The defense hasn't improved at all under Chinander. A ball control offense is only effective if you have the defense to back it up. We're nowhere close.
Let's Look at Some 2020 Stats
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433 yards/game allowed > 388 yards/game allowed > 386 yards/game allowed.
the defense has improved in every metric under chinander since 2018.
it's not the best defense in college football, but it's unquestionably improved. and spare me the 'eye test' bs, please.
This kind of comment is why we think you're a nut.
Feeling the same. I’m trying to count how many springs in a row I bought into the hype telling my in-laws and friends this is the year. Don’t think I’ll ever feel that dumb optimism again
I can't believe people are already putting sugar on this turf and it's just the New Year. Usually people wait til around the spring game or summer workouts to have revisionist history! All one has to do go back to all the game day threads on here and read the thousands of comments during the Minnesota, Illinois, Northwestern, Iowa games to s3e how pathetic this team played and we're coached!
Most of the posters that post during game day aren't on here Usually because they know it's alot of koolaid sippers on here once the ass whipping wears off!
I'm gone go without doing research on stats so I maybe wrong on a few. Only like 24 points per game, the worst it's been like since EVER. Like one the the turnover percentages in all of college football, damn near deas last in FBS in fumbles. Bottom 10 n FBS in touchdown passes,
Like the only team in Power 5 conferences who won 11 games TOTAL the last 3 years and still has the same head coach. Most disturbing is that alot of our "fans" are content when pathetic teams Vanderbilt, Illinois, South Carolina, and others say NO FUKN WAY!
Most of the posters that post during game day aren't on here Usually because they know it's alot of koolaid sippers on here once the ass whipping wears off!
I'm gone go without doing research on stats so I maybe wrong on a few. Only like 24 points per game, the worst it's been like since EVER. Like one the the turnover percentages in all of college football, damn near deas last in FBS in fumbles. Bottom 10 n FBS in touchdown passes,
Like the only team in Power 5 conferences who won 11 games TOTAL the last 3 years and still has the same head coach. Most disturbing is that alot of our "fans" are content when pathetic teams Vanderbilt, Illinois, South Carolina, and others say NO FUKN WAY!
I don't think the Big 10 is a garbage conference, though Indiana losing to a below average SEC team doesn't really help that case.
This isn't a guess.....a sub 500 team in the SEC took the 2nd best team in the BIG to the woodshed. I believe they had around 600 yards of offense.
That's my point. When we put up 600 yards and 28 points, did we blow Rutgers out?
I don't really get why Indiana was annoited the second best team in the conf either.
Yeah Mills missed two games completely and looked way less than 100% in a couple of others. I strongly agree with those who get frustrated with Frost for not being committed to running the ball and not giving his RBs enough carries to get into a rhythm. But if Frost was going to ride an RB this season, there were several games when it would not have been Mills.
Northwestern was the B10's second best team and they pissed all over Auburn. Iowa was the third best team and didn't get to play, but would have destroyed Mizzou. Indiana had their best player out (QB). Wake up
If Indiana had their best QB at the end of the season they were the 2nd best team in the B1G..
And despite all this, after spring ball people will be debating whether we will be awesome or incredibly awesome,
Indiana had a bunch of players out for most of he bowl practices with COVID. The QB they had to start, a redshirt soph transfer from Wisconsin, was starting just his second game at QB. I think there was a reason they struggled.
maybe so. People are bashing Indiana's bowl game without looking at who they were forced to start at QB. HUGE difference.
Ole Miss I think had their regular starting QB. Given the COVID situation and Indiana's QB problem, I think it's insane to draw too many conclusions from their bowl game. Likewise when Indiana played OSU, I believe OSU had some COVID issues so I don't think it's wise to take too much from that game. People want to make hard and fast judgements on some of these things but this year more than any other there's just WAY too many variables.
despite all the roadblocks, indiana was still the B1G's largest bowl favorite at kickoff.
Ole Miss was without:
Elijah Moore 1st team all American wideout
Kenny Yeboah 4th in nation in receiving yards a game at TE
Jerrion Ealy 2nd team all SEC RB
Braylon Sanders 2nd leading wideout
And they had their starting QB and a bevy of SEC talent as backups at skill positions. As I said, making valid conclusions from a comparative standpoint is tough if not totally fruitless this year. Tuttle is not a good QB.
bevy of SEC talent? I was told on this very website that the B1G leads the country in talent where it matters - at the line of scrimmage.
this is the 2nd best team in the B1G vs an SEC also-ran dealing with a criminal in his first year as their HC we're talking about here.
B1G, as always, is a garbage conference.
So you're saying the sub 500 team was more talented and had better players than the 2nd best BIG team? Thanks, that was the whole point to begin with....
I have never called Indiana the second best team in the conference. I think Indiana caught OSU at a good time and was a MUCH better team with their original starting QB.
no indiana skill player missing was as decorated as the ole miss wr
indiana and their nutty creep hc are frauds, just like the rest of the b1g save for osu
laugh out loud funny you throw the spread away when it's a literal pulse of the public on whether or not all those absences will impact the outcome of the game
There's a reason why NFL teams take QBs #1 in the draft. QB by far is the most important player on your team (assuming the center can snap him the ball). The "spread" is set to attract bets. It's not necessarily predictive of results. A better metric might be which side of the spread the smarts are on.
