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If I was completely unbiased and hadn't watched Miami much, seeing them lose to Lville and SMU, being impressed on their playoff run but seeing Indiana have 1 or 2 close calls in the regular season but blowout Bama and Oregon in the playoffs, I'd probably lean Indiana as well.

But knowing what we have on the lines, how outmatched physically Indiana's Dline is, how good our DE duo is, if we play how we did against Ohio State (1 or fewer turnovers, limiting to 3-5 penalties) I'd be shocked if we don't win this game. I really don't see how they're going to stop our run game without bringing numbers and if they can't do that I love the idea of Toney, Marrion, and CJ in one on one situations. Beck doesn't even need to be on, just average and make the easy throws.
 
dantheman349 said:
It doesn’t. Money is on Indiana he line went up. Vegas wins if Miami wins
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The betting public has hammered IU for this game, but there are a ton of "Miami to win NC" futures bets with big payouts on the books.

The cynic in me thinks that the unholy marriage between sports journalism and sports betting is inducing the former to pump up IU for the purpose of attracting action on the spread and ML (all to offset the downside in case Miami wins).
 
Very few giving the Canes a chance. I think it is two things: our historic sloppiness over the last 20 years and the perceived weakness at QB with Beck, who has had a few blowups in his career. Just get the game into the 4th QTR and see who wants it more.
 
Braduhley said:
If I was completely unbiased and hadn't watched Miami much, seeing them lose to Lville and SMU, being impressed on their playoff run but seeing Indiana have 1 or 2 close calls in the regular season but blowout Bama and Oregon in the playoffs, I'd probably lean Indiana as well.

But knowing what we have on the lines, how outmatched physically Indiana's Dline is, how good our DE duo is, if we play how we did against Ohio State (1 or fewer turnovers, limiting to 3-5 penalties) I'd be shocked if we don't win this game. I really don't see how they're going to stop our run game without bringing numbers and if they can't do that I love the idea of Toney, Marrion, and CJ in one on one situations. Beck doesn't even need to be on, just average and make the easy throws.
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So the people making these predictions and analysis aren’t doing their homework? They should be AP voters. Oh wait.
 
I'm not paying attention to what the talking heads say.. I'm not even watching them to hear it. We've been counted out since before the playoffs began so it's nothing new. indiana still has to play the game come Monday night and that's when they'll find out it's easier to say it than do it. Talk is nothing but talk. Miami's OL and DL will be the difference.

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I know Miami does.. can indiana?
 
The narratives on this game are wild. All of the pundits readily admit that we have the edge on both lines of scrimmage but they still expect us to get blasted. They talk about IU as if they are a bunch of programmed robots that are always one step ahead of their opponent.
 
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GeminiCane said:
So I read The Athletic article by Bruce Feldman on how 12 coaches all picked Indiana. Today driving to worked 4/4 panelists on the LockedOnACC podcast picked Indiana, all of whom picked them by a TD or more. Of course we all know the 8.5 pt spread

I’m more confident about this game than the Ole Miss or OSU games and a lot of ‘Cane fans seem to have the same vibe.

Are we all missing something, seeing things from Orange and Green glasses, too giddy just to reach this point?
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You are not seeing things through orange and green glasses. We are substantially better than them on both lines of scrimmage and we will control the game that way.
 
Navy Cane said:
I just don't know how good the IU team is. Squeaked by OSU and Penn St., I don't buy it. I think that if we keep it at a snail's pace (and no mistakes), we'll wear them out in the 2nd half. Pound the crap out of them.
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OSU in 2002 squeaked by Purdue on a 4th & 20 td pass & barely beat Illinois in OT.

The key difference being: we were the heavy favorites planning parades & being crowned by the media in the lead-up.

This time its Indiana crowned & we are doubted.
 
mj33 said:
So the people making these predictions and analysis aren’t doing their homework? They should be AP voters. Oh wait.
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I mean if you watch a lot of these shows with former players and various talking heads, they make points and say things that make it pretty obvious they don't do their homework and most just regurgitate the same garbage over and over even if it's not true anymore. On the other hand if you watch a guy like Josh Pate you can tell he's actually in the weeds with this stuff and knows what he's talking about 99/100.
 
Stop paying attention to that nonsense. You have to look at what they’re going by. We stubbed our toe twice during the season and then we had our worst game of the playoffs against Ole Miss whereas Indiana has looked like a juggernaut against the last two they’ve played.
I think everyone here quietly knows that if we play our best game, Indiana is in trouble, but if we play an Ole Miss type game, we could be in serious trouble.
 
It's not who they beat, it's how they beat them.

If we'd have beaten Bama and Oregon by 35+ everyone would be picking us too.

The good part is every game is different. That's why a team can give up back to back touchdown drives against Louisville to start a game and also shut out Ohio State for a half.

Of course they're the obvious pick. They're killing teams and don't make mistakes. We just had a game where we had a turnover, 10 penalties, and dropped 4 interceptions.

But guess what? If we play well, we're just as good as them. Get it done. I love us against anyone.
 
Because they boat raced Bama and Oregon. But they are overlooking Ohio State. Day went brain dead. You throw on 3rd and 1 at the 5 then QB sneak with Sayin on 4th and 1. Then next series OSU misses a chip shot. Miami absolutely dominated Ohio State in the trenches.

Indiana's weakness is their two tackles. Our strength is defensive end. I think Mendoza is in for a rough night.

I think we are going to run a bunch of heavy sets with 7 lineman. Stunt and Sim off that mother****ers.
 
CanesFan93 said:
I'm optimistic as far being able to push them around on the LOS. We have to control the game. What concerns me most, and why most are picking Indiana, is our pass game. If they somehow find a way to limit the run game it's going to be a long night.
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This is understandable, but in order to limit our run game, they're going to have to commit numbers to the box. If they do that, CJ and Malachi can do damage on the short to intermediate stuff, especially on the perimeter

If they choose to go single high or play zero, that's when our speed advantages can take hold
 
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BlastUla said:
The case against us is that we’re undisciplined and beat ourselves. We also lack explosives so our scoring is limited. Add to it that we’re hurting in the secondary.
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My feeling is that IF we play a clean game and get our secondary healthy, we should win easily.
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Besides Damari, secondary is fine.
 
They are 15-0 with the Heisman winner and No. 1 pick and the most respected coach in the country. I don’t understand the confusion on this board as to why we are underdogs.

With that said we absolutely can win the game with the exact same recipe from the OSU win. Thankfully, they settle these things on the field and not with predictions.
 
I dont pay attention to the bull****, i am just taking receipts. I live out here in Lawrenceville, Ga and work with ton of Georgia fans and they been saying the same **** the national media has been saying. The thing is they have been syaing it for every game we have played in the playoffs, based on their expert anaylsis we should have been sent home by Texas A&M.

I trust this team, they are built for a slugfest and every team thus far has not faired well against the physicality of both our line of scrimmage. Not taking anything away frim IU, but they have not dealt with a team bulit this way all season.
 
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