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Head Coach: Urban Meyer
15th season as head coach, 5th at Ohio State
Overall Record: 154-27
With Ohio State: 50-4 (30-1 in B1G)
Last Year: 12-1 (7-1)
Our “Top 5” series continues! Today, we take a look at a position in which elite players have consistently terrorized the Indiana Hoosiers secondary: wide receivers. New defensive coordinator Tom Allen brings a 4-2-5 alignment that will attempt to cut down on some of the big pass plays that victimized the Hoosiers last season. In total, IU surrendered 100 yards or more to nine different pass catchers. The five guys on this list are our pick for the toughest wide receivers IU’s secondary will face and they’ll need to improve their ability to limit these top targets if the Hoosiers are to find more success on defense in 2016.
Read MoreWeek Four: Michigan State
Date and Time: October 1, 2016 at 8:00pm
Venue: Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, IN
TV: BTN
Head Coach: Mark Dantonio
10th season at Michigan State
Overall Record: 87-33 (52-20 in B1G)
Team Last Year: 12-2
Preseason Predictions
Athlon: 3rd in the Big Ten East
Sporting News: 3rd in the Big Ten East
Lindy’s: 3rd in the Big Ten East
Phil Steele: TBD
Welcome to the second annual Top Five series where the Hoosier Huddle writers will rank and breakdown the top five Indiana opponents at every position group on the field (so we are only ranking the units whose teams are IU opponents in 2016). Today, we highlight the 2016 Top Five offensive lines.
There’s a lot that goes into analyzing an offensive line, including not only the line’s performance but the line’s ability to allow the rest of the offense to make plays.
Read MoreWeek Four: Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Date and Time: Saturday, September 24 TBD
Venue: Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, IN (Capacity 52,929)
TV: TBD
Passing: John Wolford (60.7 Comp pct. 1,791 Yards, 9 TDs, 11 Int)
Rushing: Kendall Hinton (76 Att. 478 Yards, 7 TD, 6.13 YPC)
Receiving: Cortez Lewis (47 Rec. 611 Yards, 4 TDs)
Defender: Brad Watson (CB 59.5 Tackles, 2.5 TFLs, 2 Int, 16 PBUs)
Next up in Hoosier Huddle’s Top Five list are opposing tight ends. In 2015 the Hoosiers were picked apart by some really good tight ends and 2016 features some of the same cast of characters.
Read MoreWeek Two: Ball State
Date and Time: Saturday, September 10th, TBA
Venue: Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, IN
TV: TBD
Head Coach: Mike Neu
1st year as head coach, 1st year at Ball State
Overall Record (0-0)
At BSU (0-0)
Team Last Year: 3-9
Preseason Predictions
Welcome to the second annual Top Five series where the Hoosier Huddle writers will rank and breakdown the top five Indiana opponents every position group on the field (so we are only ranking the units whose teams are IU opponents in 2016). We begin the 2016 Top Five series with special teams units.
Read MoreWeek One: Florida International
Date and Time: Thursday, September 1 TBD
Venue: Ocean Bank Field at FIU Stadium (Capacity 20,000)
TV: TBD
- 12th year as a head coach, 4th at FIU
- Overall Record (52-87)
- At FIU (10-26)
- Last Year: 5-7
Passing: Alex McGough (64.0 Comp pct. 2,722 Yards, 21 TDs, 8 Int)
Rushing: Alex Gardner (186 Att. 760 Yards, 9 TD, 4.1 YPC)
Receiving: Thomas Owens (51 Rec. 638 Yards, 8 TDs)
Defender: Anthony Wint (LB 64.5 Tackles, 5.5 TFLs, 1 Int, 2 PBUs)
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