a touchdown before the half, the Hoosiers had the potential to tie the game with that first drive. However, Wilson decided to run the ball, and milked the clock down to under thirty seconds before burning his last timeout—content with not scoring any points and entering the half trailing by 14. Maryland then received a penalty, giving IU good field position, prompting Wilson to throw the ball. IU didn’t have nearly enough time to get a touchdown, and were forced to kick a 58 yard field goal, which miraculously went in.
That was a horrible two minutes of coaching, and should IU not make a bowl game, I will cite instances like this when I argue that Wilson should be fired.
The only positive to come out of Saturday’s game was freshman kicker Griffin Oakes, who took over for Aaron Del Grosso. He went 3-for-4 including the school record 58 yarder.
The Hoosiers face a must-win game against North Texas next week, and I wish I could say with certainty that they will win. But with this IU football team, very little is certain. The only thing Hoosiers can count on is FFFLLLAAAGGGSSS.
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