Ignore all the CFP talk this week. Only one thing matters this week. Everything else will take care of itself.
POTFB Week
- Thread starter Pazhoosier85
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Right, flush yesterday & laser-focus on PU. Go Hoosiers.
Opened up 25 pt favorites.
PU will be up for the game after their embarrassing season and it’s a rivalry. They played MSU kinda well. It will be frigid. It’s not a cake walk of a game.
PU will be up for the game after their embarrassing season and it’s a rivalry. They played MSU kinda well. It will be frigid. It’s not a cake walk of a game.
I honestly think that Cig will have the team ready to kill. I think the IU players will be ready to faceplant someone. Will the crowd be ready? A sell out on a probably cold Saturday night? I turned off that MSU / PUke game at halftime and was surprised by the final score. MSU does do a lot of self-destruction on offense though so maybe it was more MSU than Purdue for the comeback.
On thing I noticed in the first half ... a lot of times in a congested attempt to catch the ball ... the PUke receivers would get the opponent the chance to grab one of their arms with an offer or leave one of their arms and hand into the MSU DBs chest and then try to get the PI call and never attempted to catch a very catchable ball with two hands. Sometimes it was so obvious it was funny.
I don’t see IU dominating. The defense has played well but the offense has fallen off a cliff.
I have no idea which Purdue team will show up.
The team that will play loose and hard?
The team that is ready to just get the season over with?
The team that will play loose and hard?
The team that is ready to just get the season over with?
You will probably see Pu blitz on every passing down and some running downs. They saw how it has affected us the last two games. They have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
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PU isn't Michigan or Ohio State: they don't have their horses. That being said, some adjustments need to be made.
I look for Indiana to come out and run the ball down Purdue's throat. Indiana ran the ball against Ohio State throughout that game but simply couldn't hold up in passing protection.
The running game should setup whatever we want in the passing game. This game should be a blowout in Indiana's favor.
Edit: I'd LOVE to see the defense pitch a shut out!!!!!
The running game should setup whatever we want in the passing game. This game should be a blowout in Indiana's favor.
Edit: I'd LOVE to see the defense pitch a shut out!!!!!
Sagarin rankings have something called "Strong Recent" computerized rating. 3 points for the home team and they say IU wins by 37. Last week it was a little off, saying OSU would win by 12 on the "Strong Recent" category.
I mentioned yesterday that one thing I saw in the MSU game, they like to try and get a PI on most of their long passes and some catchable passes. Meaning .. they stick an arm/hand into the chest or gut of the DB and reach for the ball with one hand as if the DB is grabbing their arm to prevent them from catching the pass. I saw catchable pass if they had used two hands.
This year's IU's D is better than last year so I would not expect Mookobee running wild this year. Like HoosierJimbo89 said they dont have the horses and speed that scUM or the Suckeyes had for their blitzing package.
Crowd noise will be different so expect the OL to take care of the QB against that blitz.
What if Cig runs the score up (Some Purdue fans want that so Walters has a better chance to get fired) or if he scores at the end of the game up by 28 or more points. After all the times that Tiller ran the score up on IU I suggest foot to the floor and score as many possible.
Last game of the year before the CFP (yes I believe they are in) ... so does Cig pull starters after they get up by more than 3 TDs to prevent any injuries??
Do the PUkes show up and play the game of their life and shock IU ?? (Don't think so) Although they did play a better NON conference schedule since that makes so much difference to many nationwide fans lately. LOL
I mentioned yesterday that one thing I saw in the MSU game, they like to try and get a PI on most of their long passes and some catchable passes. Meaning .. they stick an arm/hand into the chest or gut of the DB and reach for the ball with one hand as if the DB is grabbing their arm to prevent them from catching the pass. I saw catchable pass if they had used two hands.
This year's IU's D is better than last year so I would not expect Mookobee running wild this year. Like HoosierJimbo89 said they dont have the horses and speed that scUM or the Suckeyes had for their blitzing package.
Crowd noise will be different so expect the OL to take care of the QB against that blitz.
What if Cig runs the score up (Some Purdue fans want that so Walters has a better chance to get fired) or if he scores at the end of the game up by 28 or more points. After all the times that Tiller ran the score up on IU I suggest foot to the floor and score as many possible.
Last game of the year before the CFP (yes I believe they are in) ... so does Cig pull starters after they get up by more than 3 TDs to prevent any injuries??
Do the PUkes show up and play the game of their life and shock IU ?? (Don't think so) Although they did play a better NON conference schedule since that makes so much difference to many nationwide fans lately. LOL
Purdue could end up playing 5 playoff teams: ND, Oregon, OSU, PSU, IU.
Being in the soft West forever, it's about time they face some better teams!
A bit of surprising triva ... the last 13 years the record has been 6-7 vs Purdue
It's a big step up from the JV to the varsity.
do you think PU has a defense in teh same stratosphere as UM and OSU?
No, but Indiana hasn't adjusted to other teams overloading our OL (outnumbering) either. Fingers crossed on that this coming wknd.
Ryan Walters was pretty emotional during the Sparty press conference: looked like he had been crying. IU needs to curb stomp PU.
If the opportunity is there to blow them out and run it up, then yes, I think Cig will do so. He knows the fans want it and that it should help with in-state recruits. That’s the way Tiller looked at it, too. Also he needs all the style points he can muster to try and secure a CFP bid.
That said, we all know sometimes these games go sideways. ‘81, what turned out to be a Jim Young’s (a great coach) last game, IU, coming in 2-8, pulled a big upset. ‘86, PU came in 2-8, Leon had already been fired. IU comes in 6-4 and a 20+ point favorite at PU…horrible loss for IU!! Could go on and on, like ‘89, don’t even get me started!!
The ‘03 PU team was maybe Tiller’s best. The week before they lost a heartbreaker in OT to OSU. Boilers came in totally disinterested vs a terrible IU team of GD’s and only because LoVecchio missed multiple open receivers at or near the end zone, did they escape, 24-16, IU having to settle for 3 FGs. IU in ‘93, came in 7-3 after 2 weeks in a row of heartbreaking losses at PSU and OSU. Coletto had already fired his dc and Spack, the LBs coach, after giving up 59 at Minnesota in late October, and gave IU all they wanted that day, in just a 7-point win.
IU needs to leave no doubt!!
That said, we all know sometimes these games go sideways. ‘81, what turned out to be a Jim Young’s (a great coach) last game, IU, coming in 2-8, pulled a big upset. ‘86, PU came in 2-8, Leon had already been fired. IU comes in 6-4 and a 20+ point favorite at PU…horrible loss for IU!! Could go on and on, like ‘89, don’t even get me started!!
The ‘03 PU team was maybe Tiller’s best. The week before they lost a heartbreaker in OT to OSU. Boilers came in totally disinterested vs a terrible IU team of GD’s and only because LoVecchio missed multiple open receivers at or near the end zone, did they escape, 24-16, IU having to settle for 3 FGs. IU in ‘93, came in 7-3 after 2 weeks in a row of heartbreaking losses at PSU and OSU. Coletto had already fired his dc and Spack, the LBs coach, after giving up 59 at Minnesota in late October, and gave IU all they wanted that day, in just a 7-point win.
IU needs to leave no doubt!!
I don't know the specifics as well as you're stating and generally agree that these rivalry games can get sideways, but how many of those headscratchers you referenced were played at the favorite's home stadium? we're going to drag their dicks in the dirt.
"Crowd noise will be different so expect the OL to take care of the QB against that blitz."
I really wish it was just crowd noise. 2nd half Michigan blitz defense says hello.
I really wish it was just crowd noise. 2nd half Michigan blitz defense says hello.
