Written by Evan McShane (@veryreasonable)

The annual Cream & Crimson game, Indiana’s spring football game, was held on Friday night. A crisp evening at Memorial Stadium offered a glimpse at IU’s new-look offense under Kalen DeBoer. Multiple players were inactive or limited, such as Jack Tuttle, Stevie Scott, Ronnie Walker, Sampson James, Nick Westbrook, Whop Philyor and others. This presented an opportunity for some younger players like Kristian Pechac and Miles Marshall. Although the defense outplayed Indiana’s offense, several Hoosiers showed promising signs. Contrary to the defense’s stellar performance, Ramsey and the offense was victorious based on the scoring system:

Written by Nathan Comp

When Coach Tom Allen called off the remainder of the spring game after 57 minutes of offense versus defense scrimmage action, the offensive unit came out on top by a score of 48-33. (Don’t jump to the conclusion that the defense had an off night because 21 of the 48 points the offense scored came in between quarters when the kickers were hitting uncontested field goals). The defense scored their points by way of takeaways (worth 5 points), three & outs (worth 3 points), and missed FGs (also worth 3 points). Despite leaving without the victory (and steak dinner), there was much to be happy about regarding new defensive coordinator Kane Wommack’s defensive unit.

Written by Rylie Kyhn

The Hoosiers fell to the Boilermakers in the Old Oaken Bucket game for the second year in a row and Purdue took home the bucket. Indiana was pretty unimpressive in the final regular season game and they didn’t seem to come out very ready to play. This is a game where the numbers lie because Indiana’s offense produced 487 yards compared to Purdue’s 440 but the Boilermakers came out with the win.

Written by Nathan Comp

The task at hand was always going to be daunting: the second top five ranked opponent of the 2018 season, and the eighth since the start of 2015. Michigan entered the game boasting one of the best defenses in the nation, with the statistics to back that up. Playing on the road against such a team would be no easy task. However, all things considered, the Indiana offense showed some promise. Despite an eventual 31-20 defeat, the Indiana offense flashed enough to get excited for the upcoming “bucket and a bowl” game against Purdue.

Written by Lauralys Shallow

Indiana lost 30-21 at No. 4 Michigan, and while nobody was expecting IU to pull off an upset in a hostile environment like the Big House, nobody expected IU to compete against Michigan the way they did today. IU was able to move the ball offensively against the best defense in the country, and they controlled the pace of the game in the first half. As usual, Indiana could not finish the game, and we are going to take a closer look at what worked and what didn’t work in today’s loss against the Wolverines.