Will the Hoosiers beat the Domers
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"You've got to have a blueprint & a Plan & you work your plan every day to gain the edge. Then you've got to be committed to improvement. You've got to have high standards, expectations, & you never lower your standards. This is the end result of a process & this is the reward for a job well done" Coach Curt Cignetti
I’m thinking we can win if we can stop the Irish running game
I’m most concerned with the pass rush. Notre Dame blitzes on like 40% of their defensive snaps and they have a defensive line graded 25th in the country. To put that in perspective, Michigan is ranked 1st and OSU is 18th. If we pass protect like we did in those games we’re in trouble. If we can clean up our pass protection I think we win the game.
the key is to jump out early and start hot.
Get ND to where they have to pass and it’s curtains.
Get ND to where they have to pass and it’s curtains.
It will be a fight and the odds are against the Hoosiers. That said, I love that Cig got an extra week to scheme some stuff. I think ND will have their hands full on Friday night.
Yes but that also means ND got an extra week to scheme and put in a few wrinkles as well….but I love our odds and believe we have a better coach
I feel like ND is trying to hard. They will be wearing black uniforms and waving towels…etc. IU is all business this week.
yes. IU can win and I think will.
ND and IU. Both with meh SOS. Both won big, mostly.
ND has better wins in Georgia Tech and Texas A&M but also has the bad (really bad) loss to NIU.
IU has no big wins but won big everything they should.
*IU is hammered on their performance at OSU. Question: if that game was played anywhere other than Columbus, how much of a difference would the score be? IMO about 17-20 pts. IU would not have given up 14 by the ST and their offense would have been much more synced, worth at least one or 2 FG's.
Analysts trumpet ND's running game, but it doesn't look overly utilized so their numbers must be inflated by QB scrambles...just as ours are deflated by the OSU game's sack numbers.
Notre Dame's most impressive stat is their ability to limit passing yards. It's looking like it's due more to their secondary than their DL. Based on some of the commentary from ND streamers, they have a less traditional linebacker corps, being more like plus-size Safety/LB combo. IU short passing will be less profitable but should open up some longer rush gainers. The set-up allows them to keep tight man-2-man coverage so they create a lot of incompletions.
I read this as ND's small linebackers will disrupt IU's favored short and mid passing routes and down field routes will be tightly contested.
IU has to establish a run and force those LB's stay close to defend against the 10+ yards rushes.
ND and IU. Both with meh SOS. Both won big, mostly.
ND has better wins in Georgia Tech and Texas A&M but also has the bad (really bad) loss to NIU.
IU has no big wins but won big everything they should.
*IU is hammered on their performance at OSU. Question: if that game was played anywhere other than Columbus, how much of a difference would the score be? IMO about 17-20 pts. IU would not have given up 14 by the ST and their offense would have been much more synced, worth at least one or 2 FG's.
Analysts trumpet ND's running game, but it doesn't look overly utilized so their numbers must be inflated by QB scrambles...just as ours are deflated by the OSU game's sack numbers.
| IU Offense | ND Offense | ||
| Yards/Completion | 13.5 | 11.0 | |
| Rush Play % | 56.3% | 55.7% | |
| QB Sacked % | 5.7% | 4.4% | |
| Pass Play % | 43.7% | 44.3% | |
| Completion % | 67.7% | 66% | |
| Int Thrown % | 1.6% | 1.5% |
Notre Dame's most impressive stat is their ability to limit passing yards. It's looking like it's due more to their secondary than their DL. Based on some of the commentary from ND streamers, they have a less traditional linebacker corps, being more like plus-size Safety/LB combo. IU short passing will be less profitable but should open up some longer rush gainers. The set-up allows them to keep tight man-2-man coverage so they create a lot of incompletions.
| IU Defense | ND Defense | ||
| Sack % | 7.4% | 8.1% | |
| Opp Pass Play % | 53.4% | 45.5% | |
| Opp Completion % | 62.5% | 48.7% | |
| Opp Int Thrown % | 3.5% | 5% |
I read this as ND's small linebackers will disrupt IU's favored short and mid passing routes and down field routes will be tightly contested.
IU has to establish a run and force those LB's stay close to defend against the 10+ yards rushes.
Spot on. ND gets their sacks from coverage. They don’t have a dominant line. They do give up rushing yards. Plus nobody is talking about how bad their kicker is. Freeman will be going for it on 4th downs because of it too.
I agree, this is where all pundits are pointing to. IU's stats are overinflated because of their S.O.S. Then completely disregard the awful schedule ND played and highlight them as this juggernaut. ha I will go to my grave that their S.O.S. was falsely inflated by beating Army and Navy and both being considered better wins than ours vs. Michigan, Nebraska and Washington. I think Maryland and MSU would beat those two teams. Anyways, I will step off that soap box.
Specific to OSU, Cignetti has been clear that we cleaned up what went wrong. I know you agree with that, just clarifying as a lead-up to linking the video of Cig on the Pat McAfee show this afternoon. He touches on it near the end. If anyone hasn't seen yet, great watch!
