Ramsey is in his third year and got the nod a starter last week. Penix is a freshman who completed eight of ten passes. This four star recruit is not a back-up. Hopefully they can continue to bring him along slowly. In the ongoing effort to upgrade the Hoosier program there are no protected position.
For a board that 90 percent said we would be lucky to win this game and would be happy with a one point victory there sure was a lot of bitching going on. We played a whole lot of guys last night. Late in the first or early in the second half buck said we had played 73 guys and I think we took 78. So about everybody played. Offense looked good. Hale was a beast and I thought he would be our best returning reciever. Thin at RB of course and if Gest is out going forward going to need Pechac or Walker or someone to step up. D line got no pressure and the secondary made multiple errors. Need to get some things ironed out. Have a tendancy to overplay and get out of position and letting backs get outside, same as last year. Not a bad game over all especially considering some of the near upsets teams had at home.
Important to get Penix meaningful reps since he is our clear #2 and had no game experience. And yes I hope Ramsey is not thrilled by losing playing time. I feel he is a competitor and will respond with even better play. Feel real good about our QB position. Not so good about our DL. Very little penetration and pressure on the quarterback.
Most of the problems I saw in the secondary were technique and angle issues. Not unexpected for the first live, full-speed action of the year. Probably fixable with drill and film work (if Bell had been properly dropped a step or two deeper he had two picks in his grasp). I'm not worried there. I think our LBs were sound in their play, but I do have concerns about speed.
But isnt that exactly what Wilson said several times...more times than I care to count. Wasn't Allen brought in to solve that problem? This is my point...
I came to 10 wins because I saw top notch teams STRUGGLE. I saw MSU struggle. I don’t think they’re more “talented”. I saw PU struggle to a degree. They lost a lot of guys from that defense. I saw Penn State struggle. NW and PU are comparable talent wise. I didn’t see anything that saws “oh yeah IU is bound to lose that matchup.” Even Ohio State gave up 31, although they did put up 77 and have talent. But besides OSU, I didn’t see anyone who stood out as beyond our reach this season. And the issues I saw were mostly mental from IU, not physical. The only physical question mark I have is the conditioning of our defensive lineman. At every other position I didn’t really see any other big ten team with more talent besides OSU, and that’s a first. That’s why I can see 10 wins if they put it all together. Of course, they hopefully don’t look past Virginia and Ball state. They have to take care of business first.
On this point, I can’t disagree more. I don’t think IU is close to those schools talent wise. The best of the BiG 10 East has better players, and more of them. Difference makers. IU might have one or two of those guys on either side of the ball, while OSU, PSU, UM, MSU, even Maryland have a good number more. Recruiting results bear that out.
These are all very solid points. Impressions are like that aren't they...vbg. We are all just guessing really. Apples to oranges, oranges to apples. And man do I want this team to win. I want Allen to succeed. But they gotta prove it. No rose colored glasses for me. That ship sailed 20 years ago.
I agree after watching the game a second time. The LBs speed was more a recognition, assignment and response lag rather than foot speed.
Yours is just an opinion...of absolutely no more value than anyone elses. And you apparently have misread many posts. You wont find a "better" person there than here. Just those actually crazy enough to pay for a web site...vbg
