** 2022 Opponent Previews : Indiana (Game 5) **

[Saunders]

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HuskerOnline:  Indiana 2022 Spring Preview

“It is kind of hard to see this team back in a bowl game. If you want to do the math, they do get both Illinois and Maryland at home - I don’t know if they could count those as wins, but I think you’d rather be playing those games at home.

"If you can win those two plus Idaho and Western Kentucky, then that’s a baseline of four wins, and you’ve already doubled your win total from the previous season. If you can find a way to steal one more, like at Nebraska or at Rutgers, then you’ve got a chance to at least be 5-6 going into the final game against Purdue…

"Saying that Indiana is a more competent team than what we saw last year is not a fluke. I wouldn’t be surprised if there was some rebound for this team. I wouldn’t be surprised if this was a team that could at least get to four or five wins and maybe enough respectable losses in there to say, OK, 2021 was rough, but there were enough signs things are improving.

"Having said that, the path to a bowl game, to me, we’re kind of back to a place where that path looks awfully narrow for Indiana.”

https://nebraska.n.rivals.com/news/nebraska-opponent-spring-review-indiana

 

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CollegeFootballNews: Indiana 2022 Preview

Indiana will be better. It’s not going to win the Big Ten East, and it’s going to take a whole lot of big breaks to get bowling, but it’s going to be stronger, sharper, and it’s actually going to start scoring again.

But with this program, the wins come when the schedule is light. Out of the 42 wins over the last eight seasons, 36 of them came against FCS teams or reams that finished with losing records – and two of the wins came against WKU, who’s on the slate this year. In other words, it’s more than likely that Indiana will have issues if the slate is full of a lot of good teams.

SET THE INDIANA HOOSIERS REGULAR SEASON WIN TOTAL AT … 5

Idaho should be a win, and the home game against WKU is a must. The Rutgers game is on the road, and so are the dates with Nebraska and Cincinnati. Can the Hoosiers beat a Penn State or Michigan in Memorial Stadium? How about Purdue, Maryland, and Illinois? There will be at least four wins, and if there’s even a little more offensive production, there should be five with a right-performance-right-day performance in the mix somewhere. Getting that sixth will likely come down to the season finale against Purdue.

Offense, Defense Breakdown | Keys To The Season
Indiana Top 10 Players | Indiana Schedule & Analysis

 

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The Athletic: Tom Allen, Indiana football lean on culture to rebound from difficult 2021 season

In Tom Allen’s first four seasons as head coach, Indiana developed a reputation as a team that punched above its weight.Even when they weren’t winning many games, the Hoosiers hung tough against teams with more talent and earned the respect of the Big Ten’s traditional powers. They raised the bar for themselves every year, right up to the COVID-19-shortened 2020 season that included a 6-1 record in the Big Ten and a second-place finish in the Big Ten East. The 2021 season put the Hoosiers in unfamiliar territory. Suddenly, they had buzz, expectations and the attention of the college football cognoscenti. Quarterback Michael Penix Jr. was viewed as a contender for Big Ten Player of the Year, and Indiana was a trendy pick to contend for a New Year’s Six bowl game. Though the Hoosiers were learning to embrace Allen’s “love each other” mantra, everybody else was loving Indiana. The result? Decimated by injuries, Indiana went 2-10, lost all nine of its Big Ten games and finished No. 127 out of 130 FBS teams in offensive yards per play. Losing 20 players to season-ending injuries and 10 others for at least five games would be devastating for any program but especially one with Indiana’s depth. Even though it would be easy to blame everything on the injuries, Allen needed to dig deeper.

https://theathletic.com/3350043/2022/06/12/indiana-football-preview-tom-allen/

 

 

 

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[Saunders]

CFN preview is up!

[Saunders]

The Athletic's preview is up.

[Treand3]

4 hours ago, Saunders said:

The Athletic's preview is up.

Does it have an injury?

[Mavric]

 

[admo]

Hey!  This game SOOOOO doesn't scare me.  

 

Next!

[Mavric]

 

[Dogs In A Pile]

33 minutes ago, Mavric said:

 

I watched that game and they were beaten by a clearly superior team. But they played hard until the end and didn't give up. Should be a pretty good matchup next week with two fairly evenly matched teams.

[Mavric]

 

[MyBloodIsRed16]

9 hours ago, Mavric said:

 

how?  1-3 and have lost to NW who just lost to the little sisters of the poor and lost to GAS.  

[BigRedBuster]

54 minutes ago, MyBloodIsRed16 said:

how?  1-3 and have lost to NW who just lost to the little sisters of the poor and lost to GAS.  

Because Joseph has had two weeks to transform the Huskers into a team that is starting this weekend the road to the next dominating era of Husker football. 

[Red Five]

(not so) Fun Fact:

 

Last time we won a game following a bye week was 10/28/2017 at Purdue on a Lee to Morgan TD pass with 15 seconds remaining.  It was the last win of the Riley era.

[Gage County]

25 minutes ago, Red Five said:

(not so) Fun Fact:

 

Last time we won a game following a bye week was 10/28/2017 at Purdue on a Lee to Morgan TD pass with 15 seconds remaining.  It was the last win of the Riley era.

 

We went to that game. That game was one of his best.

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/unza/comments/qfhesb/purdue_2017_lee_was_32_of_50_for_431_yards_with_2/

 

[MyBloodIsRed16]

27 minutes ago, Red Five said:

(not so) Fun Fact:

 

Last time we won a game following a bye week was 10/28/2017 at Purdue on a Lee to Morgan TD pass with 15 seconds remaining.  It was the last win of the Riley era.

I was also thinking that.  The Frost lead teams have not done so well after bye weeks.  Hopefully Mickey has them ready to come out and play.  Doubt it tho

[BigRedBuster]

In other words, nobody knows what he hell to expect.