Wisconsin Routs Hoosiers 59-7
by JustAJ on Oct 16, 2011 10:15 AM EDT
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The number four ranked Badgers set the dogs on the Hoosiers right away and never looked back. The only score came from a Stephen Houston 67-yard touchdown run in the second quarter. Houston did have himself quite a game as he ran for 135 yards on 19 carries but even that is a bit skewed as you take away the outlier run of 67 yards and he only ran for 3.8 yards an attempt. Not good but not bad either. So by far the best performance from a Hoosier today can be described with a great big "meh". Hopefully this does show that Houston could be capable of great things against lesser competition and when you’re playing the fourth ranked Badgers, everything out there is lesser competition.
Next up the Hoosiers have to head to a struggling Iowa where they have had some recent success in making it a game. Right now as a fan of Hoosiers football that is all you can really hope for. In every game they have just looked overmatched on an individual basis and that isn’t going to fix itself this year. Much like the position the baskeball team was in for the last few years, this team just needs better talent. The guys that are there have given a fantastic effort but it just isn’t enough in the Big Ten and would be a struggle in many lesser conferences as well.
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Not as bad as it looked
Wisconsin played a great game. Very few penalties, missed assignments and no turnovers. Give them credit. IU rushing game looked great. It looked so good I have down graded Wisconsin. Indiana’s running backs gained 238 yards on 45 carries for a 5.3 yard average. They did a good job making first downs and moving the ball between the 20s. Almost all of this against their starters when the game was still in doubt (mathamatically). The passing game was way off, less than 100 yards, which is hard to believe because we needed to pass to cover the scoring gap. I don’t think we could protect the quarterback. Biggest offensive problem is long 3rd down. IU did well when they got 3 or more on first down, and did not have a penalty or negative play on second down. Third and more than 6 was killer. IU’s 3rd down efficency was 14% (by comparison Wisconsin’s was 53%). We were also 0-2 on fourth down. The special teams gave up two big plays, but have performed well all year, and when you punt that many times in a game (or the season for that matter) it will catch up with you. The defense was just plainly overmatched. Wisconsin had size, depth and experience advantages on the line and a Sr (graduate student) quarterback that is a Heisman candidate (the reason the did the halfback pass to the quarterback- they needed a highlight clip for ESPN), and some quality running backs.
The big take-aways was IU running game and their never quit attitude. You did not see half effort or arm tackling in the second half. IU is going to surprise one of their conference opponents. On an interesting note the other four top five teams played conference opponents, and the average margin of victory was 42 points.
yeah to be honest the more I thought about the game as I was trying to recap it
the better I got to feeling about it. The majority of the guys out there are young. It’s just that they look so outclassed athletically I can’t decide how I feel about this team and the future of it. Some hours I feel optimistic the next it’s doom and gloom. We just need a QB.
-Contributing Writer at The Crimson Quarry.
So, a friend said he'd heard the Hoosiers had lost a lot of players
… some in the offseason, some during the course of the season. If you have a chance to look it up, what’s the magnitude of that attrition? What element is injuries, and what is the coaching transition?
we've currently lost 10 players during the season to them leaving the team
the only one of note has been Nick Turner. It has mostly been guys that have been skating by or rumors of less than 100% effort in practice that has gained them zero favor with the coaches. It’s normal for this kind of attrition in a coaching transition usually higher when the replacing coach is not a nice guy like the previous coach.
The most telling quote comes from Terry Hutchens two weeks ago…
“(Turner) came in and said he didn’t want to play, and I thought that was a good choice because he hasn’t been practicing hard,‘’ Wilson said. "He came in Tuesday and said he didn’t want to play. He said he had been thinking about it for about a month or two.’’
Wilson said Turner, a redshirt sophomore, has been “going through the motions.” He said that’s why the IU staff had moved him from running back to defense and had taken him off special teams. They believed he wasn’t putting forth the necessary effort.
“I thought it was a good choice,‘’ Wilson said. "I wished him well. I had no issues with it.’’
-Contributing Writer at The Crimson Quarry.
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