TrueOrange
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I think there may actually be potential here for this to end up an interesting game.
(Sorry about the length. I'm in the same state as one of these schools and my sister goes to the other, so I'm a bit familiar with both.)
Yes, I'm aware Indiana lost to Bowling Green 45-42 last week. Just like last year, Indiana's defense is horrendous. They struggled - and will continue to struggle - to stop almost every team from scoring.
However, it appears their offense from last year might have carried over as well. Last year, they put up points in bunches, on a lot of teams (last year they were 17th in the country in points per game; 10th in offensive yards/game - 18th in passing and 30th in rushing). They could put up points, they just couldn't stop them.
(See their 2013 scores)
At the moment, they're 4th in the FBS in rushing yards per game; 9th in total offense. (The passing numbers might be weighed down; he only threw 118 yards the first game, followed by 350 - with 2 rushing TDs - the second.)
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One thing about Missouri in some of their games...they seem to have gotten off to some slow starts (usually pulling away in the 2nd half). Their defense has done pretty well holding the other offenses they've so far played in check early, but their offense also struggled early in those games.
Their secondary hasn't done poorly, but the teams they've played have found success, passing for over 200 yards in all those games (and a 60-70% completion rate in two of them). If Indiana's running game does live up to statistics, it's going to take pressure off IU's QB.
That said, Missouri still seems pretty good at forcing turnovers - they're apparently in the middle of a 47 game streak of forcing at least one, so far on the year having 9 (5 INTs, 4 fumbles) - and defensive pressure, having 12 sacks on the season so far.
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I'm not saying Indiana's going to win (in fact, being familiar with how poorly they tend to do, count against it).
However, if Missouri takes a while to get its offense going again, and IU is able to do its usual, Missouri could end up in a position where, they do get in rhythm, but they're already having to play keep up / working to make up a gap...might be interesting to see how that would play out.
That aside, this is likely going to be one of those games where there's a lot of offense by two teams and each one's still scoring late into the game, for a score closer than it probably should be. (Not going to get into any sort of possible, "could be looking ahead to South Carolina" though)
(Sorry about the length. I'm in the same state as one of these schools and my sister goes to the other, so I'm a bit familiar with both.)
Yes, I'm aware Indiana lost to Bowling Green 45-42 last week. Just like last year, Indiana's defense is horrendous. They struggled - and will continue to struggle - to stop almost every team from scoring.
However, it appears their offense from last year might have carried over as well. Last year, they put up points in bunches, on a lot of teams (last year they were 17th in the country in points per game; 10th in offensive yards/game - 18th in passing and 30th in rushing). They could put up points, they just couldn't stop them.
(See their 2013 scores)
At the moment, they're 4th in the FBS in rushing yards per game; 9th in total offense. (The passing numbers might be weighed down; he only threw 118 yards the first game, followed by 350 - with 2 rushing TDs - the second.)
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One thing about Missouri in some of their games...they seem to have gotten off to some slow starts (usually pulling away in the 2nd half). Their defense has done pretty well holding the other offenses they've so far played in check early, but their offense also struggled early in those games.
Their secondary hasn't done poorly, but the teams they've played have found success, passing for over 200 yards in all those games (and a 60-70% completion rate in two of them). If Indiana's running game does live up to statistics, it's going to take pressure off IU's QB.
That said, Missouri still seems pretty good at forcing turnovers - they're apparently in the middle of a 47 game streak of forcing at least one, so far on the year having 9 (5 INTs, 4 fumbles) - and defensive pressure, having 12 sacks on the season so far.
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I'm not saying Indiana's going to win (in fact, being familiar with how poorly they tend to do, count against it).
However, if Missouri takes a while to get its offense going again, and IU is able to do its usual, Missouri could end up in a position where, they do get in rhythm, but they're already having to play keep up / working to make up a gap...might be interesting to see how that would play out.
That aside, this is likely going to be one of those games where there's a lot of offense by two teams and each one's still scoring late into the game, for a score closer than it probably should be. (Not going to get into any sort of possible, "could be looking ahead to South Carolina" though)
