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And one of the 3 not dropping back was just a QB spy. Only two rushing the passer.
It doesn’t have to be lying down. No time runs when the kicking team recovers onside kick. They can’t advance it. Ball is dead once they have possession.
UCLA was the undisputed king of player compensation during the Wooden years. A fact that is neatly covered up by the sports media.
Curbelo Fanboy
BERTBALL IS LIFE
It’s a game played with an odd shaped ball by late teen and early 20’s kids so strange things can happen.
Saying that I see no way that if IU plays a clean game that they lose. All 4 semi finalists played good to great games but they are a cut above imo.
So balanced on offense and so good on defense. As crazy as it is to say if they run it to the end and win it all they go down as one of the all time great teams. And I don’t know if they have a first round pick on their roster. It also goes down as the unlikeliest team sport champ at least of this century if not a lot lot longer than that.
Saying that I see no way that if IU plays a clean game that they lose. All 4 semi finalists played good to great games but they are a cut above imo.
So balanced on offense and so good on defense. As crazy as it is to say if they run it to the end and win it all they go down as one of the all time great teams. And I don’t know if they have a first round pick on their roster. It also goes down as the unlikeliest team sport champ at least of this century if not a lot lot longer than that.
OrangeBlue98
Iowa is not in a great spot right now (LvilleILL1)
- Des Moines, IA
What I want to happen-Oregon-Ole Miss with Oregon winning.
What I think will happen-Indiana-Miami with Indiana winning.
Funny things happen in a game of football, but Indiana just looks like an inevitability.
What I think will happen-Indiana-Miami with Indiana winning.
Funny things happen in a game of football, but Indiana just looks like an inevitability.
I keep waiting for Indiana to have an off night / bad game , yet they never do .
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Mendoza plays an important role in all this , but hardly has any role in the D other than keeping them fresh & off the field .
Their scoring is hardly made up of flukes .
It’s hard to comprehend how Cignetti found the magic formula when he moved to Btown.
The amazing thing is their overall roster grades out the same as ours in terms of percieved talent level. He seems to have found a flock of guys that were underrated out of HS, showed top level skill in college, and came to IU and jelled.
Illinivek23
- Gurnee
Didn't the broadcast last night mention VR? Do they put their offense in a video game to visualize going up against the opponents' defenses? Like the WSJ article discussed, the mental reps these guys get before playing seems like the difference maker.
But also, just looking at the 2 teams last night - the IND team just physically looked like Saban's BAMA teams from 5-10 years ago. (Body types, conditioning, etc)
But also, just looking at the 2 teams last night - the IND team just physically looked like Saban's BAMA teams from 5-10 years ago. (Body types, conditioning, etc)
Is the Sagarin rankings the worst out there? He makes no sense.
USC 0-2 (against top 10), 2-3 (against top 30), SOS 28, His ranking of USC 17
Tenn 0-2 (against top 10), 0-5 (against top 30), SOS 49, His ranking of Tenn 23
Illinois 0-2 (against top 10), 2-3 against top 30), SOS 23, His ranking of Illinois 27
Illinois wins head-to-head against each and has better periphials yet is ranked below both.
USC 0-2 (against top 10), 2-3 (against top 30), SOS 28, His ranking of USC 17
Tenn 0-2 (against top 10), 0-5 (against top 30), SOS 49, His ranking of Tenn 23
Illinois 0-2 (against top 10), 2-3 against top 30), SOS 23, His ranking of Illinois 27
Illinois wins head-to-head against each and has better periphials yet is ranked below both.
Illini4Chief
- TENNESSEE
Josh McCray (remember him)..... 2 carries -3 yards.
Curbelo Fanboy
BERTBALL IS LIFE
I don't know if they just lied down or were beaten into submission. I knew it was over when they went for that 4th down in 2nd quarter. Score was 3-0 but that told me DeBoer knew deep down they couldn't beat IU straight up & had to try some chicanery.
It's hard to escape how badly our defense played all year. We were 9-4 thanks to having a terrific offense led by a top college QB.
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
I'm feeling a little less bad about our loss to Indiana now. (A little less.)
Curbelo Fanboy
BERTBALL IS LIFE
Historically speaking would an IU football title be the unlikeliest team sport champ in American history?
I'd say it is at least this century. Yes the Cubs won after being an all time loser but pro sports is a much smaller field. And as a Cub fan I can say they went so long without winning primarily because of organizational incompetence. They didn't bother to try for the better part of that 108 years.
There have been upset title winners. NC State in 1983, Nova in 1985 & I'm sure others farther back on the hoops side. BYU did win a mythical title in 1984. But all of those were at least decent programs who rose up for a season or got hot in the tournament.
I can't think of another team where as recently as 2 years ago if you said Indiana would win a title in football you would have been accused of mental instability to this point where IMO they are the clear best team & favorite to win. Of course oddities can happen cause it's sports but it feels we are on the cusp of something truly historic in the overall history of sports.
It does kind of validate all those years that we suspected the "bluebloods" were playing by a different set of rules that within a few years of NIL being legal & everyone paying players that we have 3/4 of the final four being teams to never win a title & the 4th a team that has spent the better chunk of the last 2 decades a bit in the wilderness. All those years we suspected the big boys were paying under the table, this kind of tells me that yes they were playing by a set of rules that the peons weren't allowed to play by.
I'd say it is at least this century. Yes the Cubs won after being an all time loser but pro sports is a much smaller field. And as a Cub fan I can say they went so long without winning primarily because of organizational incompetence. They didn't bother to try for the better part of that 108 years.
There have been upset title winners. NC State in 1983, Nova in 1985 & I'm sure others farther back on the hoops side. BYU did win a mythical title in 1984. But all of those were at least decent programs who rose up for a season or got hot in the tournament.
I can't think of another team where as recently as 2 years ago if you said Indiana would win a title in football you would have been accused of mental instability to this point where IMO they are the clear best team & favorite to win. Of course oddities can happen cause it's sports but it feels we are on the cusp of something truly historic in the overall history of sports.
It does kind of validate all those years that we suspected the "bluebloods" were playing by a different set of rules that within a few years of NIL being legal & everyone paying players that we have 3/4 of the final four being teams to never win a title & the 4th a team that has spent the better chunk of the last 2 decades a bit in the wilderness. All those years we suspected the big boys were paying under the table, this kind of tells me that yes they were playing by a set of rules that the peons weren't allowed to play by.
I don't think Sagarin uses wins and losses at all. It is all about how many points are scored against which opponent.
They use VR to see what it would look like with the uniforms/colors.
There's a guy on TikTok who streams VR football. I imagine it's a lot like that.
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Margin of victory (and defeat) matters, and getting blown out by Wisconsin and tattooed by Indiana drags that down a lot.
MoCoMdIllini
- Montgomery County, Maryland
The look on DeBoer's face. It was like watching The Office where Jim looks straight into the camera, only more pained.
I was a bit tied up with family stuff so I couldn't postthis yesterday, but I just wanted to add...Trinidad Chambliss is an absolute pleasure to watch. What an incredible treat it was to see him play such an incredible game against Georgia yesterday. There were plays when it seemed like Georgia's secondary had guys blanketed, but Chambliss still made the plays. I'm looking forward to seeing what Trinidad will accomplish on Sundays after this season.
WSJ isn’t free so I can’t share the article but this came out several weeks back and it was interesting.
Instead of endless hours on the practice field and a grueling regimen of drills, Cignetti’s Indiana team has reached the pinnacle of the game by hardly practicing at all.
In a sport that caps practice time at a maximum of 20 hours per week, the Hoosiers typically use just six of those on the field. Walk-throughs before and after games are barely as long as an episode of “The Office.” Even Cignetti’s most arduous sessions fall well short of the two-hour mark.
“I’ve always been a short practice guy,” Cignetti said. “My practices have probably gotten even shorter through the years, as we do everything we can to prepare the team fully but keep them fresh and healthy.”
Instead of endless hours on the practice field and a grueling regimen of drills, Cignetti’s Indiana team has reached the pinnacle of the game by hardly practicing at all.
In a sport that caps practice time at a maximum of 20 hours per week, the Hoosiers typically use just six of those on the field. Walk-throughs before and after games are barely as long as an episode of “The Office.” Even Cignetti’s most arduous sessions fall well short of the two-hour mark.
“I’ve always been a short practice guy,” Cignetti said. “My practices have probably gotten even shorter through the years, as we do everything we can to prepare the team fully but keep them fresh and healthy.”
IlliniFanHere
- New York
IU already beat Oregon once......ring the bell for another win.
Illini4Chief
- TENNESSEE
IU 30 Oregon 20.....last meeting. At Oregon......
Ironically it's exactly how they started the season, and ended the season. Perfect bookends.
In retrospect, they had it all together way back on 9/27, when they beat Georgia. That was it. Their October "gauntlet" run of Georgia, Vandy, Missouri and Tennessee was actually otherwise unremarkable.
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