Here is my take away.
While Indiana completed a lot of passes, there were only about 3 or 4 that I can remember that were due to a lapse in coverage. Most of their catches came against great coverage. Cobb is going to be a great receiver in the B1G and then in the NFL. That guy has some great hands and is tall enough to have his way with most DB's.
I was really impressed with the half time adjustments, both offensive and defensive. The defense forced IU to change their routes having to resort to routes over the middle of the field that took a sec or so longer to run. This allowed the pass rush to get to the QB. The offense went back to using downfield crossing routes that allowed the speedy OSU receivers to run themselves open with good passing angles for Barrett.
I was disappointed with the first half play calling. I thought that maybe Ed Warinner was calling the plays remotely. I am still not a fan of swinging the ball horizontally as opposed to down field action. I was about to put my fist through the TV in the first half if I saw another pass behind the line of scrimmage. I can understand that once in a while, but after a half of not working, you would expect to try something a little different.
All in all, I think Indiana will be a pretty good team this year, but they need to find a running game. I think they will give the better teams they play a good game, and should win their share of games against lesser teams.
I don't know that tOSU is worthy of their #2 ranking, but we'll see how they do against Oklahoma next weekend. They cannot afford a slow start against them. I know this game was as much about getting the kinks out as anything, but let's hope they have.
