Indiana/Ohio State Prediction Thread

[Walt542]

IU 35
OSU 31
Rourke has fun in his return to the state of Ohio.

 

[Hoosierific]

As much as I would like to see a Hoosier win, I just don't see us beating OSU at their place. OSU 34 IU 17. IUbeats Purdue the following week 77-0!

 

[daddyhoosier]

Listen. Buck the nuts. Uh-hiyah State sux.

Indiana 39
Uh-hiyah State 30

✅ 🚬
❌🌰

 

[Chriselli]

Pre-Michigan second half prediction:
INDIANA 31
Ohio State 24

Post:
INDIANA 24
Ohio State 38

 

[From the Balcony]

IU 21
OSU 16

Defenses rule. One of our TDs is a pick-6.

 

[Victorbmyboy]

👀

 

[hickorytree1]

One suggestion, guys. There is a wide range of possible outcomes at the 'shoe this weekend and Saturday's game, for me, is the toughest pick since the UCLA game. I know there's a temptation, particularly this week, to go with "my heart says [Score A] but my head says [Score B]." Your call as to whether to go with your head or your heart, but try to go with just one score prediction. Let's have some fun with this and see who among us is Nostradamus.

Here's my prediction:

IU 27
OSU 23

Go Hoosiers!

IU 21
OSU 17

OSU is putting a lot of pressure on themselves to win this game. "A must win"; "A loss and we're out", etc. Per Cig and players, it's just another game, with same process as usual. In my view, too much pressure for their QB to handle.

 

[A-hOhL]

IU 34
OSU 27

 

[GeddyHoosier]

We haven't played anybody with OSU's talent this year, nor have we played in a place like the Horseshoe. Too much to overcome:

OSU: 34
IU:13

 

[GeddyHoosier]

I think we get our comeuppance. MICH should’ve beaten us (they didn’t because Moore isn’t Harbaugh), and OSU is way better. It’s in Columbus and we haven’t beaten them since 1988. It’s like asking the basketball team to win in Madison—it just doesn’t happen. B1G wants an OSU/ORE rematch in Indy. They get it.

OSU 35, IND 17. Hello Citrus Bowl—the committee will drop us like a rock.

OSU/Oregon could play 3 times!

 

[Big Red Crimson Buffalo]

Oh, I get it. But he’s a better coach than Moore.

Tricky situation for them. Moore was acting head coach last year during the title run when Coach Khaki was suspended. He held them together to ensure an undefeated season. They went the Bill Lynch route circa 2007. It came down to: do you boot the guy who was the interim last year success or boot a guy and go totally different direction with a new regime?

 

[abraxis]

I’ve instructed my wife to hide my rose-colored glasses, on purpose.

Ohio State 34 - IU 14

Which IU team shows up, the one that struggled against Northeastern and Michigan, or the one that annihilated a poor Nebraska team? I expect the former. My negativity is a personal defense mechanism designed to ameliorate the depression of the broken-hearted, having lost this highly anticipated Buck-nut game.

 

[red hornet]

We haven't played anybody with OSU's talent this year, nor have we played in a place like the Horseshoe. Too much to overcome:

OSU: 34
IU:13

Folks, GeddyHoosier hasn't predicted an Indiana win all season (0-10)--reverse psychology means Indiana WINS!

 

[hickorytree1]

Folks, GeddyHoosier hasn't predicted an Indiana win all season (0-10)--reverse psychology means Indiana WINS!

We hope Geddy predicts IU to lose in the soccer tourney too.

 

[bang63]

Yep. Michigan game every year we play them. They tug and pull jerseys all game long.

As all teams do

 

[Victorbmyboy]

As all teams do

Go back and watch. All teams do but not to the extent as Michigan does. They don’t get called for it either. It’s the same in basketball when you play certain teams that get away with shady plays. Like Wisconsin and NW. the refs let it go.

 

[IUNorth]

Go back and watch. All teams do but not to the extent as Michigan does. They don’t get called for it either. It’s the same in basketball when you play certain teams that get away with shady plays. Like Wisconsin and NW. the refs let it go.

I honestly believe that its a situation where the refs are posed with calling fouls or penalties on nearly every possession...or largely letting it go, and only then calling the most obvious or egregious penalties. For B10 bball, I think this phenomena started with the great Izzo 2000 ish teams basically becoming football teams. Refs making the decision to allow it rather than foul everyone out, and the entire league having to adjust... Its why the B10 has the reputation of being "too physical" nowadays.

 

[Victorbmyboy]

I honestly believe that its a situation where the refs are posed with calling fouls or penalties on nearly every possession...or largely letting it go, and only then calling the most obvious or egregious penalties. For B10 bball, I think this phenomena started with the great Izzo 2000 ish teams basically becoming football teams. Refs making the decision to allow it rather than foul everyone out, and the entire league having to adjust... Its why the B10 has the reputation of being "too physical" nowadays.

That’s exactly it but not all teams will get away with it.

 

[rrdd2021]

OSU 34 - Indy 21. The Hoosiers keep it close the 1st half but....

 

[IUNorth]

That’s exactly it but not all teams will get away with it.

My theory is not all teams are as "committed to it". When the refs or officials call things early, they back off, adjust. Football programs like Harbaugh/Michigan don't adjust, they force the refs to adjust. They might have some games here and there where they get called for a couple early...but if anything, they ramp up the holds...certainly don't back off.

Officials are often looking for things that "jump out" to them. In a Michigan football game, jersey grabbing, even outside the shoulders isn't something that "jumps out". In a Wisconsin basketball game, illegal screens don't "jump out", grabs and hacks don't jump out, because its literally every possession.