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let’s see how david ortiz saw it…
NEW: Michigan head coach Kyle Whittingham after losing to No. 6 Indiana:
"If that's the number 6 team in the country, then we're a pretty good football team, even though we're sitting here at 4-3."
(via @TheWolverineOn3)
on3.com/teams/michigan-wolve…
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box score watcher guy has a take on a game real people watched and understand context to.
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seeing a texas fan crying about michigan as the underdog in the big house not receiving calls against indiana university football.
I’m about to turn off the Indiana Michigan game. Not watching a game where the underdog gets cheated every drive. I mean it’s unreal the calls Indiana gets. Is this a weekly thing?
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iu’s defense played like they’re the best unit in the country again.
- 10 tfl’s
- 4 sacks
- 2 turnovers forced (int and fumble recovery)
ferrell, hardy and osunsanmi led the way but the entire unit played well. #iufb
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yep, both of your td’s were set up with obvious holds not being called. this should have been 1st and goal from the 11.
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been lots of discussion (correctly) around josh hoover’s qb play the past couple weeks.
still, among p4 qb’s (via pff):
- 7th ypa (9.8) / 3rd aDOT (12.4)
- t-12th big time throws (11) / t-10th btt% (6.2)
- t-9th in fewest turnover worthy plays (3) / t-10th twp% (1.5)
#iufb
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i thought this was very good perspective from bill connelly and encourage people to read his thoughts on the plays that were there that iu didn’t make and osu did. #iufb
* 4 fourth downs in Bloomington
* BYU looked the part
* A smiting in Athens (and anyone can beat anyone)
* From lock to bubble in 8 days
* Vols: SEC's No. 2 favorite??
* SP+ movers! Favorite games! Chaos even struck FCS!
WEEK 7 RECAP. AMAZING DAY. espn.com/college-football/st…
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with the obvious exhibition caveat, iu has destroyed both butler and north carolina on the glass.
iu got 20 offensive rebounds that led to 17 2nd chance points and outrebounded unc 53-31.
just domination...again. #iubb
FINAL | Indiana: 76 North Carolina: 58
Indiana moves to 2-0 in exhibition play. A lot to be encouraged about as you look through these stats.
#iubb
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you’re going to need an extra pair of these with all that suckin you’re doing. get them while they’re on sale!
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what the refs are allowing on the outside reminds me of the oregon game last year which produced on the funniest cignetti moments
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listening to urban meyer doing the “if you take away the good plays” bit for josh hoover.
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this energy from the crowd at memorial stadium all game (except when iu has the ball) causes these types of plays from opponents.
in the words of the great warrior poet curt cignetti: go iu!
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ohlinger averaged 11.3 ypc on 317 carries for grandview heights hs (oh) in his career per max preps.
it will be interesting to see if he stays at rb beyond this year or if it’s more depth related. #iufb
Appears Indiana has made some position switches this season, per the official roster.
Henry Ohlinger has converted from LB to RB. Kyler Garcia has moved from DT to OL.
Ohlinger was a four-star ATH in the 2026 class. Garcia held multiple P4 offers in the 2025 class. #iufb
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It's really starting to click for #iufb QB Josh Hoover. You can't argue with this passing chart (PFF):
- 0 INT's in 129 attempts
- 11th overall in avg depth of target (11.7 - aDOT)
- One (1) "turnover worthy play" (6th overall)
- 58% on passes of 10+ yards, 848 yards and 8 TD's
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i think my biggest takeaway from this iu butler exhibition is how much different iu is size wise compared to ‘25 and how it immediately showed up…
- out rebounded butler 53-33
- 25-5 on second chance points
- 42-28 in the paint
#iubb
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what stats? yards?
iu nearly doubled you up in yards per play.
iu had a 67% post game win expectancy by sp+.
each team had 5 explosive plays, iu did it in nearly half the snaps.
iu had 5 sacks and 8 tfls
the stats are much closer than you think
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this was such a massive play by preston zachman that may go a little under the radar given the big plays iu made down the stretch but this is why iu brought him in… #iufb
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tobi osunsanmi finished with 4 tackles, a tfl and a sack against nebraska.
his sack on 4th and 11 essentially ended the game and it came on a 3 man rush, just whipping the RT and coming in under control on collandrea.
big time play from a big time player in winning time. #iufb
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iu had a real devotion to the inside runs that just weren’t going anywhere.
pro football focus had them at 9 carries for 13 yards from guard to guard. #iufb
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iu’s wr duo of marsh and becker
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worst half of football since 1st half of notre dame?
iu needs to wake up. they’re lucky to be down just 7.
iu gets the ball to start the second half…need to put something together because 16 plays in a half is unacceptable.
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lived in a building like this near lakeview hs for a couple years and loved it.
chicago needs a lot more of them.
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Five games into ‘26, here is how many pressures PFF has IU’s starting OL for:
LT Smith: 4
LG Evans: 1
C Lynch: 0
RG Brunner: 1
RT Ajani: 4
#iufb
Lowest Pressure Rates Allowed Among Offensive Lines This Season:
Indiana 7.8%
BYU 8.1%
Missouri 8.5%
Virginia 9.4%
Texas Tech 9.7%
Ole Miss 10.2%
Georgia 10.3%
Minnesota 10.3%
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Stephen Daley is one of the best defenders in the B1G again in ‘26.
Daley’s 11 pressures puts him in the 85th percentile among all P4 DL.
Thing is, he’s played just 91 snaps!
His 12.1% pressure rate is #1 overall among all P4 DL!
How he wasn’t paid to rehab is wild. #iufb
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it seems like iu is trending toward adding 5* pf/c darius wabbington (12th overall) to its ‘27 class.
that class already includes 4* cg chase branham (24th overall).
probably couldn’t ask for a better start in the ‘27 class for darien devries. #iubb
NEWS: 2027 5⭐️ Darius Wabbington is making his college announcement at 3PM MT tomorrow. Wabbington is down to three schools:
Illinois
Indiana
Arizona
#9 overall prospect in the @SCNext 100.
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it’s the opposite.
iu is being heavily bet by the public; so much so that the books are trying to entice nebraska money back in by dropping the spread.
and im saying this as an iu fan who likes how nebraska has played thus far.
i hate when my team is a public fav.
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iu’s efficiency numbers through five games are very good.
there is a competition caveat but iu also has a win over 17th ranked (fpi) northwestern.
at this point, the offense is ahead of the defense but after two years of watching bryant haines’ defense, i am not worried. #iufb
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turbo richard is putting up video game numbers through 5 games:
- tied for 1st nationally with 12 15+ yard runs
- 2nd with 21 10+ yard runs
- 8th in missed tackles forced (29 in 63 attempts!!)
- 17th overall with a 5.22 yco/a (yards after contact per attempt)
#iufb
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the big talking point before the season was about josh hoover’s ability to protect the football.
well, through 5 games, hoover has 15 td’s to 0 int’s…pff has him for just one turnover worthy play (just 0.8% of his attempts/8th nationally). #iufb
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to put nico radicic’s career in perspective, he’d missed 2 total kicks of *any* kind (both fg’s) in 3+ years at iu before missing 2 today (fg and xp).
and no, i’m not worried about him. #iufb
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