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Big in the sense that Beebe is a different style back than Hemby and Black. Hemby and Black are both speedsters with home run ability, Beebe more downhill that gets you yards after contact.

Like last year, IU doesn't have a featured back. Beebe was one of 3 backs who shared nearly equal touches with Black and Hemby.

IU has rushed for 300+ yards in all 3 games as well

The Virginia series was scheduled for 2027 and 2028 so had no bearing on this years team. Understand your point on familiarity and cohesiveness early in the season, I just don't believe it's as big of an emphasis as some make it out to be. There are still plenty of players who saw heavy rotation...

I'm not talking about total yardage, I'm talking about a teams ability to methodically control and pound the ball against IU's defense as the poster I responded too suggested. It hasn't happened under Cignetti's watch. When a team has more than half of their total rushing yards on a single...

Again, ND had a 99 yard TD run on the their first run of the game when IU's safety fell down taking a bad angle. After that they were held to 94 yards on their remaining 34 carriers for <3 ypc. ND had one of, if not the best rushing attack in the country last year. Nobody has been able to...

This group isn't as new as you think it is. Half the front 4 was on last years team. All 3 rotating LB's were on last years team. Indiana's run defense has been elite dating back to the start of Cignetti's tenure at IU. Nobody has been successful in methodically grounding and pounding the...

ODU had 2 long runs, the first play of the game that went 75 yards for a TD and their last offensive snap that went 78 yards; both missed assignments on QB read option. Reality is that IU dominated that game everywhere but the scoreboard. They were uncharacteristically bad in the red zone and...