Their offense will go as far as their running game goes. Much of their dynamic passing has been due to their running game IMO.
Indiana hasn’t scored less than 31* points in a game this season
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I asked the bff if we could drive to Indiana instead of driving to watch my daughter compete in her 2nd college bowling tournament. She hesitated but not for very long. We will be in Pennsylvania.
Illinois, Rutgers, Minn, Iowa, Wisc, etc would all be undefeated with that schedule. Probably CU too. Again, I give them credit for the point totals. But they have played as weak of a power-5 schedule as you can play. We've played three teams I believe will be bowling this year and beat 2 of them and lost to the other in OT. None of their opponents thus far will be bowling.
IMO I don't think Nebraska did that fake punt for Rutgers. Nebraska ran that to try and keep the all out block calls a bit in check in the future games with the thought of us running the fake.
Yep. Gifford can't have a stinker against them. He was actually pretty good against RU, which was nice to see, as he has struggled this year. I think TW will have a good plan for them, just going to need a much better effort from the O. Need one of those games where we explode.
He had a really bad whiff in the first quarter that gave their RB the corner. He’s a good but not great player. He can’t make those kind of mistakes.
Yeah, I agree. He's a big talker too, but need him to show up for the remainder.
Have you seen our OC and his below average play calling? We will be lucky to score 28 again this season. I laugh.
At least you get a laugh. By most of your replies you seem be be miserable.
yeah, its honestly pretty disappointing at times.
however, a lot of the times I see the OL getting absolutely bullied so you have to wonder about the limitations that creates
We’ve been playing with a 2nd half lead in every game. (Albeit not always large lead) I think this has affected the play calling to some degree. But I would like to see a little more aggression and creativity with our 2nd half play calling though.
i go back to what I wrote in another thread, how would Nebraska's record look with Indiana's schedule. And of course, how would Indiana's record look with Nebraska's schedule.
Indiana Schedule
Nebraska Schedule
~ Denotes an Group of 5 school
* Denotes an FCS school
I'm willing to go out on a limb and say if Nebraska and Indiana swapped schedules, Indiana's record would look very different.
Indiana Schedule
| Teams | Record | Wins | Wins | Wins | Wins |
| Florida International | 2-3 | ~Central Michigan | ~Louisiana Tech | ||
| *Western Illinois | 2-3 | ||||
| AT UCLA | 1-4 | ~Hawaii | |||
| Charlotte | 3-3 | *Gardner Webb | ~AT Rice | ~E. Carolina | |
| Maryland | 3-2 | ~UConn | AT Virginia | ~Villanova | |
| AT Northwestern | 2-3 | ~Miami, OH | ~Eastern Illinois |
Nebraska Schedule
| Teams | Record | Wins | Wins | Wins | Wins |
| UTEP | 0-5 | ||||
| Colorado | 4-1 | *N. Dakota St | AT Colorado St | Baylor | AT UCF |
| *Northern Iowa | 2-3 | *Valparaiso | *AT St. Thomas | ||
| Illinois | 4-1 | *Eastern Illinois | Kansas | ~Central Michigan | AT Nebraska |
| AT Purdue | 1-4 | *Indiana St | |||
| Rutgers | 2-3 | *Howard | ~Akron | AT Virginia Tech | Washington |
~ Denotes an Group of 5 school
* Denotes an FCS school
I'm willing to go out on a limb and say if Nebraska and Indiana swapped schedules, Indiana's record would look very different.
It felt like 2nd half field position caused some of the plays as well. What was more disappointing is that we seemed destined for 3 and outs inside our own 10 because of lack of movement forward.
I’m gonna feel a whole lot better about our team if we beat Indiana by more than seven points And we get at least four touchdowns from the offense
I don't think they are great, but they have smashed the teams they have played that they should smash. All they can do.
Be a dam tough game to win.
Indiana has a decent offense, take these stats fwiw.
Offensive stats vs. FBS opponents compared to their season defensive averages
Nortwestern Averages: 254 Passing and 93 Rushing on defense
Indiana had 380 passing and 149 rushing
UCLA averages 280 passing and 102 rushing on defense
Indiana had 307 passing and 123 rushing
Charlotte averages 252 passing and 182 rushing on defense
Indiana had 288 passing and 222 rushing
FIU averages 222 passing and 186 rushing on defense
Indiana had 180 passing and 234 rushing
Maryland averages 269 passing and 111 rushing on defense
Indiana had 289 passing and 112 rushing
Other than Northwestern, they really only average about what the defensive rating of the team they are playing averages.
Nebraska averages 188 passing yards and 84 rushing yards against.
Offensive stats vs. FBS opponents compared to their season defensive averages
Nortwestern Averages: 254 Passing and 93 Rushing on defense
Indiana had 380 passing and 149 rushing
UCLA averages 280 passing and 102 rushing on defense
Indiana had 307 passing and 123 rushing
Charlotte averages 252 passing and 182 rushing on defense
Indiana had 288 passing and 222 rushing
FIU averages 222 passing and 186 rushing on defense
Indiana had 180 passing and 234 rushing
Maryland averages 269 passing and 111 rushing on defense
Indiana had 289 passing and 112 rushing
Other than Northwestern, they really only average about what the defensive rating of the team they are playing averages.
Nebraska averages 188 passing yards and 84 rushing yards against.
He’s noticeably smaller than his brother. Big heart and big effort but not physically imposing IMO.
On Defense vs seasonal averages of opponents offense(including FCS stats)
Northwestern averages 175 passing and 127 rushing on offense
Indiana gave up 243 passing and 93 rushing
UCLA avg 197 passing and 64 rushing on offense
Indiana gave up 142 passing and 96 rushing
Charlotte avg 233 passing and 118 rushing on offense
Indiana gave up 119 passing and 137 rushing
FIU avg 222 passing and 105 rushing
Indiana gave up 129 passing and 53 rushing
Maryland avg 304 passing and 146 rushing
Indiana gave up 289 passing and 112 rushing
Nebraska averages 244 passing and 136 rushing
I should have excluded FCS teams, but still clearly their defense seems to be the better part of their team. Once competition has ramped up they have started giving up more yardage though.
Northwestern averages 175 passing and 127 rushing on offense
Indiana gave up 243 passing and 93 rushing
UCLA avg 197 passing and 64 rushing on offense
Indiana gave up 142 passing and 96 rushing
Charlotte avg 233 passing and 118 rushing on offense
Indiana gave up 119 passing and 137 rushing
FIU avg 222 passing and 105 rushing
Indiana gave up 129 passing and 53 rushing
Maryland avg 304 passing and 146 rushing
Indiana gave up 289 passing and 112 rushing
Nebraska averages 244 passing and 136 rushing
I should have excluded FCS teams, but still clearly their defense seems to be the better part of their team. Once competition has ramped up they have started giving up more yardage though.
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