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(The) Indiana (Game)

FrancisSawyer said:
Remember guys that when they played Ohio State it was a very tight low scoring game. We can play with anyone. We just have to punch them in the mouth and keep punching. Bring the fight to them and never back down. Our guys will lay it all on the line and will leave nothing on the field. We are also defending our home and we will have the indignity of having to be in the visitors locker room in our own stadium. We will be ready.
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And OSU missed a game trying field goal. Additionally Smith was hurt and would not have played if it wasn’t the championship game.
 
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AUcane said:
Gameplan is “play our best game of the playoffs” gameplan. IU plays nearly flawless ball - very few mistakes/penalties. We just came off a bad game in that regard. We need to rest up and get our **** in order to win.

Gotta get OJF healthy.
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Mendoza will make mistakes if pressured and he puts the ball on the ground when he gets hit. If we can pressure him and hit him he will give us chances at the ball. If we can limit the Indiana run game that’ll help. Flipside if we give him time he will carve us up so there will be moments of frustration for sure.

I love they are riding high and feel invincible, the shock of our physicality could fluster them early if we can take them out of what they have done so well. OSU front 7 got pressure on Mendoza but they struggled containing the run game. They cover better and we are depleted at corner most likely so it’s going to be tough to replicate what OSU achieved. To win we will need something similar though

Tonight Oregon had success on the ground so I think we have a shot there. The way we can beat them is what we do best so it’s not a bad match up save the passing strength of Indiana vs our young corners. They have big, fast, grown men on the outside. We will need Poyser and Thomas to lay some lumber and try to get them hearing footsteps without getting a targeting called
 
edge said:
The pick six looked like a ball that should have never been thrown.
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Sure but the kid had great coverage on the play, intercepted the ball and took it to the house. Thats a play made. That’s like saying Scott didn’t make a play against Chambliss on that first 3rd down because he came in untouched. The kid made a play for 6. Those aren’t gimmes, if they were we would have had two last night ourselves. The only one which was a give away was when the ball just fell out of Moore’s hand.
 
This.

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Seems a lot like this:

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bobbydigius said:
Sure but the kid had great coverage on the play, intercepted the ball and took it to the house. Thats a play made. That’s like saying Scott didn’t make a play against Chambliss on that first 3rd down because he came in untouched. The kid made a play for 6. Those aren’t gimmes, if they were we would have had two last night ourselves. The only one which was a give away was when the ball just fell out of Moore’s hand.
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Fair enough. Moore played like a G5 qb in the first half. Most of that had nothing to do with Indiana. Bad throws and very poor pocket awareness. Beck won’t just hand Indiana the game like Moore did today.
 
Rellyrell said:
Being that football, in general, is a copy cat sport, I can see HS recruiting becoming dead if the portal situation don’t get clean up.

Indiana’s avg. age is 23 yrs old filled w transfer guys.
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Wow, didn't know that. I would expect that from BYU with their Mormon missions and all, but Indiana?
 
Just spent some time watching Big 10 title game. Suckeyes gave that game away. Inside the 5 yd line twice in the 2nd half and came away with 0 pts. They were able to pressure Mendoza with their mediocre Dline. We can absolutely get to him. Our biggest issue is their **** wideouts are monsters. We are gonna need our boys to heal up quick over the next 10 days.
 
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bobbydigius said:
Yeah, the first pick six was a play made by Indiana. Sure that goofy Jameis like fumble inside their own 10 was giving away 6 but Indiana earned those other points.
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That first pick six was a play made, but Moore done f'ed up on that play. You can't have a corner back pedaling 7 yards off the WR at the snap, stare down the receiver this showing your hand, and lastly throw the ball inside rather than outside. That's a recipe for disaster and this type of situation a corner dreams of.

IU capitalized whenever they had the chance too and then the game was already out of hand. Moore was the worst I've seen him and had zero pocket presence. I wouldn't even draft him after that performance.
 
Brains said:
1) Get healthy;
2) Get a lead;
3) Give Indiana some adversity by running the ball on them;
4) Survive the first half without Lucas;
5) Win the game in the 4th quarter.
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6) Don't beat ourselves.

Gotta limit our mistakes - they're a team that thrives off those.

If we line up, good on good, I think we're better. It's overcoming their incredible coaching / scouting (whatever they're doing to have the opposition's plays) that's going to be the problem.
 
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