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Daddy Hoosier | October 31, 2020

The Indiana Hoosiers overcame a slow start and early sloppiness to soundly defeat Rutgers in their first Big Ten road game of the season. The offense struggled to get on track early and Rutgers got a quick score to take a 7-0 lead but IU settled in by the second quarter and controlled the game the rest of the way.

Early there were dropped balls, missed throws and effective pressures from the Rutgers defense. The offense struggled in much of game one and many were beginning to wonder if it would be more of the same in week two. But as was the case last week in many instances the concept was there but the execution fell just a little short – whether the throw was a little off or the ball was dropped.

Meanwhile the defense was the strength of the team again today, allowing just 247 yards and 21 points while forcing 3 turnovers and 4 sacks. There were very few glaring schematic breakdowns and the Hoosiers are tackling as well as any team in the country, especially considering they are only two games in.

Penix finished 17 of 26 for 238 yards and 3 touchdowns and there were at least 3 or 4 dropped balls that should have been caught. Indiana was mediocre in the ground game, barely cracking the 100 yard mark on 40 attempts. Rutgers’ defensive tackles played with great leverage and strength and made it nearly impossible for IU to succeed on interior runs. Stevie Scott finished with 81 yards on 21 carries while Sampson James added 33 yards on 7 touches.

Whop Philyor logged his 7th career 100 yard receiving game by grabbing 5 balls for 137 yards. In doing so Whop moved into 15th on the all time receiving yardage list at IU, checking in with 1,745 career yards.

Ty Fryfogle added 4 catches for 55 yards and a TD while Peyton Hendershot had 6 catches for 34 yards and 2 TDs.

It wasn’t always pretty but Indiana showed improvement from last week and that’s all Coach Tom Allen is asking.

“The sky is the limit,” Allen told a happy Hoosier locker room after the game. “If we will stay focused and get a little better every week this will be something special.”



The victory in New Jersey was the 20th of Allen’s career at IU and moves him into a tie for 8th on the all-time Indiana wins list. The win also gets Allen to .500 at IU, with a career record of 20-20.

There is no question Indiana has plenty to clean up, especially on the offensive side of things. Here’s a look at some areas where the Hoosiers have some definite room for growth.

Playcalling
Indiana’s slow start on ‘O’ was swiftly met by doom and gloom on Twitter. But most of that is just people watching the ball and reacting to the result of the play rather than taking in the whole game and watching the chess match develop.

According to the twitosphere if a play doesn’t work it is always a terrible call. If a blitz gets home the offensive line is clearly awful. Maybe some just want to blow of steam and aren’t too interested in X’s and O’s but The IUFB tries to go a little deeper than that.

Are there question marks? Yes. Are there some concerns. Affirmative. But there is no need to panic as this is only game number two of the Nick Sheridan era. As the game went on Indiana seemed to find more and more in the Rutgers Defense, which is exactly what one would hope to see. By the 3rd quarter Penix really got into a groove and it felt like Sheridan was getting hot as well.

There was a designed run late in the first half when Penix saw man to man coverage and took advantage by taking off for a 25 yard run. Then toward the end of the 3rd quarter Rutgers showed Zone and Sheridan dialed up a delayed route for Tight End Hendershot that filled the abandoned space of the Rutgers Defense, resulting in an 11 yard gain and a 1st and Goal at the 2 yard line.

Sheridan did seem a little stubborn about trying to run into the A Gaps of the Defense. It clearly wasn’t there but he kept trying. However the Hoosiers may have found something in their run game in the second half. Instead of dives right up the middle they gave the ball to Stevie on a bit of a delay. This look seemed to create some lanes for Scott to rush through and this is when he got much of his yardage.

Offensive Line
The Offensive Line allowed Rutgers to get quite a bit of pressure on Michael Penix today, but most of that was when Rutgers blitzed. When the Scarlet Knights didn’t bring an extra man (or two) in passing situations there were quite a few nice clean pockets for Penix to throw in. There were a couple of plays where Stevie Scott picked up the blitzer giving Penix the extra time he needed to make the completion down field – including the 15 yard TD to Ty Fryfogle late in the second quarter.

PuntJohnPunt is likely correct when he says that Indiana will likely need to use a Tight End or Running Back (or both) to give Penix some extra time in passing situations. The downside of this of course is that it takes away an additional route-runner and limits the options of what can be called by the OC.

Defense
What can be said? This group is playing great overall. Kane Wommack is dialing up cornerback blitzes at timely moments and they are getting home. Tiawan Mullen had 2.5 sacks and the Hoosier ‘D’ picked off Rutgers three times. Indiana is tackling really well – especially in a season when tackling has been lacking almost across the board in College Football. If there are other teams tackling as well as IU there aren’t many.

Wommack said more than once before the season started that he felt like his guys were really starting to get it in terms of his scheme and he liked the way they were playing. Evidently he wasn’t just being positive because his unit is getting it done. Reese Taylor made a couple of very athletic tackles in the open field that can’t really be taught.

Micah McFadden continues to be all over the field and is playing like an All Big Ten Linebacker. ‘C4’ Cam Jones blew up a play launching himself at the QB and causing the ball to be deflected high into the air and eventually intercepted.

There are too many guys playing well on D to mention them all but Swann and Sio really made their presence felt today on the defensive front.



Indiana returns home to face Michigan next Saturday and will likely be in the interesting position of being ranked higher than the Wolverines, who lost to Michigan State earlier today 27-24.

One game at a time. The sky is the limit. Just keep getting better and nothing is off the table.

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Daddy Hoosier | October 31, 2020

The Indiana Hoosiers overcame a slow start and early sloppiness to soundly defeat Rutgers in their first Big Ten road game of the season. The offense struggled to get on track early and Rutgers got a quick score to take a 7-0 lead but IU settled in by the second quarter and controlled the game the rest of the way.

Early there were dropped balls, missed throws and effective pressures from the Rutgers defense. The offense struggled in much of game one and many were beginning to wonder if it would be more of the same in week two. But as was the case last week in many instances the concept was there but the execution fell just a little short – whether the throw was a little off or the ball was dropped.

Meanwhile the defense was the strength of the team again today, allowing just 247 yards and 21 points while forcing three turnovers and several sacks. There were very few glaring schematic breakdowns and the Hoosiers are tackling as well as any team in the country, especially considering they are only two games in.

Penix finished 17 of 26 for 238 yards and 3 touchdowns and there were at least 3 or 4 dropped balls that should have been caught. Indiana was mediocre in the ground game, barely cracking the 100 yard mark on 40 attempts. Rutgers’ defensive tackles played with great leverage and strength and made it nearly impossible for IU to succeed on interior runs. Stevie Scott finished with 81 yards on 21 carries while Sampson James added 33 yards on 7 touches.

Whop Philyor logged his 7th career 100 yard receiving game by grabbing 5 balls for 137 yards. In doing so Whop moved into 15th on the all time receiving yardage list at IU, checking in with 1,745 career yards.

Ty Fryfogle added 4 catches for 55 yards and a TD while Peyton Hendershot had 6 catches for 34 yards and 2 TDs.

It wasn’t always pretty but Indiana showed improvement from last week and that’s all Coach Tom Allen is asking.

“The sky is the limit,” Allen told a happy Hoosier locker room after the game. “If we will stay focused and get a little better every week this will be something special.”



The victory in New Jersey was the 20th of Allen’s career at IU and moves him into a tie for 8th on the all-time Indiana wins list. The win also gets Allen to .500 at IU, with a career record of 20-20.

There is no question Indiana has plenty to clean up, especially on the offensive side of things. Here’s a look at some areas where the Hoosiers have some definite room for growth.

Playcalling
Indiana’s slow start on ‘O’ was swiftly met by doom and gloom on Twitter. But most of that is just people watching the ball and reacting to the result of the play rather than taking in the whole game and watching the chess match develop.

According to the twitosphere if a play doesn’t work it is always a terrible call. If a blitz gets home the offensive line is clearly awful. Maybe some just want to blow of steam and aren’t too interested in X’s and O’s but The IUFB tries to go a little deeper than that.

Are there question marks? Yes. Are there some concerns. Affirmative. But there is no need to panic as this is only game number two of the Nick Sheridan era. As the game went on Indiana seemed to find more and more in the Rutgers Defense, which is exactly what one would hope to see. By the 3rd quarter Penix really got into a groove and it felt like Sheridan was getting hot as well.

There was a designed run late in the first half when Penix saw man to man coverage and took advantage by taking off for a 25 yard run. Then toward the end of the 3rd quarter Rutgers showed Zone and Sheridan dialed up a delayed route for Tight End Hendershot that filled the abandoned space of the Rutgers Defense, resulting in an 11 yard gain and a 1st and Goal at the 2 yard line.

Sheridan did seem a little stubborn about trying to run into the A Gaps of the Defense. It clearly wasn’t there but he kept trying. However the Hoosiers may have found something in their run game in the second half. Instead of dives right up the middle they gave the ball to Stevie on a bit of a delay. This look seemed to create some lanes for Scott to rush through and this is when he got much of his yardage.

Offensive Line
The Offensive Line allowed Rutgers to get quite a bit of pressure on Michael Penix today, but most of that was when Rutgers blitzed. When the Scarlet Knights didn’t bring an extra man (or two) in passing situations there were quite a few nice clean pockets for Penix to throw in. There were a couple of plays where Stevie Scott picked up the blitzer giving Penix the extra time he needed to make the completion down field – including the 15 yard TD to Ty Fryfogle late in the second quarter.

PuntJohnPunt is likely correct when he says that Indiana will likely need to use a Tight End or Running Back (or both) to give Penix some extra time in passing situations. The downside of this of course is that it takes away an additional route-runner and limits the options of what can be called by the OC.

Defense
What can be said? This group is playing great overall. Kane Wommack is dialing up cornerback blitzes at timely moments and they are getting home. Tiawan Mullen had two sacks and the Hoosier ‘D’ picked off Rutgers three times. Indiana is tackling really well – especially in a season when tackling has been lacking almost across the board in College Football. If there are other teams tackling as well as IU there aren’t many.

Wommack said more than once before the season started that he felt like his guys were really starting to get it in terms of his scheme and he liked the way they were playing. Evidently he wasn’t just being positive because his unit is getting it done. Reese Taylor made a couple of very athletic tackles in the open field that can’t really be taught.

Micah McFadden continues to be all over the field and is playing like an All Big Ten Linebacker. ‘C4’ Cam Jones blew up a play launching himself at the QB and causing the ball to be deflected high into the air and eventually intercepted.

There are too many guys playing well on D to mention them all but Swann and Sio really made their presence felt today on the defensive front.



Indiana returns home to face Michigan next Saturday and will likely be in the interesting position of being ranked higher than the Wolverines, who lost to Michigan State earlier today 27-24.

One game at a time. The sky is the limit. Just keep getting better and nothing is off the table.

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Daddy Hoosier | October 31, 2020

The Indiana Hoosiers overcame a slow start and early sloppiness to soundly defeat Rutgers in their first Big Ten road game of the season. The offense struggled to get on track early and Rutgers got a quick score to take a 7-0 lead but IU settled in by the second quarter and controlled the game the rest of the way.

Early there were dropped balls, missed throws and effective pressures from the Rutgers defense. The offense struggled in much of game one and many were beginning to wonder if it would be more of the same in week two. But as was the case last week in many instances the concept was there but the execution fell just a little short – whether the throw was a little off or the ball was dropped.

Meanwhile the defense was the strength of the team again today, allowing just 247 yards and 21 points while forcing 3 turnovers and 4 sacks. There were very few glaring schematic breakdowns and the Hoosiers are tackling as well as any team in the country, especially considering they are only two games in.

Penix finished 17 of 26 for 238 yards and 3 touchdowns and there were at least 3 or 4 dropped balls that should have been caught. Indiana was mediocre in the ground game, barely cracking the 100 yard mark on 40 attempts. Rutgers’ defensive tackles played with great leverage and strength and made it nearly impossible for IU to succeed on interior runs. Stevie Scott finished with 81 yards on 21 carries while Sampson James added 33 yards on 7 touches.

Whop Philyor logged his 7th career 100 yard receiving game by grabbing 5 balls for 137 yards. In doing so Whop moved into 15th on the all time receiving yardage list at IU, checking in with 1,745 career yards.

Ty Fryfogle added 4 catches for 55 yards and a TD while Peyton Hendershot had 6 catches for 34 yards and 2 TDs.

It wasn’t always pretty but Indiana showed improvement from last week and that’s all Coach Tom Allen is asking.

“The sky is the limit,” Allen told a happy Hoosier locker room after the game. “If we will stay focused and get a little better every week this will be something special.”



The victory in New Jersey was the 20th of Allen’s career at IU and moves him into a tie for 8th on the all-time Indiana wins list. The win also gets Allen to .500 at IU, with a career record of 20-20.

There is no question Indiana has plenty to clean up, especially on the offensive side of things. Here’s a look at some areas where the Hoosiers have some definite room for growth.

Playcalling
Indiana’s slow start on ‘O’ was swiftly met by doom and gloom on Twitter. But most of that is just people watching the ball and reacting to the result of the play rather than taking in the whole game and watching the chess match develop.

According to the twitosphere if a play doesn’t work it is always a terrible call. If a blitz gets home the offensive line is clearly awful. Maybe some just want to blow of steam and aren’t too interested in X’s and O’s but The IUFB tries to go a little deeper than that.

Are there question marks? Yes. Are there some concerns. Affirmative. But there is no need to panic as this is only game number two of the Nick Sheridan era. As the game went on Indiana seemed to find more and more in the Rutgers Defense, which is exactly what one would hope to see. By the 3rd quarter Penix really got into a groove and it felt like Sheridan was getting hot as well.

There was a designed run late in the first half when Penix saw man to man coverage and took advantage by taking off for a 25 yard run. Then toward the end of the 3rd quarter Rutgers showed Zone and Sheridan dialed up a delayed route for Tight End Hendershot that filled the abandoned space of the Rutgers Defense, resulting in an 11 yard gain and a 1st and Goal at the 2 yard line.

Sheridan did seem a little stubborn about trying to run into the A Gaps of the Defense. It clearly wasn’t there but he kept trying. However the Hoosiers may have found something in their run game in the second half. Instead of dives right up the middle they gave the ball to Stevie on a bit of a delay. This look seemed to create some lanes for Scott to rush through and this is when he got much of his yardage.

Offensive Line
The Offensive Line allowed Rutgers to get quite a bit of pressure on Michael Penix today, but most of that was when Rutgers blitzed. When the Scarlet Knights didn’t bring an extra man (or two) in passing situations there were quite a few nice clean pockets for Penix to throw in. There were a couple of plays where Stevie Scott picked up the blitzer giving Penix the extra time he needed to make the completion down field – including the 15 yard TD to Ty Fryfogle late in the second quarter.

PuntJohnPunt is likely correct when he says that Indiana will likely need to use a Tight End or Running Back (or both) to give Penix some extra time in passing situations. The downside of this of course is that it takes away an additional route-runner and limits the options of what can be called by the OC.

Defense
What can be said? This group is playing great overall. Kane Wommack is dialing up cornerback blitzes at timely moments and they are getting home. Tiawan Mullen had 2.5 sacks and the Hoosier ‘D’ picked off Rutgers three times. Indiana is tackling really well – especially in a season when tackling has been lacking almost across the board in College Football. If there are other teams tackling as well as IU there aren’t many.

Wommack said more than once before the season started that he felt like his guys were really starting to get it in terms of his scheme and he liked the way they were playing. Evidently he wasn’t just being positive because his unit is getting it done. Reese Taylor made a couple of very athletic tackles in the open field that can’t really be taught.

Micah McFadden continues to be all over the field and is playing like an All Big Ten Linebacker. ‘C4’ Cam Jones blew up a play launching himself at the QB and causing the ball to be deflected high into the air and eventually intercepted.

There are too many guys playing well on D to mention them all but Swann and Sio really made their presence felt today on the defensive front.



Indiana returns home to face Michigan next Saturday and will likely be in the interesting position of being ranked higher than the Wolverines, who lost to Michigan State earlier today 27-24.

One game at a time. The sky is the limit. Just keep getting better and nothing is off the table.

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Thanks, can't disagree with anything you wrote.

The doom and gloom crowd astonishes me given the history of IU football. Enjoy the ride!
 
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