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Anyone heard anything regarding personnel changes to the O Line?

1 minute ago, DC2345 said:

Potentially both

Guessing Sales at RT? 

1 minute ago, DC2345 said:

Rumor has it some changes could be happening here soon. 

Coaching staff or personnel?

49 minutes ago, cbranhamuc said:

That's a pretty odd take. I would argue UC and the city of Cincinnati has 10x more to offer to a college kid than Bloomington Indiana. Cincys population is north of 300,000, Bloomington is around 85k. And IU may not think about UC much, but I assure you, we don't think about IU at all-neither program has won anything in what seems like forever-but hey, keep trying in football!

I don’t think anyone cares about the population of the city, you go to college to hang out with college kids, not hang out with adults who live in the city. Unless that’s different at Cincinnati I guess? 

I think Bloomington is a vastly superior college town than Cincinnati is. Not to mention Indiana as a brand is pretty far above Cincinnati regardless of what you want to argue. But if this kid wants to follow an important figure in his life wherever he goes, good for him. I think most people knew he’d follow him wherever he went. 

Who do we even expect to be the starting 5? Seems like there’s a ton of options so it’s hard to figure out a rotation. Is JHS a day one starter?

Camper being out would be a huge blow

29 minutes ago, 5 championships said:

I’m guessing Cincy by 10-14… hope I’m wrong 

first true road game in a big environment. Possibly having a center start his 2nd ever game. I can see the O Line struggling in this one. I’d be happy with a close game in the 4th. 
the one we really need to get is the Nebraska game the following week. 

Honestly, no offense to UC but I’d hardly call Nippert Stadium a big environment. I’m sure their crowd will be energetic but if Nippert was in the Big Ten it would be by far the smallest stadium in the conference.

it only seats 40,000, for comparison, even Northwestern seats 47,000. It is the smallest stadium we will play in by a considerable margin. Second smallest will be Rutgers, and that’s a considerable jump up at 52,000.

54 minutes ago, btownqb said:

Agree. Frustrating. 

The good news is, from what I’m hearing, the divisions won’t be around for much longer.

1 hour ago, OLDIUFAN said:

I don’t know much about Cincinnati. What do they like to do offensively. 

QB has a big arm that can make all the throws, seem to have WR’s more than capable of taking the top off the defense. Decent running attack, stable of backs some of which seem quick and able to pop a big play. Will easily be the biggest test for our secondary this season.
 

That’s just from what I’ve seen of them.

1 hour ago, TheWatShot said:

I think it's the realization that we've got some pretty rough Saturdays ahead of us. The past two games were the easiest on our schedule and we struggled mightily in both. 

Western Kentucky would smoke Nebraska and could give Rutgers and Maryland games. 
 

im not saying we are destined for 7 or 8 wins (although I don’t think it’s impossible), but let’s not pretend like Western Kentucky is some east G5 opponent that we should beat by 30.

2 minutes ago, Parakeet Jones said:

I love the team’s never quit attitude. I hope they find a way to pull it off. 

I’m really torn on this team. On one hand, the way they’ve played they’ll lose handily if they keep it up. 
 

on the other hand, it feels like we haven’t put it all together yet. Hopeful we can we do it this week.

I’ll take IU +14

In zero of our games I would say we’ve looked like a good, well rounded football team… that’s concerning. That being said, we haven’t played our best football but have shown up when needed and are 3-0. 
 

I think you can see flashes of a good team. When it’s do or die time, our guys seem to know how to lock in and get the job done. 
 

@Cincy is clearly a big game. I don’t think anyone knows exactly what to make of this team, and while I think Illinois and Western Kentucky are both solid teams, Cincinnati will be a step up and we will need to be significantly better than we’ve been so far this season.

Is this the week we do it, or is that just the kind of team we are? A team with talent but just can’t put it all together with a lot of guys with “potential” but might just not ever realize it? 

The trenches are certainly an issue. I like Benson at RG significantly more than Weaver. Loved how much the start meant to Murphy at center but really hope Carpenter’s injury is short term or that Knight is back next week…. Because I saw him getting blown off the ball on a few plays vs WKU which does not bode well for his ability to handle Cincinnati and Big Ten lines. 
 

Same issue defensively, I like our secondary and line backing core but not sold on anyone on the defensive line (outside of maybe Tevis, he’s been solid this season). If we are going to hang tough and try to beat Cincinnati, that’s where the biggest improvement needs to be. 

4 hours ago, OLDIUFAN said:

Why can’t we fix our offensive line? Are we slow, physically weak, coaching. Doesn’t seem like we know how to fix it! IU has had some really good running teams that could get chunks on yards. This one an a half yards and a cloud of dust isn’t getting the job done! 

I honestly think Hiller has to go. It’s becoming a theme.

7 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

Nebraska is something 

It is certainly something resembling a football team, I’ve been told.

1 hour ago, Hoosier82 said:

This team will deserve better when they win games and in return they’ll get better. It’s pretty simple. Also, you’re going to have this no matter what when you agree to a 8pm kickoff and games take 4+ hours. 

I don’t know why we have the most stuck up fanbase of all time but being in the game with two minutes left and the ball against a Big Ten team at the season opener is not the scenario fans should be leaving under. 
 

I don’t care what the history or the situation is. 

Just now, Stlboiler23 said:

Do you guys allow alcohol at the stadium yet? 

Yep 

19 minutes ago, btownqb said:

Also.. and I really dont care how judgemental this sounds and I don't care if this offends anyone here... 

If you left that game early last night, you should be ashamed. 

We were never down more than 4 points!!!! It makes no sense. Zero. Carry on. 

Pretty embarrassing. I saw people leaving right before we got the ball back at the end of the game. You kidding me?

Team deserves better.

I think people forget Illinois won 4 Big Ten games last year. They just had a tough start to the year but were solid last year.

They aren’t some awful team.

Are these new permanent road uniforms? It doesn’t specify it’s for one game. 

Anyone heard anything regarding who we expect at QB?

Just on the topic of Hiller vs McCullough….

Anyone think Notre Dame would even spend 30 seconds looking at Hiller for a job there? 
 

just don’t get this at all.

19 minutes ago, btownqb said:

What? We literally replaced our OC/DC/DL. And our AHC can't offer any more stability then that because he didn't get his way? That's pretty weak if so.  

DM completely decimated our RBs room, btw.  

I mean, I like the defensive changes but that’s not exactly what our weak point was. Our offense was horrendous. The O Line was probably the absolute weakest part of our team. 

2 minutes ago, btownqb said:

And it doesn't mean CTA is. I didn't avoid anything.  

No, but it’s pretty perplexing we’ve had the most disappointing football season probably in program history and have made one single significant coaching change.

Why are we willing to lose McCullough to protect Hiller? What O-Line has Hiller trotted out that’s ever performed above expectation? Our O Line has been consistently worse than what it was under previous coaching.

I just don’t get this at all.

2 minutes ago, btownqb said:

Ok. So he is pouting? Either you're in or you're out. Apparently he's out.  🤷‍♂️

That’s sort of avoiding the topic.

Yes, it clearly looks like he’s out. If he’s out, it doesn’t mean he’s wrong. 
 

if he’s out because he doesn’t think Allen holds coaches accountable….. that’s not a good look at all. 
 

Frankly I’d think it’s absurd if we lose McCollough because of Hiller. Give me DM all day over Hiller.