1 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:09,960 You're listening to the Back Home Network presented by Home 2 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:20,920 Field Apparel. Welcome back to Crimson Cast, 3 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:23,400 Galen Clavio joining you once again. 4 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:27,280 It is Friday, October 13th. It's actually fall break down 5 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:30,780 here in B Town. Hope you're all having a 6 00:00:30,780 --> 00:00:34,780 wonderful October thus far. Almost half over at this point, 7 00:00:35,140 --> 00:00:40,700 and we are heading full steam ahead into the midst of the 8 00:00:40,700 --> 00:00:43,140 start of basketball season. We're in the middle of 9 00:00:43,140 --> 00:00:45,460 volleyball season. We're in the middle of soccer 10 00:00:45,460 --> 00:00:47,580 season. We're in the middle of field 11 00:00:47,580 --> 00:00:51,540 hockey season and of course basketball season about to get 12 00:00:51,540 --> 00:00:54,220 started. 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Also be sure to subscribe to 96 00:05:18,020 --> 00:05:22,260 Home Field Apparel on Instagram, on Twitter. 97 00:05:22,420 --> 00:05:25,140 They're on the pretty much every social media channel. 98 00:05:25,140 --> 00:05:26,980 They've got some awesome content that comes through there. 99 00:05:28,340 --> 00:05:31,660 All right, let's talk I, U and Michigan. 100 00:05:32,460 --> 00:05:35,460 This is obviously, you know, if you if you're looking at the 101 00:05:35,460 --> 00:05:40,100 schedule at the beginning of the year, you're probably looking at 102 00:05:40,100 --> 00:05:43,380 that game and saying I'm not sure that Indiana's going to 103 00:05:43,380 --> 00:05:45,260 have much of a shot in that game. 104 00:05:45,820 --> 00:05:48,500 Michigan came into the season ranked ahead of Ohio State, 105 00:05:48,700 --> 00:05:50,980 ranked ahead of Penn State, ranked among the best teams in 106 00:05:50,980 --> 00:05:54,020 the country, and they certainly looked like that thus far on the 107 00:05:54,020 --> 00:05:56,820 season. They come into this game six 108 00:05:56,820 --> 00:06:00,740 and, oh, and really just a dominant team in a bunch of 109 00:06:00,740 --> 00:06:05,060 different ways. You know, I've sometimes 110 00:06:06,180 --> 00:06:10,180 nostalgic for the Rich Rodriguez era at Michigan when it really 111 00:06:10,180 --> 00:06:13,100 did feel like you could beat Michigan anytime you went out 112 00:06:13,100 --> 00:06:15,580 onto the field. That hasn't been that way for a 113 00:06:15,580 --> 00:06:17,060 while. Even though Indiana did 114 00:06:17,060 --> 00:06:19,420 obviously beat Michigan during that 2020 year. 115 00:06:19,700 --> 00:06:23,740 That's the only time Indiana's won in this series since 1987 116 00:06:24,180 --> 00:06:27,270 and. You look at Michigan this season 117 00:06:27,270 --> 00:06:29,550 and even though they haven't really played a top level 118 00:06:29,550 --> 00:06:33,710 opponent yet, they have been just squishing their opponents 119 00:06:33,950 --> 00:06:36,870 in every single game. In the first five games that 120 00:06:36,870 --> 00:06:40,790 Michigan played, they allowed three points, seven points, six 121 00:06:40,790 --> 00:06:42,910 points, 7 points and seven points. 122 00:06:42,910 --> 00:06:45,950 And then Minnesota actually got to double figures against them. 123 00:06:45,950 --> 00:06:49,510 Last week they allowed ten points and then Michigan's been 124 00:06:49,510 --> 00:06:53,470 blowing teams out, averaging 37.3 points per game. 125 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:59,480 And only allowing 6.7 points per game scored against it's it's 126 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:02,360 not looking like a great matchup for Indiana. 127 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:06,280 It's interesting because last year, obviously Indiana played 128 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:11,200 fairly well in the first half against Michigan and there was a 129 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:15,040 statistic that I saw the other day that you know in Harbaugh's 130 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:19,100 era at Michigan. Indiana's actually played them 131 00:07:19,100 --> 00:07:22,620 the tightest over the course of time with with, you know, a 132 00:07:22,660 --> 00:07:25,420 margin of loss that has been pretty reasonable. 133 00:07:25,420 --> 00:07:28,580 And certainly that was affected somewhat by Indiana winning that 134 00:07:28,580 --> 00:07:32,860 game in 2020 pretty handily. Last year, Indiana lost that 135 00:07:32,860 --> 00:07:35,980 game 31 to 10. It was tied at half thanks to 136 00:07:35,980 --> 00:07:38,340 that Charles Campbell field goal relatively late. 137 00:07:39,130 --> 00:07:42,130 In the in the second quarter actually might have been early 138 00:07:42,130 --> 00:07:45,010 in the second quarter, but anyway, Michigan didn't exactly 139 00:07:45,010 --> 00:07:49,130 blow Indiana out in that game. I took until the middle of the 140 00:07:49,130 --> 00:07:52,410 third quarter before Michigan sees the lead and that was a 141 00:07:52,410 --> 00:07:55,370 really long drive where Indiana had actually pinned Michigan 142 00:07:55,370 --> 00:07:59,170 back on their goal line and of course Michigan was able to 143 00:07:59,170 --> 00:08:02,170 drive 98 yards. But, but overall, I mean, even 144 00:08:02,170 --> 00:08:05,490 though Michigan won that game 31 to 10, it really didn't get out 145 00:08:05,490 --> 00:08:07,970 of hand until the very end of the game. 146 00:08:08,470 --> 00:08:12,030 And you can look at that game and say Indiana, well, they 147 00:08:12,030 --> 00:08:14,550 weren't good. They certainly weren't awful. 148 00:08:15,310 --> 00:08:17,190 Indiana threw a lot of passes that game. 149 00:08:17,230 --> 00:08:22,790 Connor Basil act 25 of 49203 yards, which on a yards per 150 00:08:22,910 --> 00:08:26,910 attempt rate is is pretty bad. But the one touchdown, 1 151 00:08:26,910 --> 00:08:30,030 interception Indiana last year, their biggest problem was they 152 00:08:30,030 --> 00:08:32,990 really couldn't run the ball. Jalen Lucas had four rushes for 153 00:08:32,990 --> 00:08:34,669 45 yards. That was nice. 154 00:08:35,250 --> 00:08:37,409 But Sean Shivers really struggled, Josh Henderson 155 00:08:37,409 --> 00:08:40,330 struggled even more and Connor Basil act kept getting put on 156 00:08:40,330 --> 00:08:43,850 his butt. 7 rushes. And of course in college 157 00:08:43,850 --> 00:08:48,090 football if you get sacked it counts as a running play, which 158 00:08:48,130 --> 00:08:49,410 has never made a whole lot of sense. 159 00:08:49,690 --> 00:08:55,010 But Basil Act was 7 carries for -61 yards last year, which 160 00:08:55,010 --> 00:08:57,210 certainly didn't help Indiana's overall rushing total. 161 00:08:57,210 --> 00:09:01,410 But they ended up rushing for eight tenths of a yard per 162 00:09:01,410 --> 00:09:04,910 attempt last year 25 carries. 19 yards. 163 00:09:04,910 --> 00:09:09,430 Ronnie Bell led Michigan in receiving and and Michigan had a 164 00:09:09,430 --> 00:09:10,310 really good game through the air. 165 00:09:10,310 --> 00:09:14,070 JJ McCarthy 28 to 36 for 304 yards and three touchdowns. 166 00:09:14,070 --> 00:09:18,190 So you know, even though it wasn't a a bad game by Indiana 167 00:09:18,190 --> 00:09:22,350 standards, it also wasn't a game where statistically Indiana was 168 00:09:22,350 --> 00:09:25,150 that close with things and the defense deserved a lot of credit 169 00:09:25,150 --> 00:09:28,830 because that was a game where they they played pretty well. 170 00:09:28,830 --> 00:09:31,670 And I think you could make an argument that that might have 171 00:09:31,670 --> 00:09:33,860 been. You know the last game that the 172 00:09:33,860 --> 00:09:37,540 defense played really well? You know, maybe the Rutgers game 173 00:09:37,540 --> 00:09:40,060 a couple of weeks later, but the the defense really kind of fell 174 00:09:40,060 --> 00:09:41,620 apart down the stretch last year. 175 00:09:42,260 --> 00:09:47,500 This year, Indiana comes into this game certainly not trending 176 00:09:47,500 --> 00:09:50,660 in the right direction. They get blown out on the road 177 00:09:50,660 --> 00:09:52,420 by Maryland a couple of weeks ago. 178 00:09:52,810 --> 00:09:55,490 They had the bye week this last week, and of course a lot of 179 00:09:55,490 --> 00:09:59,130 change occurred with the announcement that Walt Bell was 180 00:09:59,130 --> 00:10:02,970 fired as offensive coordinator. Rod Kerry was hired as offensive 181 00:10:02,970 --> 00:10:07,490 coordinator permanently and given a pretty long contract, 182 00:10:08,170 --> 00:10:09,890 which was interesting in and of itself. 183 00:10:11,610 --> 00:10:13,450 One of the things. That's been pretty prominent in 184 00:10:13,450 --> 00:10:17,250 terms of I U coaches, whether it's Alan or Kerry, talking 185 00:10:17,250 --> 00:10:20,530 about what they're going to try to do to revitalize the offense. 186 00:10:21,270 --> 00:10:23,870 Is they've all said well, it's too late to make big changes, 187 00:10:23,870 --> 00:10:27,470 which is kind of a shame because Indiana probably needs big 188 00:10:27,470 --> 00:10:30,750 changes on offense right now. Currently, through the first 189 00:10:30,750 --> 00:10:34,750 five games of the season, Indiana averaging 20.8 points 190 00:10:35,030 --> 00:10:40,710 per game, only averaging about 5 yards per offensive play. 191 00:10:40,710 --> 00:10:42,750 Their opponents are averaging close to 6. 192 00:10:43,510 --> 00:10:47,430 Indiana is, you know, they're they're not doing very good work 193 00:10:47,430 --> 00:10:50,630 at all on the ground, rushing for 3.18 yards. 194 00:10:50,870 --> 00:10:54,630 Per attempt, allowing 4.74 yards per attempt. 195 00:10:54,630 --> 00:10:57,870 And what's what's unfortunate is that not only is Indiana not 196 00:10:57,870 --> 00:11:01,630 doing well related to opponents in terms of rushing, they're 197 00:11:01,630 --> 00:11:05,030 actually doing worse in rushing the ball than they did the last 198 00:11:05,030 --> 00:11:07,990 two years. They're about the same pace as 199 00:11:07,990 --> 00:11:12,350 they were in 2021. Pardon me, in 2021 they averaged 200 00:11:12,350 --> 00:11:16,840 3.2 yards per carry. And in 2023, they've been at 201 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:18,560 3.18. Last year they were actually at 202 00:11:18,560 --> 00:11:21,760 3.36, which isn't that much better, but it would. 203 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:25,240 It's at least better than what you've seen so far in this 204 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:28,600 season. Indiana is about 1/2 yard per 205 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:32,480 play ahead of last year's pace in terms of of what they're 206 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:36,000 doing on offense overall, but the offense is just really 207 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:39,160 anemic at this point. So the question becomes, what is 208 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:40,600 Indiana going to do in this game? 209 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:43,800 How do they find themselves in a position where they could 210 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:46,160 compete? And I, you know, I think what's 211 00:11:46,680 --> 00:11:50,800 what's upsetting to me and what's been, you know, a real 212 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:56,360 struggle, I think through most of the Allen era is that that 213 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:59,200 feels like in games like this, there's just kind of this 214 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:01,520 preconceived notion that Indiana's not going to compete. 215 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:04,160 I'm not saying that's coming from the coaching staff, but 216 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:07,360 anybody who's paying attention is just looking at this and 217 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:10,920 saying, well, it really, it's hard to find a route for 218 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:13,880 respectability for Indiana in a game like this. 219 00:12:14,420 --> 00:12:18,420 And you look at this and it's like this really does feel like 220 00:12:18,420 --> 00:12:21,340 one of those games that's incredibly lopsided in terms of 221 00:12:21,540 --> 00:12:23,900 a Michigan's obviously very talented. 222 00:12:23,900 --> 00:12:27,660 I think Harbaugh, for all of his peculiarities as a human being, 223 00:12:27,660 --> 00:12:31,020 has really done a great job of putting together a very, very 224 00:12:31,380 --> 00:12:33,980 impressive and formidable roster. 225 00:12:35,300 --> 00:12:38,020 And it also just feels like Indiana's an entirely the wrong 226 00:12:38,020 --> 00:12:41,700 spot right now, not just offensively, but really overall. 227 00:12:41,700 --> 00:12:44,490 I mean, you look at. What Indiana and Michigan look 228 00:12:44,490 --> 00:12:47,290 like in terms of of overall matchup and I'd highly recommend 229 00:12:47,290 --> 00:12:51,170 going to bite size Bison, the most recent post by Taylor over 230 00:12:51,170 --> 00:12:53,330 there. Looking at the statistical 231 00:12:53,330 --> 00:12:56,450 breakdown between these two teams and it just doesn't look 232 00:12:56,450 --> 00:13:00,370 like a matchup of any sort that you could really rely on Indiana 233 00:13:00,410 --> 00:13:02,530 participating well in, especially on the road. 234 00:13:03,050 --> 00:13:08,450 I mean, on the season Michigan is ranked first in the country 235 00:13:08,450 --> 00:13:12,680 and S&P plus Indiana's 95th. In the country, offensively, 236 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:16,440 Michigan's ranked 8th, Indiana's ranked 99th. 237 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:21,400 Defensively, Michigan's ranked second, Indiana's ranked 89th. 238 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:25,080 Even in special teams, where Indiana is moderately decent, 239 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:29,760 Indiana's 54th and special teams in S&P plus Michigan is 7th in 240 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:32,160 the country like they are. They are almost flawless. 241 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:34,280 Like this is about as complete a team as I feel like. 242 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:36,280 We've seen. Certainly the most complete 243 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:38,880 Michigan team we've seen in a long time. 244 00:13:39,460 --> 00:13:42,860 And right up there in terms of the most complete teams we've 245 00:13:42,860 --> 00:13:45,100 seen out of the conference, including those teams that Ohio 246 00:13:45,100 --> 00:13:47,300 State has been producing over the last several years. 247 00:13:48,140 --> 00:13:51,780 Even if you go outside of S&P plus and you look elsewhere, the 248 00:13:51,780 --> 00:13:55,780 breakdown is the same. You know, Michigan is first 249 00:13:55,780 --> 00:14:00,500 overall and Pro Football Focus, their first overall in FEI and 250 00:14:00,500 --> 00:14:04,740 Indiana is 71st and Pro Football Focus and 91st in FEI. 251 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:08,120 And you go to the individual elements of things, Indiana just 252 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:09,560 doesn't stack up particularly well. 253 00:14:09,560 --> 00:14:14,520 Statistically, they are. They're 113th in EPA per play. 254 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:18,200 Michigan is second defensively and EPA allowed per play. 255 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:20,600 That that doesn't sound or look good. 256 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:26,240 Indiana is decent in terms of success in passing offense. 257 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:28,920 Unfortunately, that's something that Michigan does really well, 258 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:32,000 is defend the past. Indiana's been terrible and 259 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:35,890 success on rushing plays. Michigan has been amazing at 260 00:14:35,890 --> 00:14:38,690 stopping Russian plays and you just kind of go down the list 261 00:14:38,690 --> 00:14:40,650 like that. You can go and read Taylor's 262 00:14:40,650 --> 00:14:43,250 infographic on this. It's worth checking out to just 263 00:14:43,250 --> 00:14:46,530 kind of highlight how bad this matchup looks. 264 00:14:46,530 --> 00:14:51,570 Michigan comes in as a 99% probable winner with a projected 265 00:14:51,570 --> 00:14:57,090 score in S&P plus of 44 to 7:00. So this is one of those previews 266 00:14:57,090 --> 00:15:00,090 where it's like, I'm not sure, like, specifically what we 267 00:15:00,090 --> 00:15:03,130 should talk about. Because given how both teams 268 00:15:03,130 --> 00:15:08,030 have played, you almost have to unfortunately put the win idea 269 00:15:08,030 --> 00:15:12,110 aside because we've seen very little out of I U this season 270 00:15:12,110 --> 00:15:13,510 that would make you think they'd be competitive. 271 00:15:13,510 --> 00:15:16,390 And so you have to instead think of things from the standpoint of 272 00:15:16,790 --> 00:15:20,750 how exactly does Indiana put themselves in a position to gain 273 00:15:20,750 --> 00:15:23,150 something worthwhile out of this game. 274 00:15:23,550 --> 00:15:26,390 And you know, as Patrick asked for when I asked everybody, what 275 00:15:26,390 --> 00:15:29,110 do you want out of a preview podcast like Succinct Analysis? 276 00:15:29,110 --> 00:15:31,590 What's a Cliff Notes version that I've probably gone way too? 277 00:15:31,590 --> 00:15:35,500 Long in even talking about this to satisfy that. 278 00:15:35,500 --> 00:15:40,100 But I will say that ultimately, if Indiana's going to get back 279 00:15:40,100 --> 00:15:42,580 to the point where they can make something out of this season 280 00:15:42,860 --> 00:15:47,020 where they can, you know, essentially over the span of the 281 00:15:47,020 --> 00:15:51,900 next month win enough games to put themselves back in some 282 00:15:51,900 --> 00:15:54,260 level of bowl comp like contention. 283 00:15:54,700 --> 00:15:56,900 They've got to start in this Michigan game and there's got to 284 00:15:56,900 --> 00:16:01,700 be a mentality shift with this team and you know it has to be. 285 00:16:02,270 --> 00:16:04,550 We're not going to allow ourselves to get blown out in 286 00:16:04,550 --> 00:16:06,790 the opening 15 minutes, which is essentially what happened 287 00:16:06,790 --> 00:16:10,390 against Maryland. That is not just a team like 288 00:16:10,390 --> 00:16:12,630 player thing, that is also a coach thing. 289 00:16:13,430 --> 00:16:16,190 You know, I don't think you could look at that Maryland game 290 00:16:16,190 --> 00:16:18,390 and I've gone back and watched it a couple of times. 291 00:16:19,030 --> 00:16:21,270 It it wasn't just that the players were struggling to 292 00:16:21,270 --> 00:16:23,950 compete against a Maryland team that was, you know, isn't that 293 00:16:23,950 --> 00:16:26,910 much more talented and maybe about the same level of talent. 294 00:16:27,310 --> 00:16:29,750 It didn't look like the team was well prepared to compete in that 295 00:16:29,750 --> 00:16:32,910 game. And for all of Tom Allen's talk 296 00:16:32,910 --> 00:16:37,710 about execution being the issue, his team really for the large, 297 00:16:37,710 --> 00:16:41,390 large stretches of that game was either not set up properly or 298 00:16:41,390 --> 00:16:45,270 was set up in ways where success was going to be almost 299 00:16:45,270 --> 00:16:49,430 impossible for them to achieve. And you know, they they 300 00:16:49,430 --> 00:16:53,990 oftentimes looked either confused or beaten down by the 301 00:16:53,990 --> 00:16:57,270 circumstances they were in. That's really got to change. 302 00:16:57,680 --> 00:17:01,040 And you know whatever the the preparation process has been, 303 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:04,800 whatever the process that the the coaches have been going 304 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:07,000 through in terms of trying to get this team up and running and 305 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,440 ready to go. I mean to me that's that's the 306 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:13,079 beginning part of things. This team did not look like it 307 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:18,440 felt capable of playing with Maryland, which was a sizable 308 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:20,560 difference from what we've seen a couple of weeks earlier. 309 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:23,760 When you know that mean obviously they they kind of 310 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:25,720 looked that way in the first half against Louisville. 311 00:17:27,250 --> 00:17:29,330 But they came back in the second-half and look like they 312 00:17:29,330 --> 00:17:32,410 were very much of the belief that they should be competing 313 00:17:32,410 --> 00:17:35,810 against Louisville. And I think that, you know, that 314 00:17:36,290 --> 00:17:38,610 you kind of had the reverse of the Ohio State game, where they 315 00:17:38,610 --> 00:17:40,930 look like they felt like they should be competing against Ohio 316 00:17:40,930 --> 00:17:43,610 State in that first half. And then that belief gradually 317 00:17:43,610 --> 00:17:46,730 went away. There's something weird mentally 318 00:17:46,730 --> 00:17:48,730 and emotionally going on with this football team. 319 00:17:48,730 --> 00:17:50,890 And a lot of times that stems from the top. 320 00:17:51,250 --> 00:17:56,700 And you know, we, as much as players matter, the messaging 321 00:17:56,700 --> 00:17:59,340 coming from coaches and the way that coaches are handling their 322 00:17:59,340 --> 00:18:06,500 jobs has to be focused a lot more on figuring out how to 323 00:18:06,540 --> 00:18:09,380 create a mentality among your players. 324 00:18:09,780 --> 00:18:13,340 That they can compete, that they are supposed to be there and 325 00:18:13,340 --> 00:18:16,060 that there's things that they can do even in the face of 326 00:18:16,060 --> 00:18:20,740 overwhelming competition that will allow them to at least have 327 00:18:20,740 --> 00:18:23,530 some level of success. I don't think anybody which 328 00:18:23,570 --> 00:18:26,210 would particularly believe that Indiana's going to go in and 329 00:18:26,210 --> 00:18:27,490 beat Michigan. But there's no reason why 330 00:18:27,530 --> 00:18:30,650 Indiana has to get obliterated by Michigan, especially since 331 00:18:30,970 --> 00:18:34,250 all you have to do is look at last year when a similarly good, 332 00:18:34,450 --> 00:18:38,490 maybe not quite as good, but similarly good Michigan team was 333 00:18:38,490 --> 00:18:42,570 tied with Indiana at the half and and didn't really open up a 334 00:18:42,650 --> 00:18:45,530 a lead of any size until the fourth quarter. 335 00:18:45,850 --> 00:18:49,130 So you've got some some examples that you could point people to. 336 00:18:49,580 --> 00:18:53,060 I just you know for as much as we hear, we hear almost 337 00:18:53,060 --> 00:18:55,140 exclusively from the coaches and everything we hear from the 338 00:18:55,140 --> 00:19:00,100 players is very kind of locked down and and and clearly is 339 00:19:00,100 --> 00:19:02,700 meant to kind of reinforce whatever message is coming from 340 00:19:02,700 --> 00:19:04,580 the top. I don't know how you could watch 341 00:19:04,580 --> 00:19:08,580 this Indiana team and not say to yourself there is something off 342 00:19:08,700 --> 00:19:11,500 with the preparation, there's something off with the the 343 00:19:11,500 --> 00:19:17,010 atmosphere in the locker. And until that gets fixed, you 344 00:19:17,010 --> 00:19:18,570 know, to me that's the big thing. 345 00:19:18,570 --> 00:19:23,290 Like was was enough done in this last couple of weeks after the 346 00:19:23,290 --> 00:19:28,210 Maryland game, after the buy, where that approach has been 347 00:19:28,210 --> 00:19:31,490 changed to the point where Indiana can put themselves in a 348 00:19:31,490 --> 00:19:33,170 position. To start having success again. 349 00:19:34,130 --> 00:19:37,410 So that's really kind of my overall my overarching thoughts. 350 00:19:37,850 --> 00:19:39,690 There were some individual questions that I wanted to get 351 00:19:39,690 --> 00:19:42,810 to from people, some of them kind of time with what I just 352 00:19:42,810 --> 00:19:44,650 said, but I think a lot of these are good. 353 00:19:46,810 --> 00:19:50,770 Let's see, first question, so from Robbie Malcolmson at a 354 00:19:50,770 --> 00:19:53,410 minimum, what progress do you hope to witness with the offense 355 00:19:53,410 --> 00:19:55,770 against Michigan under the leadership of Rod Kerry? 356 00:19:57,010 --> 00:20:01,450 I mean this is probably the hardest potential environment to 357 00:20:01,450 --> 00:20:04,530 be going in and trying to to see any meaningful change. 358 00:20:04,530 --> 00:20:07,970 You've got a Michigan team that feels like they're cruising, 359 00:20:07,970 --> 00:20:13,090 that feels really locked in, and you've got a an offensive system 360 00:20:13,090 --> 00:20:15,970 at Indiana that just hasn't worked so far this season to me. 361 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:22,640 What I want to see is Indiana having some level of success in 362 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:25,680 one facet of the offense. I mean, if you look at the last 363 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:30,200 couple of weeks that Indiana played, you know, Cave and 364 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:34,960 Jackson had 190 passing yards in the Akron game, had 113 passing 365 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:39,320 yards in the Maryland game, and then Chris Turner had 67 rushing 366 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:42,200 yards in the Akron game and 61 rushing yards in the Maryland 367 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:43,400 game. Those are your statistical 368 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:47,970 leaders in both of those categories to me, Indiana, you 369 00:20:47,970 --> 00:20:49,730 may not be able to. Score a whole lot, but there's 370 00:20:49,730 --> 00:20:55,530 no reason why Indiana's offense has to be settling for such a 371 00:20:55,530 --> 00:20:58,050 poor showing on a per play attempt. 372 00:20:59,090 --> 00:21:02,810 I I refuse to believe with this, with the talent that is at the 373 00:21:02,810 --> 00:21:06,210 skill positions and it may not be top end Big 10 talent, but 374 00:21:06,210 --> 00:21:10,130 it's good enough talent that it can produce and we saw that 375 00:21:10,130 --> 00:21:12,770 against the Louisville team that's clearly pretty good. 376 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:16,400 Having just beaten Notre Dame last week, there's no reason why 377 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:20,880 Indiana can't have some level of success in terms of moving the 378 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:23,720 ball a little bit. I don't know how much of that 379 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:27,880 will really see against Michigan for the whole game, but Michigan 380 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:30,040 is likely in this game. Frankly, do not take Indiana 381 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:32,720 that seriously. Michigan is likely kind of 382 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:35,360 sleepwalking through the prep a little bit as they get ready for 383 00:21:35,360 --> 00:21:37,840 Michigan State next week, who they very much want to beat by a 384 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:39,640 huge amount of money or huge amount of points. 385 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:43,330 Money too, I guess. But so for me, can Indiana take 386 00:21:43,330 --> 00:21:45,410 advantage of that? And at some point during the 387 00:21:45,410 --> 00:21:48,250 game, whether it's early or whether it's late, can they show 388 00:21:48,250 --> 00:21:51,290 that they can consistently move the ball, even if it gets 389 00:21:51,290 --> 00:21:54,810 Michigan second string? And can they gain some 390 00:21:54,810 --> 00:21:58,090 confidence heading into this upcoming week where they prep 391 00:21:58,090 --> 00:22:01,530 for a very important home game against Rutgers? 392 00:22:01,810 --> 00:22:03,210 That's really all I'm looking for. 393 00:22:03,210 --> 00:22:05,210 I'm not expecting miracles. I'm not expecting the running 394 00:22:05,210 --> 00:22:06,650 game to suddenly start working better. 395 00:22:07,370 --> 00:22:10,930 But I do want to see at least a couple of sustained drives. 396 00:22:11,230 --> 00:22:13,710 There's no reason why you can't have sustained drives like the 397 00:22:13,750 --> 00:22:17,190 The one thing I really have have gotten frustrated with with I U 398 00:22:17,190 --> 00:22:19,590 is this idea that, well, you know, you can't do anything 399 00:22:19,590 --> 00:22:21,230 against Ohio State. You can't do anything against 400 00:22:21,230 --> 00:22:21,750 Michigan. It's like. 401 00:22:21,750 --> 00:22:24,990 It's not true. You know, there are examples of 402 00:22:24,990 --> 00:22:28,830 teams that have multiple times against top five or top ten Big 403 00:22:28,830 --> 00:22:32,350 10 teams been able to move the ball and there's no reason why 404 00:22:32,350 --> 00:22:35,670 Indiana can't be one of those teams not winning the game, 405 00:22:35,750 --> 00:22:38,910 maybe not even covering, but move the ball down the field a 406 00:22:38,910 --> 00:22:43,380 couple of times and show us that there is some additional thought 407 00:22:43,380 --> 00:22:44,900 that's put into what's being done. 408 00:22:45,420 --> 00:22:48,380 You know, I what worries me is the comments out of the press 409 00:22:48,380 --> 00:22:50,580 conference that have essentially said, well, we're just going to 410 00:22:50,580 --> 00:22:52,380 try to focus on what works the best. 411 00:22:52,780 --> 00:22:55,460 The problem is nothing's worked like there's nothing is really 412 00:22:55,460 --> 00:22:58,420 worked particularly well. And what little times you have 413 00:22:58,420 --> 00:23:01,300 seen that happening where something's worked, it's 414 00:23:01,300 --> 00:23:03,820 generally figured out pretty quickly by the next week, by 415 00:23:03,820 --> 00:23:06,580 whatever scouting's been done by their next. 416 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:09,280 So that's really what I would look for there. 417 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:11,840 Similar question from who's yours? 418 00:23:12,120 --> 00:23:15,320 What positive signs would look like from the offense under the 419 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:18,920 new coordinator? And again, and this person 420 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:20,960 actually said the same thing. Michigan may not be the best 421 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:22,720 game to conduct that kind of analysis. 422 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:26,840 You know, if you can move the ball a little bit against 423 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:30,440 Michigan, even just to get into field goal range, great. 424 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:35,440 Let's just see that to start with, knowing that Rutgers is 425 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:37,640 the more important game right now for Indiana. 426 00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:40,760 Because if they lose the Rutgers game, the season's basically 427 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:42,960 over. You can afford to lose the 428 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:44,520 Michigan game. You can even get blown out in 429 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:46,000 the Michigan game. But can you give yourself a 430 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:49,440 little bit? Of confidence going into that 431 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:53,120 game against against Rutgers. That's that's the real hope as 432 00:23:53,120 --> 00:23:58,040 far as I'm concerned. Elbows in our our good buddy 433 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:03,130 asks this question. What are the success metrics or 434 00:24:03,130 --> 00:24:05,570 bars of success for this team right now? 435 00:24:06,250 --> 00:24:09,250 What do we need to see on the field to measure in my best 436 00:24:09,250 --> 00:24:10,290 Galen voice? Thank you. 437 00:24:10,410 --> 00:24:13,250 Not even success, but just progress for the team. 438 00:24:13,250 --> 00:24:14,490 Hope I did that. Okay for you. 439 00:24:15,410 --> 00:24:19,530 Look, I think what I just said about the offense, expand that 440 00:24:19,530 --> 00:24:22,410 to the whole team. Defense is supposed to be the 441 00:24:22,410 --> 00:24:24,690 calling card of a Tom Allen coached team. 442 00:24:25,130 --> 00:24:29,570 Defense was the calling card in many ways of the 2019 and 2020 443 00:24:29,570 --> 00:24:32,610 teams in terms of like that Ben, but don't break style. 444 00:24:32,610 --> 00:24:35,450 The idea that okay, we'll hold you to field goal, we'll get 445 00:24:35,450 --> 00:24:37,730 some turnovers, we'll create some havoc. 446 00:24:37,890 --> 00:24:40,530 Again, Indiana's got some good individual defensive players 447 00:24:40,770 --> 00:24:43,050 that have not lived up to expectations this year. 448 00:24:44,530 --> 00:24:48,130 Yeah, and collectively I think the team feels like it's gotten 449 00:24:48,130 --> 00:24:51,770 progressively worse every week this season in terms of a 450 00:24:51,770 --> 00:24:53,850 consistent 60 minute effort on defense. 451 00:24:53,850 --> 00:24:58,650 That's got to change. So I think for the defense, you 452 00:24:58,650 --> 00:25:01,530 know that you're facing a very, very efficient offensive team in 453 00:25:01,530 --> 00:25:03,130 Michigan. You've got a team that can beat 454 00:25:03,130 --> 00:25:06,370 you at multiple levels, multiple phases of the game. 455 00:25:07,290 --> 00:25:09,890 And so I think a lot of it. Can you make some big plays? 456 00:25:10,130 --> 00:25:12,890 Can you make some plays that can be emotional plays? 457 00:25:13,210 --> 00:25:15,250 Can you get excited about what you're doing? 458 00:25:15,690 --> 00:25:18,170 You know, I've watched so many Indiana, Michigan games over the 459 00:25:18,170 --> 00:25:23,240 course of time that ultimately, yeah, a lot of times they they 460 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:26,120 kind of Rock You to sleep because it just feels like 461 00:25:26,120 --> 00:25:30,800 Indiana is getting constantly pounded, pounded, pounded by the 462 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:32,760 physicality of Michigan and Ohio State. 463 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:36,600 So you counter physicality with speed, and if you can put your 464 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:40,680 team in a position where they can make some plays and maybe 465 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:43,480 pick off JJ McCarthy, maybe force a couple of fumbles, maybe 466 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:47,080 force some three an ounce, get some tackles for loss, you're 467 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:49,840 probably not going to blunt the edge of what Michigan's doing. 468 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:54,160 Yeah, I would even settle for overall on defense, Like, just 469 00:25:54,360 --> 00:25:56,320 just try to limit explosive plays. 470 00:25:56,360 --> 00:25:59,160 Michigan wants to, you know, do death by 1000 cuts for the whole 471 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:00,320 game. Fine. 472 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:03,120 But what happened at the beginning of the Maryland game 473 00:26:03,120 --> 00:26:06,280 where Indiana, you know, is allowing like 60 yard passes and 474 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:09,080 Maryland was just making big play after big play? 475 00:26:09,360 --> 00:26:11,680 That is so demoralizing to your whole team. 476 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:15,680 And I think it, again, it goes back to the basic idea of how is 477 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:17,920 the team being prepared emotionally and mentally? 478 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:22,890 How do you try to get the team believing in themselves again? 479 00:26:23,250 --> 00:26:26,930 A lot of it really does come down to this idea that you've 480 00:26:26,930 --> 00:26:32,130 you've got to restructure your approach in in how you tell the 481 00:26:32,130 --> 00:26:35,810 team to conduct themselves and how they're receiving the kinds 482 00:26:35,810 --> 00:26:37,730 of things that are surrounding them in the game. 483 00:26:38,490 --> 00:26:40,450 I don't know. Again, Michigan. 484 00:26:40,450 --> 00:26:45,850 Bad place to start with that. But I just, I think so much of 485 00:26:45,850 --> 00:26:49,460 this Indiana season, if it's going to pivot back to something 486 00:26:49,460 --> 00:26:53,180 successful, is going to depend on Indiana developing some level 487 00:26:53,180 --> 00:26:55,860 of swagger. They have to believe in 488 00:26:55,860 --> 00:26:58,300 themselves and they have to believe that they can do things 489 00:26:58,300 --> 00:27:02,100 and not the type of belief where Tom Allen's running around and 490 00:27:02,100 --> 00:27:04,620 yelling and slapping people on the helmet because that clearly 491 00:27:04,620 --> 00:27:07,060 does not work. We've seen it for the last 2 1/2 492 00:27:07,060 --> 00:27:09,300 years. It does not seem to engender any 493 00:27:09,300 --> 00:27:12,700 level of belief in the team. Something else needs to be 494 00:27:12,700 --> 00:27:15,730 tried, and maybe Rod Kerry's able to do that on offense, I 495 00:27:15,730 --> 00:27:17,850 don't know. But what worries me is that 496 00:27:17,850 --> 00:27:20,970 Indiana in general doesn't look like they believe. 497 00:27:21,330 --> 00:27:24,290 And to some degree, what Alan does out on the field makes it 498 00:27:24,290 --> 00:27:26,570 look like he's trying to make people believe that he and 499 00:27:26,570 --> 00:27:28,730 Indiana believe, but they don't actually believe. 500 00:27:28,730 --> 00:27:30,850 And that's that's a rough combination. 501 00:27:31,390 --> 00:27:33,670 I would strip a lot of that back and I would really try to 502 00:27:33,670 --> 00:27:37,110 instill a quiet confidence in this team that can be punctuated 503 00:27:37,110 --> 00:27:40,110 by explosive plays occasionally on offense. 504 00:27:40,110 --> 00:27:43,630 That would be nice and big plays on defense that keep Michigan 505 00:27:43,630 --> 00:27:45,230 from doing what they want to do all the time. 506 00:27:45,550 --> 00:27:48,310 We'll see what happens. Some other questions or thoughts 507 00:27:48,310 --> 00:27:49,590 here. Fake Mike Woodson. 508 00:27:49,870 --> 00:27:53,270 What's more likely Michigan scores 60 or more points or I U 509 00:27:53,270 --> 00:27:54,750 is within two scores at halftime. 510 00:27:55,670 --> 00:27:58,350 It's a it's a funny question. I mean, look, I the the thing of 511 00:27:58,350 --> 00:28:01,830 it is I think that the latter is the more likely that Indiana's 512 00:28:01,830 --> 00:28:04,790 have been 2 scores at halftime because a we saw last year 513 00:28:04,790 --> 00:28:09,310 Indiana was tied at halftime. BI mean Michigan doesn't score 514 00:28:09,550 --> 00:28:13,230 that many points the last time. The last time Michigan scores 60 515 00:28:13,230 --> 00:28:17,270 points in a game, they came close last year when they played 516 00:28:17,270 --> 00:28:19,190 UConn. They won that game 59 to 517 00:28:19,190 --> 00:28:21,390 nothing. You have to go all the way back 518 00:28:21,390 --> 00:28:26,130 to when they beat Northern Illinois in 2021 to find a game 519 00:28:26,130 --> 00:28:27,610 where they scored that many points. 520 00:28:27,610 --> 00:28:32,330 They scored 63 in that game. So I'd be real shocked if 521 00:28:32,330 --> 00:28:35,410 Michigan was dominating the game to the point where they could 522 00:28:35,410 --> 00:28:39,730 score 60, that they even would score 60 because a I don't think 523 00:28:39,730 --> 00:28:42,050 Michigan. I think Michigan would rather 524 00:28:42,050 --> 00:28:45,650 take the time giving their backups some reps than they 525 00:28:45,650 --> 00:28:48,130 would trying to grind to the end into submission. 526 00:28:48,130 --> 00:28:49,810 They would rather do that against Michigan State. 527 00:28:49,810 --> 00:28:52,810 Like I absolutely could see them hanging 60 on Michigan State and 528 00:28:52,810 --> 00:28:54,930 not batting an eye. I don't think they're going to 529 00:28:54,930 --> 00:28:58,770 do that against Indiana. But so anyway, that would be my 530 00:28:58,770 --> 00:29:02,090 answer there. Hilariously, somebody responded 531 00:29:02,090 --> 00:29:05,090 back. Just Joey, Joey, 2327. 532 00:29:05,370 --> 00:29:07,930 These are both going to happen. I doubt that severely. 533 00:29:08,170 --> 00:29:10,450 Although that would be fascinating if that actually did 534 00:29:10,450 --> 00:29:12,770 occur. I'm always reminded, and I think 535 00:29:12,770 --> 00:29:14,410 I've shared the story a couple of times. 536 00:29:14,650 --> 00:29:16,570 When I was a student at Indiana, I. 537 00:29:16,570 --> 00:29:20,690 Worked, among other places, at the student radio station WIUS 538 00:29:20,690 --> 00:29:22,650 at the time. WIUX now. 539 00:29:23,310 --> 00:29:26,710 And by the way, WIUX will be up in Ann Arbor broadcasting the 540 00:29:26,710 --> 00:29:30,350 Indiana, Michigan game. So TuneIn, if you get a chance, 541 00:29:30,350 --> 00:29:35,350 99.1 FM in Bloomington or go to wiux.org, you can listen through 542 00:29:35,350 --> 00:29:38,830 streaming. But I remember going up there in 543 00:29:38,830 --> 00:29:42,950 in the year 2000. It was me, my friend David 544 00:29:42,950 --> 00:29:44,190 Pierce, who's actually a professor. 545 00:29:44,190 --> 00:29:49,590 Up at I UPUI, Jeff Meredith, the friend of mine and then I think 546 00:29:49,590 --> 00:29:52,270 Sean Llewellyn was the other member of that party. 547 00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:56,180 And Sean, I think it's still in broadcasting up in northern 548 00:29:56,180 --> 00:30:02,580 Indiana and Indiana lost that game at Michigan 58 to nothing. 549 00:30:03,170 --> 00:30:05,810 And that was I did play by play on that game. 550 00:30:05,810 --> 00:30:08,690 That was one of the the worst and hardest games I think I've 551 00:30:08,690 --> 00:30:10,010 ever done. Play by, play on. 552 00:30:10,210 --> 00:30:12,690 It's interesting because it was actually coming off of an 553 00:30:12,690 --> 00:30:15,410 Indiana, Michigan game in Memorial Stadium, not terribly 554 00:30:15,410 --> 00:30:18,850 different than what happened last year, where Indiana only 555 00:30:18,850 --> 00:30:24,690 lost by three and had a shot in the end zone on a Hail Mary from 556 00:30:24,690 --> 00:30:27,730 Antoine Randle L that hit Jerry Dorsey in the helmet and bounced 557 00:30:27,730 --> 00:30:30,490 off. That was the 1999 game, one of 558 00:30:30,490 --> 00:30:34,210 the better losses in Memorial Stadium history to to pull the 559 00:30:34,210 --> 00:30:36,210 Zimmerman corollary back in for a second. 560 00:30:37,410 --> 00:30:41,130 But Indiana turned around and got boat raced in that game, So 561 00:30:41,130 --> 00:30:43,370 I always think about that whenever Indiana and Michigan 562 00:30:43,370 --> 00:30:45,610 play. Like it's always possible that 563 00:30:45,610 --> 00:30:47,170 Indiana could lose 58 to nothing. 564 00:30:47,170 --> 00:30:49,770 But in this season, with the circumstances, I'd be. 565 00:30:49,770 --> 00:30:51,530 Surprised if that actually was what happened? 566 00:30:52,450 --> 00:30:54,850 William Henley asks. How will the play calling change 567 00:30:54,850 --> 00:30:58,100 on offense? I'm actually expecting there to 568 00:30:58,100 --> 00:31:00,740 be probably a little less emphasis on option. 569 00:31:01,420 --> 00:31:03,460 Not that there's been a huge amount of emphasis on option 570 00:31:03,460 --> 00:31:06,740 lately. Beyond that I really don't know. 571 00:31:06,860 --> 00:31:11,620 I mean one of the things that I I'm frustrated by is this 572 00:31:11,620 --> 00:31:15,060 resistance that I U has to passing the ball and this this 573 00:31:15,060 --> 00:31:17,660 animation that. Taven Jackson's the reason why 574 00:31:17,660 --> 00:31:19,940 Indiana is offense hasn't been working well. 575 00:31:20,580 --> 00:31:22,940 You know, Alan again said it in his press conference that, you 576 00:31:22,940 --> 00:31:24,860 know, Jackson's still the starter, but he needs to play 577 00:31:24,860 --> 00:31:29,210 better. And I I mean, I understand in a 578 00:31:29,210 --> 00:31:32,370 very vague manner why that's being said. 579 00:31:32,650 --> 00:31:34,890 And it's not that Taven Jackson doesn't have a huge amount of 580 00:31:34,890 --> 00:31:36,850 room for improvement, because he certainly does. 581 00:31:37,090 --> 00:31:41,930 But I I I'm still very disappointed that that's been 582 00:31:41,930 --> 00:31:44,810 the way that the messaging around the offense has been 583 00:31:44,810 --> 00:31:47,370 carried. Because a, it doesn't really 584 00:31:47,370 --> 00:31:51,410 feel like Jackson's gotten a fair shake in terms of the type 585 00:31:51,410 --> 00:31:55,080 of protection one would need or the type of routes that one 586 00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:59,280 would need. I am going to be curious if we 587 00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:04,040 see Rod Kerry kind of open up the progressions a bit. 588 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:07,960 Lot of people kind of were shocked in that Akron. 589 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:11,520 Game that Indiana almost lost. You know there was that wide 590 00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:14,840 open play on the two point conversion in overtime where 591 00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:18,000 Jalen Lucas just like he would. He could not have been more wide 592 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:21,600 open and Jackson didn't even look at him to throw the ball. 593 00:32:22,060 --> 00:32:27,300 And it it really felt like at that point I you offensively had 594 00:32:27,300 --> 00:32:29,900 really put the handcuffs on Jackson in terms of we're going 595 00:32:29,900 --> 00:32:32,860 to run this play and you're going to either look here or 596 00:32:32,860 --> 00:32:37,220 you're going to look here. I'm wondering if they've taken 597 00:32:37,220 --> 00:32:39,540 the time or had the time over the last couple of weeks to 598 00:32:39,540 --> 00:32:46,500 potentially open up the ideas on offense for Jackson and you 599 00:32:46,500 --> 00:32:51,270 know, giving him more of a a green light to go through more 600 00:32:51,270 --> 00:32:54,110 progressions or or maybe maybe they feel more comfortable with 601 00:32:54,110 --> 00:32:56,310 him doing so after a couple of weeks of practice. 602 00:32:57,590 --> 00:32:59,990 So I, you know, I don't, to answer your question, William, I 603 00:32:59,990 --> 00:33:02,270 don't know how the offense is going to look different. 604 00:33:02,350 --> 00:33:04,310 I wouldn't be shocked if they tried to focus more on the 605 00:33:04,310 --> 00:33:07,670 running game rather than less. I think that would be a mistake 606 00:33:07,670 --> 00:33:12,310 because I think clearly Indiana needs to have an offensive 607 00:33:12,310 --> 00:33:15,030 attack that is focused more on the past if they're going to be 608 00:33:15,030 --> 00:33:17,070 successful, because that's just really what they're built for. 609 00:33:17,550 --> 00:33:20,480 But. I don't think, I, I don't know 610 00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:22,640 yet what we're going to get out of broad Kerry's offense. 611 00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:25,520 So we'll have to wait and see. We'll talk more about it on 612 00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:28,840 Sunday, but I I at this point, I'd just be guessing. 613 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:33,280 One other thing I'll say on that though is I think offensively 614 00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:38,320 speaking as we continue to watch this Indiana offense kind of 615 00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:44,000 mutate based upon its personnel, I I am really interested to see 616 00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:46,920 if they continue to have a a hook. 617 00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:50,600 For Taven Jackson, where they decide they want to bring in, 618 00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:56,240 you know, Brock Lowry. Excuse me, Brandon Sorosby. 619 00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:57,840 Not Brock Loud. Now they brought Brock Lowry, 620 00:33:57,840 --> 00:33:59,160 and that'd be a separate story. But no. 621 00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:02,800 Sorosby, of course, came in during that Maryland game, and a 622 00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:04,680 lot of people are like, ooh, he looked much better. 623 00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:09,320 And while he did, I'm not going to debate that he did look 624 00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:11,920 better in that game than Jackson did. 625 00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:16,590 I would just remind everybody that defenses prep against the 626 00:34:16,590 --> 00:34:18,790 quarterback that they think they're going to see. 627 00:34:19,070 --> 00:34:22,510 There's a lot more film on Taven Jackson, Maryland. 628 00:34:22,750 --> 00:34:25,350 Was prepping for Taven Jackson, Maryland. 629 00:34:25,350 --> 00:34:28,110 Also by that point, by the time that sores became in the game, 630 00:34:28,110 --> 00:34:32,190 had the game one didn't really care that much about what 631 00:34:32,190 --> 00:34:34,150 Indiana's offense was going to be doing. 632 00:34:34,590 --> 00:34:37,710 So for those people who were like, wow, they should just play 633 00:34:37,710 --> 00:34:40,429 Soresbee because he he looked crisper and he was more 634 00:34:40,429 --> 00:34:42,070 accurate. I would just remind you that. 635 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:45,280 There were reasons for that. That had more to do with just 636 00:34:45,679 --> 00:34:48,840 who was like, you know how the how he was playing at the time. 637 00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:52,159 I think a lot of it had to do with circumstances, not to say 638 00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:55,960 that you wouldn't necessarily do better with stores. 639 00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:58,640 We don't think we have enough data or information to really 640 00:34:58,640 --> 00:35:01,960 know that one way or the other. But I would really caution 641 00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:04,520 everybody on taking too much out of the. 642 00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:08,280 Last third of a Maryland game where Indiana was out of the 643 00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:10,400 game significantly before that time. 644 00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:13,240 So that's that's the one thing I would note on that front. 645 00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:18,440 Couple other comments. CCW the third wanted a random 646 00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:20,360 reference to Kellen Lewis or Marcus Thigpen. 647 00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:25,720 Well, I've blown the random part, but I need no emphasis or 648 00:35:25,720 --> 00:35:29,760 reminder to, you know, just mention the name Kellen Lewis. 649 00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:32,360 Always one of my favorite players in I U history. 650 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:36,960 And you know we need we really should I we should do something 651 00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:39,040 in the future on the podcast where we just randomly throw 652 00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:41,760 names of people in from prior seasons. 653 00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:44,720 I'll work on that and see if we can make that a regular feature 654 00:35:44,720 --> 00:35:49,760 of the of the podcast. Let's see Aaron Eisberg asked 655 00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:52,440 how much will we lose by 5060. I don't think I don't think 656 00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:53,840 Indiana's going to lose by that many points. 657 00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:58,560 I I actually if I was going to do a an overall guess on how 658 00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:01,800 this game's going to go. I think it's going to be. 659 00:36:02,250 --> 00:36:06,330 I think Michigan's going to just kind of steadily grind Indiana 660 00:36:06,330 --> 00:36:08,330 down. I I think they're going to 661 00:36:08,330 --> 00:36:10,570 probably keep a lot of their playbook under wraps. 662 00:36:10,850 --> 00:36:12,450 I think Indiana's going to probably try to throw the 663 00:36:12,450 --> 00:36:15,650 kitchen sink at things early and they might get an early score as 664 00:36:15,650 --> 00:36:20,410 a result of that and then things will deteriorate from there. 665 00:36:20,530 --> 00:36:25,650 So I will say as far as a score. Prediction India Michigan's 666 00:36:25,650 --> 00:36:30,890 going to win this game. I'm I think I'll go with 41. 667 00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:35,640 To seven, which sounds awful, but I think that's about where 668 00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:39,280 it's going to land. It's not far off of the SP Plus 669 00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:43,000 prediction because I just think at some point Indiana, even if 670 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:45,840 they do get the ball moving a little bit, much as I would like 671 00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:48,880 to see Indiana move the ball and be more successful there, I 672 00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:50,480 actually don't actually think they're going to be able to do 673 00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:52,680 it. But I also don't think Indiana 674 00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:54,880 is going to get completely obliterated, because I just 675 00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:58,280 don't think Michigan wants to expend the effort on that. 676 00:36:58,830 --> 00:37:01,270 And you know they've got other games that they would rather be 677 00:37:01,270 --> 00:37:04,790 doing that in. William Fulmer asks. 678 00:37:05,670 --> 00:37:07,870 I always love the tailgate menu discussion this week. 679 00:37:07,870 --> 00:37:09,870 What will you be eating and drinking from the couch while 680 00:37:09,870 --> 00:37:14,950 watching I, U? Well, I was going to do chili, 681 00:37:15,110 --> 00:37:20,470 but now it sounds like I'm going to a a chili football event the 682 00:37:20,470 --> 00:37:23,790 following weekend so I might hold off on the chili. 683 00:37:24,270 --> 00:37:26,910 Might do some kind of a surf and turf nachos. 684 00:37:27,070 --> 00:37:31,710 We're like we've got 1 foot in fall and 1 foot in in like 1 685 00:37:31,710 --> 00:37:34,710 foot in warm fall and 1 foot in cold fall, I guess you could 686 00:37:34,710 --> 00:37:37,670 say. And so you know, I like, I like 687 00:37:37,670 --> 00:37:41,830 the, you know, like a shrimp and steak Nacho combo. 688 00:37:41,830 --> 00:37:43,830 I think that that's always a good one, or maybe I might do 689 00:37:43,830 --> 00:37:46,150 like a shredded beef or something like that as opposed 690 00:37:46,150 --> 00:37:50,030 to the steak, but that's what I'm leaning towards for this 691 00:37:50,030 --> 00:37:51,680 one. I haven't decided on what to 692 00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:53,480 drink yet. I mean, obviously there are 693 00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:56,120 Oktoberfest, like, literally anywhere. 694 00:37:56,520 --> 00:38:01,000 I might maybe I'll crack open a dead guy in in honor of of this 695 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:04,480 season and also in honor of Oregon joining the league. 696 00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:06,480 I haven't. I need to figure that out. 697 00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:10,040 That's a great question, though. Probably we will be doing if 698 00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:12,960 Indiana drops, if Indiana's losing by 40 or 50. 699 00:38:13,240 --> 00:38:16,000 Might have to break into the Hard Truth Hills Cinnamon vodka, 700 00:38:16,080 --> 00:38:17,840 but I haven't quite decided on that one yet. 701 00:38:18,850 --> 00:38:21,210 Oh, I missed one question from who's your dad at who took 702 00:38:21,210 --> 00:38:23,370 Maryland one drive to see that I U is going to lose. 703 00:38:23,370 --> 00:38:25,930 How quickly will Michigan do it again? 704 00:38:26,250 --> 00:38:28,330 I I actually think Indiana's going to be in this game for a 705 00:38:28,330 --> 00:38:30,210 little bit. I don't think it's going to get 706 00:38:30,210 --> 00:38:32,130 out of hand maybe until the second quarter. 707 00:38:32,330 --> 00:38:35,650 And even in that 58 to nothing game I mentioned earlier on in 708 00:38:35,650 --> 00:38:39,050 the podcast, that game was actually still not completely 709 00:38:39,050 --> 00:38:43,410 out of hand until you got to the end of the first half and that's 710 00:38:43,530 --> 00:38:45,530 that's what I would predict in this one, so. 711 00:38:47,590 --> 00:38:54,550 A couple other items to note who Parazzi asked for a podcast 712 00:38:54,550 --> 00:38:57,310 devoted to I U volleyball, soccer and swim and dive. 713 00:38:59,470 --> 00:39:02,150 Obviously we didn't do all of that, but I will say a couple of 714 00:39:02,150 --> 00:39:06,310 things on on the non I U football side of the equation. 715 00:39:07,070 --> 00:39:09,630 First of all, a huge congratulations to I U 716 00:39:09,630 --> 00:39:12,190 volleyball. They had a huge week. 717 00:39:12,270 --> 00:39:15,230 I mean, you know, they they beat Purdue at home for the first or 718 00:39:15,270 --> 00:39:16,870 be Purdue period. They beat them at home. 719 00:39:16,870 --> 00:39:19,070 But it was the first time that I U had beaten Purdue in 720 00:39:19,070 --> 00:39:23,430 volleyball since 2012 and Purdue was ranked 15th. 721 00:39:23,750 --> 00:39:26,510 I mean, I think Indiana is going to be right on the borderline of 722 00:39:26,510 --> 00:39:29,710 potentially being ranked the next time the polls come out. 723 00:39:29,870 --> 00:39:32,950 Even if they're not, they've got an opportunity to pick up some 724 00:39:32,950 --> 00:39:34,830 more wins here this upcoming week. 725 00:39:34,830 --> 00:39:37,790 They've got Michigan coming in on Saturday. 726 00:39:37,790 --> 00:39:41,770 That's a big game if you. Don't have tickets already? 727 00:39:41,770 --> 00:39:44,010 I think that's it. That one's not sold out yet. 728 00:39:44,290 --> 00:39:46,610 But that is absolutely a game that you should go see. 729 00:39:46,610 --> 00:39:50,530 That's at Wilkinson Hall at 7:00 on Saturday the 14th. 730 00:39:50,530 --> 00:39:53,090 So tomorrow or today, depending on when you're listening to 731 00:39:53,090 --> 00:39:54,930 this. And if you haven't been to a 732 00:39:54,930 --> 00:39:59,130 game in Wilkinson Hall, it is 100% worth the visit. 733 00:39:59,490 --> 00:40:01,890 It is. It's such a cool stadium. 734 00:40:02,130 --> 00:40:05,930 And you know, for those people like myself who went to school 735 00:40:05,930 --> 00:40:12,050 here back in the days of the. The the You, Jim, it's just a 736 00:40:12,050 --> 00:40:15,050 such a different environment. It's so much better as a place 737 00:40:15,050 --> 00:40:17,810 to watch any sporting event, whether it's volleyball or 738 00:40:17,810 --> 00:40:21,210 wrestling, and it's a really cool, you know, and fun 739 00:40:21,210 --> 00:40:23,090 environment and they'll be tickets available because it's 740 00:40:23,090 --> 00:40:24,970 fall break. So if you haven't had a chance 741 00:40:24,970 --> 00:40:31,050 to watch this team, this really does feel a lot like those early 742 00:40:31,050 --> 00:40:33,490 Terry Moran teams for women's basketball. 743 00:40:34,020 --> 00:40:36,620 Like, right, You know, right around when they won the NIT 744 00:40:36,620 --> 00:40:38,900 title, Like, you know that you could tell the team was on the 745 00:40:38,900 --> 00:40:43,500 verge of like breaking through and becoming a national force to 746 00:40:43,500 --> 00:40:45,140 be reckoned with. And that's really what it feels 747 00:40:45,140 --> 00:40:48,300 like here. So get down there. 748 00:40:48,300 --> 00:40:51,660 I think that's that's a that's a really good option for this 749 00:40:51,660 --> 00:40:54,140 weekend if you're in Bloomington or even in Indianapolis. 750 00:40:54,140 --> 00:40:56,820 It's not that long of a drive. Now that would be a big 751 00:40:56,820 --> 00:41:01,560 recommendation for me. And I think, you know, it's 752 00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:04,920 going to be a big couple of weeks here for I, U volleyball 753 00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:09,520 as they've got a, you know, not just that game, but they've got 754 00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:11,440 Purdue again on the road next week. 755 00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:13,840 And they had a great recruiting week. 756 00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:17,360 And we didn't talk about it in the podcast that we did with 757 00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:21,720 Steve Ayrett and Rachel Morris. But if you go back and look at 758 00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:25,240 Talia Goodman's Twitter feed, Talia, one of our student 759 00:41:25,240 --> 00:41:28,760 reporters at I U who has been doing a great job of covering 760 00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:33,200 volleyball this week, it was it was announced that I U. 761 00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:36,200 It wasn't announced. With the news broke, Indiana got 762 00:41:36,200 --> 00:41:38,480 their highest recruiting program history. 763 00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:41,960 Jaden Jager I think is how you pronounce her name. 764 00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:44,960 Five star outside hitter from California. 765 00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:49,360 That's their fifth five star in the class alongside, you know, 766 00:41:49,360 --> 00:41:52,200 several other players that they've pulled in over the 767 00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:56,840 course of of this whole cycle. I mean there's some some serious 768 00:41:56,840 --> 00:42:00,610 talent coming into this program and I'd recommend getting down 769 00:42:00,610 --> 00:42:02,530 there and watching them before it gets impossible to get 770 00:42:02,530 --> 00:42:05,970 tickets. So that's that's an update 771 00:42:05,970 --> 00:42:07,850 there. On the soccer front, women's 772 00:42:07,850 --> 00:42:11,890 soccer is having one of the best seasons in program history thus 773 00:42:11,890 --> 00:42:14,250 far. This women's soccer team right 774 00:42:14,250 --> 00:42:18,250 now 10, one and four on the season, they're four, one and 775 00:42:18,250 --> 00:42:21,610 two in conference play. They have not lost at home yet 776 00:42:21,610 --> 00:42:25,130 this season and they've had a pretty good week so far. 777 00:42:25,130 --> 00:42:28,810 I mean they they they had Michigan State, who's ranked in 778 00:42:29,220 --> 00:42:33,540 Bill Armstrong Stadium last night and they drew 11. 779 00:42:33,740 --> 00:42:38,620 They beat Purdue earlier on this week up in West Lafayette and 780 00:42:38,620 --> 00:42:41,900 then last week they drew at home versus Minnesota. 781 00:42:42,620 --> 00:42:45,420 I mean it's they're they're in a tough part of the schedule here, 782 00:42:45,420 --> 00:42:50,060 but there's a lot of of good soccer left to be played. 783 00:42:50,060 --> 00:42:53,540 They've got Michigan on Sunday as part of a women's and men's 784 00:42:53,540 --> 00:42:56,600 soccer doubleheader at Bill Armstrong Stadium and then 785 00:42:56,600 --> 00:42:59,280 they've got a couple of other games coming up here in the the 786 00:42:59,280 --> 00:43:01,800 rest of the season. They've got one actually this 787 00:43:01,800 --> 00:43:07,000 game against Michigan on Sunday is the last game at Bill 788 00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:10,880 Armstrong Stadium in the regular season and there's still a 789 00:43:10,880 --> 00:43:14,280 chance that Indiana I think could host a quarterfinal game 790 00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:17,360 in the Big 10 tournament. I need to check the standings on 791 00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:19,120 that. But, but overall, Indiana's in 792 00:43:19,120 --> 00:43:21,600 really good shape and and it's played very well so far this 793 00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:23,280 season. The man, if you've been 794 00:43:23,280 --> 00:43:25,880 following, have struggled a little bit compared to what 795 00:43:25,880 --> 00:43:27,360 we're used to. But they are still. 796 00:43:28,080 --> 00:43:29,840 They're 5, three and four on the season. 797 00:43:30,240 --> 00:43:35,680 They just beat Evansville two nil earlier on this week and 798 00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:39,520 they have some really important matches coming up again. 799 00:43:39,560 --> 00:43:42,320 They host Ohio State on Sunday as part of that double header. 800 00:43:42,320 --> 00:43:45,600 They'll be the first game, the game that starts at noon and 801 00:43:45,600 --> 00:43:48,680 then they've got Maryland on the road on Friday of this upcoming 802 00:43:48,680 --> 00:43:50,760 week. They've got Northwestern on the 803 00:43:50,760 --> 00:43:55,610 road next week and then they've got a kind of a the ending of 804 00:43:55,610 --> 00:43:57,610 season get well game against trying. 805 00:43:57,610 --> 00:44:01,330 And then they've got Rutgers at home for senior night on October 806 00:44:01,330 --> 00:44:03,490 the 29th before the tournament starts. 807 00:44:03,490 --> 00:44:06,530 So it's a lot of really fascinating stuff going on with 808 00:44:06,530 --> 00:44:08,770 I U Athletics. And then you add in that Hoosier 809 00:44:08,770 --> 00:44:13,810 Hysteria is coming up on this upcoming week. 810 00:44:14,130 --> 00:44:16,810 I mean, just a lot of things going on with men's and women's 811 00:44:17,090 --> 00:44:19,810 sports, men's and women's basketball getting underway. 812 00:44:20,970 --> 00:44:25,570 Swimming and diving, the other one to mention, and swimming and 813 00:44:25,570 --> 00:44:29,130 diving had their first exhibition a couple of weeks 814 00:44:29,130 --> 00:44:32,810 ago, and then they just crushed Kentucky at Councilman 815 00:44:32,810 --> 00:44:35,210 Billingsley a couple of weeks ago. 816 00:44:35,690 --> 00:44:39,890 They're on the road for a while. Missouri and Auburn, they'll 817 00:44:39,890 --> 00:44:42,450 take them on this upcoming week in Columbia. 818 00:44:42,850 --> 00:44:44,810 They've got the Ohio State Invitational, but they'll be 819 00:44:44,810 --> 00:44:49,210 back at Council and Billingsley on the 1st of December taking on 820 00:44:49,210 --> 00:44:51,890 Cincinnati. So anyway, little all sports 821 00:44:51,890 --> 00:44:54,170 wrap up there for you. All right, that's going to wrap 822 00:44:54,170 --> 00:44:56,450 it up for this edition of Crimson Cast. 823 00:44:56,450 --> 00:45:01,090 I appreciate everybody joining. Once again thank you all and as 824 00:45:01,090 --> 00:45:03,690 always a pleasure. Thanks to our friends at the 825 00:45:03,690 --> 00:45:05,650 Back Home Network. Thanks to our presenting sponsor 826 00:45:05,650 --> 00:45:09,050 Home Field Apparel. We will be back with a wrap up 827 00:45:09,590 --> 00:45:13,070 recap podcast of the I U Michigan football game. 828 00:45:13,230 --> 00:45:15,950 That'll be Sunday sometime. We'll release that normally 829 00:45:15,950 --> 00:45:17,710 around noon or 1:00 in the afternoon. 830 00:45:17,950 --> 00:45:20,750 So keep an ear out for that. For everybody here at Crimson 831 00:45:20,750 --> 00:45:23,110 Cast in the back home network, I'm Galen Claudio saying thanks 832 00:45:23,110 --> 00:45:25,710 for joining us once again. Bring back to bison, so on.