IU Football 2025

[PHJIrish]

53 minutes ago, gonzoron said:

Thanks for the advance warning! My Hanover College Senior daughter now has a new Student Peacock subscription at $2.99/mo.

I have Peacock because I'm a Notre Dame fan, and they have a lot of Irish content.

[Irishman]

Mannnnnnn....tough game in a tough place to play. Nice to come away with the win. IU never really adjusted to the blitzing that Iowa was doing until that last TD play. 

[Bash Riprock]

8 hours ago, Komets2727 said:

You misunderstand, spread should be about 14 points in all honesty. The reason the spread keeps climbing from the original of 3.5 is because all of the money is going on the Hoosiers. IU will literally have to 💩the bed for this game to be close

IU didn't crap the bed....wasn't their best game, but Iowa deserves credit.  What a defensive scheme.  IU better go back, watch film and work on picking up blitzes...especially corner blitzes on short yardage situations.  Beating Iowa at Iowa City is never easy.....

Edited September 27, 2025 by Bash Riprock

[Komets2727]

Great win for the Hoosiers, but the blitz pickup and recognition was poor. With Cooper and Sarrat and having 1 on 1 coverage, the opportunities were there and finally they got the big play at the end of the game. Better get lots of film work cuz it gets harder in 2 weeks at Oregon. 20 points will not get it done at Oregon

[Irishman]

3 minutes ago, Komets2727 said:

Great win for the Hoosiers, but the blitz pickup and recognition was poor. With Cooper and Sarrat and having 1 on 1 coverage, the opportunities were there and finally they got the big play at the end of the game. Better get lots of film work cuz it gets harder in 2 weeks at Oregon. 20 points will not get it done at Oregon

It seemed as though Mendoza did not have an option to check plays at the line because some of those blitzes were shown before the snap. Or maybe he wasn't seeing them? 

[Komets2727]

10 minutes ago, Irishman said:

It seemed as though Mendoza did not have an option to check plays at the line because some of those blitzes were shown before the snap. Or maybe he wasn't seeing them? 

It was very obvious watching on TV when they were blitzing and there seemed to be no adjustments to what Iowa was doing. Granted, Iowa has the best defense the Hoosiers have seen this year, but it seemed that pressure affected the IU offense more than it should have. Reminded me of the 2 losses IU had last year

[PHJIrish]

The Hawkeyes brought too many on that last IU TD.  Sarratt caught the ball and had only one defender to beat, and he did.  Honestly, it's a mark of a good team to find a way to win when they're not playing their best.  Next up for the Hoosiers is Oregon, on the road.

[Bash Riprock]

Good response by the Illini at home to beat USC. Some pundits downplayed IU’s throttling of Illinois last week by saying the Illini were overrated. Perhaps a little, but their win over USC yesterday is a plus for IU. 

[temptation]

2 minutes ago, Bash Riprock said:

Good response by the Illini at home to beat USC. Some pundits downplayed IU’s throttling of Illinois last week by saying the Illini were overrated. Perhaps a little, but their win over USC yesterday is a plus for IU. 

Why’d Riley go for the jugular with 2 minutes to go knowing his defense was pourous and Illinois had three timeouts?

Arrogant and dumb.

[Komets2727]

1 hour ago, temptation said:

Why’d Riley go for the jugular with 2 minutes to go knowing his defense was pourous and Illinois had three timeouts?

Arrogant and dumb.

Riley is building his James Franklin legacy…

[Bash Riprock]

1 hour ago, temptation said:

Why’d Riley go for the jugular with 2 minutes to go knowing his defense was pourous and Illinois had three timeouts?

Arrogant and dumb.

Good question. One of those highly paid coaches not delivering results. 

[PHJIrish]

4 hours ago, Komets2727 said:

Riley is building his James Franklin legacy…

And don't forget Brian Kelly's legacy about big games too.

[Komets2727]

45 minutes ago, PHJIrish said:

And don't forget Brian Kelly's legacy about big games too.

Well, Brian Kelly has his own wing in that library…

[PDB26]

1 hour ago, PHJIrish said:

And don't forget Brian Kelly's legacy about big games too.

BK would have to recruit to get into James Franklin territory. He's his own distinct thing. 

[Coach Nowlin]

Bout had that one nailed.......24 to 20:    Turned out 20 to 15.   Good teams win, GREAT TEAMS Cover....IU not Great Saturday !!!    

Solid Win for sure and went how thought it would, Iowa Rock Fight special. 

[Bash Riprock]

54 minutes ago, Coach Nowlin said:

Bout had that one nailed.......24 to 20:    Turned out 20 to 15.   Good teams win, GREAT TEAMS Cover....IU not Great Saturday !!!    

Solid Win for sure and went how thought it would, Iowa Rock Fight special. 

I'll take the 5-0 record for the consecutive years for the first time in IU history any day ot the week and then some.  Both under Coach Cig.  For IU to be expected to win at Kinnick Stadium??  Well, that's ground I am not personally used to be walking.

So Penn State not a great team....you may be right....

[Irishman]

4 hours ago, Coach Nowlin said:

Bout had that one nailed.......24 to 20:    Turned out 20 to 15.   Good teams win, GREAT TEAMS Cover....IU not Great Saturday !!!    

Solid Win for sure and went how thought it would, Iowa Rock Fight special. 

They'da covered if Mendoza hits the deck sooner on the last play. 😄

[Irishman]

[Coach Nowlin]

6 hours ago, Bash Riprock said:

I'll take the 5-0 record for the consecutive years for the first time in IU history any day ot the week and then some.  Both under Coach Cig.  For IU to be expected to win at Kinnick Stadium??  Well, that's ground I am not personally used to be walking.

So Penn State not a great team....you may be right....

its an old gambling adage..... not literal 

[Bash Riprock]

7 hours ago, Coach Nowlin said:

its an old gambling adage..... not literal 

I understand the comment....still amazed I am living to see the Hoosiers not cover a spread while winning at Iowa.  Honestly, never thought I'd see these days.....

[Bash Riprock]

11 hours ago, Irishman said:

They'da covered if Mendoza hits the deck sooner on the last play. 😄

Did you hear him post game?  He apologized to people that lost $$.  He said he thought it saw 0.0 on the clock around the 2 yd line but did what he was told.

https://www.si.com/college-football/fernando-mendoza-apologized-for-late-safety-spreads

 

[Coach Nowlin]

2 hours ago, Bash Riprock said:

I understand the comment....still amazed I am living to see the Hoosiers not cover a spread while winning at Iowa.  Honestly, never thought I'd see these days.....

Coaching ALWAYS matter.   Enjoy the Ride 

[crimsonace1]

On 9/27/2025 at 8:13 PM, Komets2727 said:

It was very obvious watching on TV when they were blitzing and there seemed to be no adjustments to what Iowa was doing. Granted, Iowa has the best defense the Hoosiers have seen this year, but it seemed that pressure affected the IU offense more than it should have. Reminded me of the 2 losses IU had last year

It was said postgame IU called all plays on the sideline and didn't make any audibles/pre-snap changes because of the crowd noise. 

[btownqbcoach1]

18 hours ago, Irishman said:

They'da covered if Mendoza hits the deck sooner on the last play. 😄

line was -8.5

[Irishman]

3 minutes ago, btownqbcoach1 said:

line was -8.5

I saw somewhere it was down to -6.5.