Bloomington, IN, 10:43 AM - Last week, Bill Lynch's Hoosiers squeaked out a 19-13 win over a FCS (that's I-AA, to clarify) team. Last week, the Western Michigan Broncos lost 31-7 in Ann Arbor, kicking off year two of the Rich Rodriguez Project at Michigan.
You could argue that neither of these teams has an ounce of momentum headed into today at The Rock. And you'd probably be right.
Indiana's allegedly new and improved pistol-style offense yielded only 72 yards on the ground - again, against a I-AA team. Just to remind you.
On the upside, Ben Chappell, Tanden Doss, and Demarlo Belcher looked like they might be able to put together a halfway decent passing game.
The defense looked pretty good, except when they let a screen pass turn into a long touchdown.
Like it or not, this is a huge measuring stick for Indiana. Western Michigan features solid quarterback Tim Hiller (77 career TD's) and WR Juan Nunez, who went for 151 yards last week despite the lopsided score. The last time these two teams played, at Western Michigan in 2007 (the Insight Bowl season), IU came out on top 37-27. For reference, that's closer than either the Iowa or Minnesota games that year.
I'm predicting another shootout and a disappointing result, as IU fails to score in the 4th quarter and lets it slip away:
Western Michigan over Indiana 41-33.
Now get out there and prove me wrong, guys.
And Northwestern over EMU - 45-7
ReplyDeleteBut if IU loses then it would Glass one more reason to start looking for a new coach
ReplyDeleteI don't know how to feel about this. Another narrow escape against an inferior team. 11 penalties. 2-0. Damn you, Bill Lynch.
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