Footballking16

Good move for him, should be the feature back. Has had a ton of durability issues dating back to his sophomore year of high school. Looked good at USC but due to injuries was passed up by some other backs and limited to short down/goal line situations.

Well we’re talking about the Jaguars so who knows 😆 But I do think Urban has “earned” his chance at shot in the NFL. Not convinced his cut out for it. But if something thinks, and is willing to pay $12/mil a year for Urban, more power to them.

Not sure how Meyer translates in the NFL. Always viewed him as a great recruiter and master program builder that surrounded himself with the best coordinators and simply had a monopoly on his competition, none of which matters in the NFL. Not sure he’s the greatest X’s and O’s coach don’t think his scheme is conducive to the NFL.

And why I harped for two weeks that a 3 loss team didn’t deserve to be in a NY6 bowl.

That’s hindsight. You could make the same argument about 3 loss Florida. You knew that team wasn’t going to show up. Yes, IU didn’t put up, but still doesn’t mean they didn’t deserve a better bowl.

IU’s loss had zilch to do with Ole Miss “stars” and everything to do with one team preparing and executing a game plan better than their opponent. IU beat plenty of more “talented” teams than Ole Miss this year that had several more 4 and 5 star recruits. Not sure why you always have to go down this rabbit hole?

Indiana talked the talked but failed to walk the walk. Still doesn’t excuse the fact IU was jobbed. Both things can be true.

Ever.

I think long term Tuttle is fine with reps and experience. I like his mobility in and outside the pocket. But yes doesn’t have near the arm strength of Penix. I remember a lot of people saying there wasn’t a huge difference between Ramsey and Penix and that was put to rest this year.

Play calling didn’t put IU in a great position. Tuttle’s a serviceable back up, similar to Ramsey without the reps or experience, and it showed today. Really struggled to push the ball down the field and locked on to too many receivers. However, IU neglected to run the ball the first 2.5 quarters and likely did them in. IU’s defense was ok today but if you would have told me IU held the Ole Miss offense to 26 points, I would have guessed IU was a 2-3 TD Victor.

Opting out is what cowards do. Not particularly happy with the result (or the offensive play calling) but you don’t sit that game out. Ever.

I got IU 42-31

Anything can happen as we've seen in these bowls. But Ole Miss top 2 WR and top 2 backs have either opted out or are injured. Not sure I would categorize offense as struggling post-Penix. Penix actually looked TERRIBLE in his last start against Maryland before getting injured. I thought Tuttle did a fine job in his first career start. Say what you want about Wisconsin, but statistically they have one of the best defenses in the country this year. Tuttle did well managing the game. Didn't force anything and threw 2 TD's and no INT's. Lone blemish was a fumble trying to extend a play in which he already had the first down. Yardage was modest but let's not forget Miles Marshall dropped a 65 yard touchdown to go up 21-6 without a defender within 15 yards of him. 3 TD's 0 INT and 200 yards on the road in your first career start probably erases some of those doubts.

Never understood the need to move on from Les Miles. Miles won 10+ games 7 times (in 11 full years) and his worst season was 8-5. That's all playing in the hardest division in college football. Was 3-7 against Saban with 2 of those losses coming in OT. Recruiting and talent influx will never be a problem for Orgeron given their monopoly on in-state recruiting but I don't see his coaching abilities ever allowing him to be a consistent 10+ game winner like his predecessor.

National championship or not, Ed Orgeron isn’t a very good coach. Lucked into Joe Burrow, who was meh as a junior, and parlayed it into a special year. Players coach and a helluva recruiting but very mediocre when it comes to X’s and O’s.

Illinois is 4-5 years away from developing a semblance of the Offensive line that Wisconsin has now and that's assuming Bielema starts now. Freshman and Sophomores don't come in and dominant the line. Three years before Illinois wins the West sounds like Purdue fans when Brohm went 7-6 in his inaugural year.

I'm sure COVID ravishing that program didn't help. Wisconsin replaced 4/5 starters on the OL and one of the better B10 RB's in conference history. Stopping and starting practice likely didn't help the Badgers development. Wisconsin still had a very stout defense. Big Ten West still runs through Madison next year and until further notice.

A huge disservice to its fans, players, and coaches not playing this game. Tom Allen is not the one to back down from anything.

Probably not a terrible bet.

No doubt they play good offenses in the SEC, but they also gave up 41 to Kentucky, 33 to Arkansas, and 42 to South Carolina. None of those teams I would venture to say have better offenses than IU, Penix or no Penix.

Haven't won a bowl game in 30 years. IU isn't going to get any respect until they start winning bowl games. Tampa is arguably IU's biggest recruiting hotbed and with 20 some players on IU's roster from the Tampa area this is a no-brainer.

IU deserves better than this game and you know it. They were royally screwed. So beating Ole Miss shouldn't come as a surprise then. Is it IU's fault Penn St, Michigan, Michigan State, and Wisconsin weren't significant this year? No. Ole Miss isn't of any significance either. Ole Miss has a good offense, but their defense is equally as bad. Look for IU to control the tempo and keep Ole Miss offense off the field. Maybe so, but like I said above, this is likely the worst defense IU will see all year. Lane Kiffin is an overt failure in these type of games and a pissed off IU has something to prove against a team who likely doesn't want to be there.

If there's any team to have a gripe other than Indiana, it's Coastal Carolina and honestly they have a bigger axe to grind. Coastal went undefeated and beat Louisiana, the same team who handed Iowa State a 17 point home loss. Absolute travesty that Iowa State with 3 losses is in a NY6 bowl. There's literally ZERO justification for it.

Stop it

And probably the reason why they’ll lose by 2-3 TD’s. Anyone else remember the beat down Minnesota gave Auburn in the same bowl game last year because their “kids would rather play UNC, OU, USC, or Oregon”?