We also need to remember how good Sarratt, Cooper and Nowakowski were. Becker is great (they were really physical with him and he’s likely beat up tonight), but Marsh, Chandler and Schott aren’t at a level where we were last year. Good players and plenty of potential, but it’s a team game and the team is at a different spot now than we were 12 months ago. Do like that we generated some turnovers today.Need a shoulder shrug or hands wide 'who knows' emoticon.Rants and frustration aside, the question is can the staff get more out of Hoover this season?
Not sure. Maybe.
He's good. Very good, even. But he sure can miss open guys at times. 🤣
not faulting Marsh on that or Hoover, both have a part in it, but it’s just the way the universe unfolded today! I recommend to just forget it ever happened and move on! We are still in it imho!
we've gotten so spoiled so fast
Amen brother, all about perspective. Could you imagine sitting there 5 years ago with a 6-1 IU team with it's only loss to #4 OSU by 4 points, with a QB with 1700 yards, 19 TD's and who's only turnover all season was a fumble from an unblocked edge rush from his blind side...and lamenting it?
you knew we were gonna lose one sooner or later.
i have faith that Cig will use this one to get us refocused for the rest of the way
side note: in my 60+ years of attending IUFB games in btown this was far and away the LOUDEST it's ever been and
the noise definitely affected them.
congrats to the fans and let's keep it up
Yeah, I'm good. Team game.not faulting Marsh on that or Hoover, both have a part in it, but it’s just the way the universe unfolded today! I recommend to just forget it ever happened and move on! We are still in it imho!
Was a fun one. Would've been more fun to win. Especially if it had been on a 4th down bomb.
Rants and frustration aside, the question is can the staff get more out of Hoover this season?
Not sure. Maybe.
100% agree
...You dont throw a bad pass and blame the receiver for not making an insane play to correct the bad throw. Ha
I am 100% sure that even Nick Marsh disagrees with you.
The good news is that loss will not hurt our chances to get into the CFP much and Cig and staff have the rest of the year to continue to improve these guys. They will not reach the level of last year, but not many ever will. I’m still excited about this team and the possibilities for improvement are pretty big and I trust This coaching staff to produce on many of them.
The good news is that loss will not hurt our chances to get into the CFP much and Cig and staff have the rest of the year to continue to improve these guys. They will not reach the level of last year, but not many ever will. I’m still excited about this team and the possibilities for improvement are pretty big and I trust This coaching staff to produce on many of them.
We control our destiny. Win out and we're golden. Another loss makes it dicey, depending.
I’m ok after this one. After the games Ive seen today I think we will be just fine. Hoover had chances but he also put us in a spot for a chance too. I mean this game was theirs to take. Defense looks much better. This game wasn’t on Hoover alone.
If it’s us, “the” O-h-I-o $tate, and UCLA after the BT Championship all with one loss I think we all get in (the Playoffs) but woe unto the team with 2 losses as ESPN & the SEC are licking their chops at the thought of sticking it to the Big Ten if it’s at all possible (and they’d love to find a way to miss having to play a Cignetti coached team)…
We’d best dig deep and find a way to win out, in my opinion…
If it’s us, “the” O-h-I-o $tate, and UCLA after the BT Championship all with one loss I think we all get in (the Playoffs) but woe unto the team with 2 losses as ESPN & the SEC are licking their chops at the thought of sticking it to the Big Ten if it’s at all possible (and they’d love to find a way to miss having to play a Cignetti coached team)…
We’d best dig deep and find a way to win out, in my opinion…
We're complaining about a guy that threw for 296 yards and was a foot out of bounds from having over 300 yards and the winning touchdown pass.
We need to stop comparing him to Mendoza, because he's not him. What he is is a top 10 qb in the nation, a qb who we can absolutely win with when paired with our defense.
@iugradman Every time I read a post I know it’s you before I even read your name. PS. That’s not a compliment.
@drjb That’s how I feel. I just kept looking around the stadium, listening to the crowd and thinking how is this us? Lots of mistakes and we lost to a top 5 team by inches. Horrors!
My play call complaints from today: seemed like our runs were all up the middle, never on the edges. The play we went for it instead of field goal on 4th and 6, and then we went for it on a really long field goal that wasn’t close. I think Nico is still hurting.