Reacher Posted September 24 Report Share Posted September 24 https://www.si.com/betting/maryland-vs-indiana-prediction-odds-key-players-watch-college-football-week-5 Can we keep this momentum going? Another 20 point win would make a big statement. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoyeCowbell Posted September 24 Report Share Posted September 24 I absolutely love our depth on offense. The fact that Donaven McCulley has been our, what?, 8th-most productive receiver (or maybe even 11th-best if we include TEs), shows that we have a lot of options and ways to beat teams. I was at the UCLA game and I believe he was only in two plays, both at the goal line. He was an intended target on a fade to the left (incomplete) and ran the same route again later as a decoy, for a Ke'Shawn Williams TD. What I'm saying is, even our "unproductive" players are still quite productive. And then we have our RBs! We haven't really needed to rely on any one person yet. They all seem to get a nice balance of touches that seemingly compliment their strengths given the situation. (Walt Bell, you could never!) Solid, not spectacular D. Fisher and Kamara are obvious highlights. Would like to see tighter rush defense. And maybe Ferrell and Ponds get sent on some havok blitz packages for that element of disruption. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronkonagurski Posted September 24 Report Share Posted September 24 (edited) IU opens as a touchdown favorite against the Box Turtles. In the modern era of football, these teams have split 10 games evenly with Maryland winning the last 3 games and most of those games have been rather high-scoring affairs. We are certainly due to pay them back and get back on the winning side of the ledger. Big Ten home opener, keep the ball rolling. Go Hoosiers! Edited September 24 by bronkonagurski 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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5fouls Posted September 24 Report Share Posted September 24 Maryland lost at home to Michigan State. Throw every other game result for either team out the window. That tells us everything we need to know. If IU wants to be taken seriously in the Big Ten, they have to win, and look good doing it, against the Terps. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kdug Posted September 24 Report Share Posted September 24 30 minutes ago, 5fouls said: Maryland lost at home to Michigan State. Throw every other game result for either team out the window. That tells us everything we need to know. If IU wants to be taken seriously in the Big Ten, they have to win, and look good doing it, against the Terps. Why would we only look at one game either team played? Maryland also won at Virginia by 2 touchdowns. SP+ has them ranked 35th and FPI has them ranked 28th. If we’re a top 25 team, we should win, but I wouldn’t expect this to look like the UCLA game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5 championships Posted September 24 Report Share Posted September 24 Should be a tough game Maryland has real talent. Hope the crowd shows up and gives us an advantage. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted September 24 Report Share Posted September 24 49 minutes ago, 5fouls said: Maryland lost at home to Michigan State. Throw every other game result for either team out the window. That tells us everything we need to know. If IU wants to be taken seriously in the Big Ten, they have to win, and look good doing it, against the Terps. 14 minutes ago, Kdug said: Why would we only look at one game either team played? Maryland also won at Virginia by 2 touchdowns. SP+ has them ranked 35th and FPI has them ranked 28th. If we’re a top 25 team, we should win, but I wouldn’t expect this to look like the UCLA game. VIA ESPN--- Maryland is better than Washington, Nebraska, Northwestern, and Purdue..... equal to MSU A little worse than Michigan I'll take a W in any way. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiminNC Posted September 24 Report Share Posted September 24 They score points and we do too. Whichever defense steps up will win the game. We need to get stops. 35-28 good guys. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobSaccamanno Posted September 24 Report Share Posted September 24 (edited) Maryland is a good team. I like their QB. He gave us fits when he came off the bench in the past. Good athlete and toughness. They have talent and athletes. Our O-line will have a big challenge with their front. It’s going to be a test. Edited September 24 by BobSaccamanno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted September 24 Report Share Posted September 24 53 minutes ago, 5 championships said: Should be a tough game Maryland has real talent. Hope the crowd shows up and gives us an advantage. I'm really hopeful that Hurricane Helene's path takes a turn. Seems Louisville and Southern Indiana are targets for Saturday morning. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reacher Posted September 24 Author Report Share Posted September 24 40 minutes ago, Seeking6 said: I'm really hopeful that Hurricane Helene's path takes a turn. Seems Louisville and Southern Indiana are targets for Saturday morning. Do we have the edge with a running game? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierMama Posted September 24 Report Share Posted September 24 42 minutes ago, Seeking6 said: I'm really hopeful that Hurricane Helene's path takes a turn. Seems Louisville and Southern Indiana are targets for Saturday morning. We are going to this game and I'm very excited to see this team in person! Just got a 5 pack of ponchos for the fam just in case Thanks for the weather report... hopefully it misses Bloomington. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted September 24 Report Share Posted September 24 1 hour ago, Kdug said: Why would we only look at one game either team played? Maryland also won at Virginia by 2 touchdowns. SP+ has them ranked 35th and FPI has them ranked 28th. If we’re a top 25 team, we should win, but I wouldn’t expect this to look like the UCLA game. I stand by the statement that if we want to be taken seriously in the Big Ten, we need to win this game and look good doing it. If Maryland is truly a goo team, then to win, we will have to play well My MSU comparison was used to illustrate that, if we can't beat Maryland at home, then that brings into question whether we can beat MSU. Assuming beating Ohio State is a tall task, and Michigan will be a challenge, you have to beat the Marylands Wahingtons, Nebraskas and Michigan States of the world to climb the ladder. Maryland beating UCONN means nothing to me any more than us beating Charlotte should to them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted September 24 Report Share Posted September 24 11 minutes ago, 5fouls said: I stand by the statement that if we want to be taken seriously in the Big Ten, we need to win this game and look good doing it. If Maryland is truly a goo team, then to win, we will have to play well My MSU comparison was used to illustrate that, if we can't beat Maryland at home, then that brings into question whether we can beat MSU. Assuming beating Ohio State is a tall task, and Michigan will be a challenge, you have to beat the Marylands Wahingtons, Nebraskas and Michigan States of the world to climb the ladder. Maryland beating UCONN means nothing to me any more than us beating Charlotte should to them. ESPN says we have a 72% to beat MSU on the road. Comparing scores really isn't a thing, IMO. I mean, yeah, gotta beat teams to climb the ladder... idc whether it's convincing or not. Be 1-0 this week. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadToZion Posted September 24 Report Share Posted September 24 31-17 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegrassIU Posted September 24 Report Share Posted September 24 1 hour ago, 5fouls said: I stand by the statement that if we want to be taken seriously in the Big Ten, we need to win this game and look good doing it. If Maryland is truly a goo team, then to win, we will have to play well My MSU comparison was used to illustrate that, if we can't beat Maryland at home, then that brings into question whether we can beat MSU. Assuming beating Ohio State is a tall task, and Michigan will be a challenge, you have to beat the Marylands Wahingtons, Nebraskas and Michigan States of the world to climb the ladder. Maryland beating UCONN means nothing to me any more than us beating Charlotte should to them. Not worried about how we look at right now. Get a win, be 2-0 in conference and crack the top 25. I see your point, relating to public perception and recognition. But I think that will come with consistency. I hope we win 50-0. But I will be absolutely thrilled with a 7-3 win at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kdug Posted September 24 Report Share Posted September 24 1 hour ago, 5fouls said: I stand by the statement that if we want to be taken seriously in the Big Ten, we need to win this game and look good doing it. If Maryland is truly a goo team, then to win, we will have to play well My MSU comparison was used to illustrate that, if we can't beat Maryland at home, then that brings into question whether we can beat MSU. Assuming beating Ohio State is a tall task, and Michigan will be a challenge, you have to beat the Marylands Wahingtons, Nebraskas and Michigan States of the world to climb the ladder. Maryland beating UCONN means nothing to me any more than us beating Charlotte should to them. Using individual games against common opponents can be misleading. We beat UCLA by 29 on the road, LSU only beat them by 17 at home. That doesn’t mean we’re 2 touchdowns better than LSU. Maryland looks to be a solid team. It’d be nice to beat them by 20, but I’ll take any win we can get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychobat Posted September 24 Report Share Posted September 24 There are still a ton of unknowns. Of particular interest to me is how will this team respond if they get behind? They haven't really faced any adversity yet, so how will they react to it? My gut says that they will react fine but you just never know.......as Mike Tyson said, "everyone has a plan until they get punched in. the face". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted September 24 Report Share Posted September 24 2 hours ago, Reacher said: Do we have the edge with a running game? I think we do but I'm not up to speed on Maryland yet. They always seem to have some incredible skill players but not much discipline team wide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted September 24 Report Share Posted September 24 2 hours ago, HoosierMama said: We are going to this game and I'm very excited to see this team in person! Just got a 5 pack of ponchos for the fam just in case Thanks for the weather report... hopefully it misses Bloomington. Enjoy! Headed down myself. Group of 12. Rain or shine we'll be there to do our part. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritzIam4IU Posted September 24 Report Share Posted September 24 38-20 Hoosiers!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reacher Posted September 24 Author Report Share Posted September 24 5 hours ago, Seeking6 said: I'm really hopeful that Hurricane Helene's path takes a turn. Seems Louisville and Southern Indiana are targets for Saturday morning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted September 24 Report Share Posted September 24 3 hours ago, Kdug said: Using individual games against common opponents can be misleading. We beat UCLA by 29 on the road, LSU only beat them by 17 at home. That doesn’t mean we’re 2 touchdowns better than LSU. Maryland looks to be a solid team. It’d be nice to beat them by 20, but I’ll take any win we can get. I think some are misinterpreting my point to mean we need to blow them out. Not what I'm saying. If we look good in a 20-17 win, it's a victory over a solid team. But, if we lose at home to a team that list to MSU at home, it's hard to put lipstick on that pig. That's more of an indictment against who I perceive MSU to be than what I think about Maryland. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosierinbham Posted September 24 Report Share Posted September 24 This is a game in the past where we have a ton of momentum, the fans finally show up in force, then we fall on our face. Just win and keep the momentum building. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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