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Written by: TJ Inman (@TJHoosierHuddle)
Nick Sheridan, who was relieved of his duties Sunday, became the offensive coordinator after the departure of the outstanding Kalen DeBoer. When looked at objectively, his tenure has been a disappointment and the 2021 offense has been very poor. It’s not just a one season concern though because 2020 was concerning as well.
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Indiana is coming off of a bye week after a crushing loss at Penn State the week before in a game that the Hoosiers’ offense struggled mightily in. In a season that has gotten off to a shaky start on the offensive side of the ball, the bye week could not have come at a better time.
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Indiana is coming off one of their more complete offensive games on the season last week against Western Kentucky. The Hoosiers gained 507 yards as a team, but settled for field goals on four drives.
The offense has been struggling for the majority of the season, but Michale Penix and the offense had a bounce back game against the Hilltoppers. However, the Hoosiers need to be better in the red zone and not settle for field goals.
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The Indiana offense struggled mightily against Iowa in their season opener on Saturday. Offensive coordinator met with the media on Monday to discuss the offensive struggles.
Quarterback Michael Penix made his return after suffering a torn ACL and did not live up to expectations but Sheridan said that some of that falls onto him.
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Offensive coordinator has never coached in front of fans during his tenure at IU. The season opener on Saturday against Iowa will be the first game he will have a full stadium of screaming fans.
“It’s gonna be awesome, I’m excited for our players, I’m excited for their players, I’m just excited for college football,” Sheridan said in a press conference on Monday. “It’s going to be an incredible environment and I’m just thankful that the players get to experience it.”
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The Hoosiers have one of their highest pre-season rankings ever (#17). That said, today, we are previewing the most critical position in the game, the Quarterbacks! Hoosier Huddle is previewing each unit for the upcoming 2021 season.
The unit is filled with talent and experience, which will guide them this upcoming season. They are led by Offensive Coordinator/QB coach Nick Sheridan who will enter his second season. It is expected that the team will carry three quarterbacks this season: one starter, a backup, and a third-string backup. Now dive more in-depth into the unit.
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Offensive coordinator Nick Sheridan met with the media on Thursday during Indiana’s media day. Sheridan is entering his second season as offensive coordinator for the Hoosiers.Sheridan talked a lot about changes that can be made to the Hoosier offense, including what new players he’s most excited about.
Read MoreWritten by Amanda Pavelka (@AmandaPavelka3) and TJ Inman (@TJHoosierHuddle)
The Hoosiers landed three-star quarterback Josh Hoover Tuesday afternoon. The Rockwall-Heath High School pro-style quarterback is ranked No. 36 quarterback in the nation, No.74 recruit in Texas, and No. 528 overall for the Class of 2022 prospects by 247 Sports.
Hoover had a monster junior season with 36 passing and four rushing touchdowns and completed 236 of 387 passes for 3496 yards against top class competition in Dallas-Fort Worth area, Texas. He was named the District 10-6A Offensive MVP following his breakout 2020 season.
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The Hoosiers’ spring practice has been over for a couple of weeks now, but one of the biggest questions going into the summer and fall is the offensive line. Offensive coordinator Nick Sheridan met with the media on Wednesday to discuss the offense following spring practice.
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Written by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)
Indiana Hoosiers offensive coordinator Nick Sheridan took to Zoom on Wednesday to recap how spring practice finished and to answer several questions from the media. The final question of the day was regarding the health of All-Big Ten quarterback Michael Penix Jr who is recovering from an ACL injury.
“Mike's doing great. He’s recovering and rehabbing and and he's doing a real good job. I think in the summer time ,you know, it's the progress is sometimes day to day when you're dealing with you know coming off a surgery. I think i feel confident in our ability to do some things fundamentally for him, to get him back throwing.” Sheridan said.
Penix was injured in a late-November game against Maryland and did not fully participate in spring practice.
May is quickly approaching, which means Indiana’s season opener against Iowa is starting to show on the horizon and Penix’s health is moving toward the forefront of people’s discussion of IU football.
“Hopefully as we get closer towards August it'll be more towards normal,” Sheridan explained, “but we want to be smart about that we want to make sure that Mike's fully healthy and ready to go but I feel confident that he'll have a productive summer and he'll be able to get some of the timing and some of the work that happens during those months with the wide outs and tight ends and running backs and the communication that occurs with the offensive line. So I feel comfortable with where he's at and i know i think he feels the same way and it'll be big for Mike.”
Last season Penix burst back on to the scene with 14 touchdown passes and 1,645 yards. He did enough in six games to get All-Big Ten recognition.
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