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B1G CCG: #1 tOSU vs #2 Indiana in Indy, Sat. Dec 6th, 8 ET on FOX

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cmstophe said:
Game is simple to me. And I’m probably an idiot, but… the three best defenses, really the closest talent equated games Mendoza and IU were in, were dogfights. And he was not himself. Iowa, and Penn State, even Oregon, ain’t us.

I will be absolutely floored if we don’t cruise with (relative) ease here. But hey I’m just a dumb fan, probably wrong, who knows.
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They are also the best defense we face do the first part of the game might be ugly till we get our sea legs under us. But as Jax said teams for years have been playing us take away explosives and drive the field. This team is perfectly willing to do that unlike some prior teams
 
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dragurd said:
They are also the best defense we face do the first part of the game might be ugly till we get our sea legs under us. But as Jax said teams for years have been playing us take away explosives and drive the field. This team is perfectly willing to do that unlike some prior teams
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The thing they may be able to do is create pressure up the middle. That would be the single biggest thing, to me, to watch for from any opponent here on out. Can they get interior pressure and play 2 deep behind it...consistently?

If so, the our offense will have issues because now we are playing behind the sticks, into known/compressed passing windows because the RPO game is taken away and our deep crossers and seam throws are gone.

That said, IU's offense still has to deal with the OSU defense and it's bad match up for them for the reasons I stated earlier.

Take away chaos on special teams (just uneventful ST with good field position will do), avoid turnovers and protect Sayin up the middle and this game will be out of reach for IU mid 3rd quarter if that script is playing out and they are down 2+ scores.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
The thing they may be able to do is create pressure up the middle. That would be the single biggest thing, to me, to watch for from any opponent here on out. Can they get interior pressure and play 2 deep behind it...consistently?

If so, the our offense will have issues because now we are playing behind the sticks, into known/compressed passing windows because the RPO game is taken away and our deep crossers and seam throws are gone.

That said, IU's offense still has to deal with the OSU defense and it's bad match up for them for the reasons I stated earlier.

Take away chaos on special teams (just uneventful ST with good field position will do), avoid turnovers and protect Sayin up the middle and this game will be out of reach for IU mid 3rd quarter if that script is playing out and they are down 2+ scores.
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Yep IU's offense is very read option based which has issues and can break down against good D's
 
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Honor&Glory said:
IU beat writer just predicted 31-28 IU. How in the fuck is IU scoring 31??? Am I missing something about OSU’s defense??
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I heard an IU beat writer say that Texas, Penn State, UM had good DLs, but Ohio State hadn’t seen a DL like Indiana’s yet this season. They still have a starter and key rotation player from JMU on that line. I think Ohio State will be okay.
 
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