You're wrong here. Western Kentucky would beat Purdue and Rutgers 8 times out of 10.
If IU starts out 2-2, Wilson won't keep his job after 2015. Not saying I favor that, but you can't go 2-2 against that OOC schedule in Year 5 and get to Year 6.
It's actually a tougher conference schedule than it might have seemed like when Glass and co scheduled it. I think 2-2 is more likely than it is not.
I think our defense will be worse than it was this past season. We've currently got an Antonio Banderas blow-up doll and a chair in the top of the depth chart at CB. We lost *everything* at that spot.
Not necessarily true. You're always so negative.
Hey, think whatever you want, but I'm absolutely not categorically negative. If you'd read any of my posts (or heard my podcasts) before last season, I was projecting major, major success last year, based on my numbers and what I saw.
If you're right then Wilson is done. You can't be making sufficient progress if you go 2-2 against that schedule. No disrespect to thos teams but if IU can't beat them all, there will be a new guy next season.
Not sure how you saw last year as you did or how you can see this year's predictions as you do (Sudfeld as one of the top three quarterbacks in the BiG, the running back view).
I get the concern about WKU, but come on. Wake is awful. They have no home field advantage. FIU is awful. I know we've lost plenty of games we "should" win before, but if we're ever going to go anywhere, I don't think expecting to beat these teams is too much to ask.
I don't disagree at all on Wake. They were horrible last year, and don't return much. That's more of a swing game to me than the Western game (and one that we *should* win). But it's still concerning to me that Bill Connelly from SBNation projects that one as a "toss-up" - dude knows his stuff.
Perhaps, but if they beat IU in Bloomington this season, there's no basis for saying that the program is progressing. Wilson will be done.
I am not a huge post kinda guy but few people follow IU football as closely as I do. The job is clearly tougher than even Kevin Wilson thought. I just cringed his rookie year when he said "we're close....these football players are not that far off from what Oklahoma has". Building Indiana's football foundation and culture is not for the faint hearted. More to the point, Imo Wilson very happy here in Bloomington....not to mention his family and five kids in our school system. He is fully and totally aware of his won loss record and the various disappointments. He is also fully aware you recruit midwestern lineman and continue to build that I-75 pipeline to the Sunshine State. He has done that quite well. His players academic standing is unparalled which was one of his goals. Wilson knows he needs more w's and it should happen this year. I think what we need to be more concerned with is at the end of this season is hanging on to two of the most coveted assistants in the country.....Frey and McCullough. How many times can these guys say "no, not interested but thanks".
