2017 MAACC...er, and now Big Ten, midweek spectacular SOC thread

[ELA]

Still can't get over how quiet this Hoosier crowd is. If this were the shoe and the tables were turned, it would be defening.

Takes a while to change culture.  Plenty of empties, so I'm sure OSU is still well represented.  Value City was one of the Big Tens quietest arenas even with Oden-Conley.  I don't think suddenly Indiana has a rabid football fan culture off of two mid level bowls.  He'll, MSU had a better football culture, reached higher levels, and still had empties.

[BamaBuckeye]

Takes a while to change culture.  Plenty of empties, so I'm sure OSU is still well represented.  Value City was one of the Big Tens quietest arenas even with Oden-Conley.  I don't think suddenly Indiana has a rabid football fan culture off of two mid level bowls.  He'll, MSU had a better football culture, reached higher levels, and still had empties.

Makes sense. Just sad though. Teams feed off the fans and vice versa. Hell, UAB seems to have more rabid fans. Hell, they fought city hall to get the team back. Indiana has a damn good team this year. They are gonna win games they shouldn't. I'd be stoked.

[bayareabadger]

Honestly, has JT amounted to much? I mean, his career is pretty meh. Cardale carried the NC. JT has been just mediocre in my opinion.

God I've missed football season. 

[bayareabadger]

Takes a while to change culture.  Plenty of empties, so I'm sure OSU is still well represented.  Value City was one of the Big Tens quietest arenas even with Oden-Conley.  I don't think suddenly Indiana has a rabid football fan culture off of two mid level bowls.  He'll, MSU had a better football culture, reached higher levels, and still had empties.

Let's also remember, this is a Thursday night game where IU was supposed to get beat around. So alumni attendance is probably not real good. 

[MichiFan87]

So much for Indiana's defense. That said, I have been surprised by their offense tonight, especially with DeBord as their OC.

Elsewhere....

Minnesota looked really bad on offense, and who knows if their defense is any good with Buffalo being the opponent. If they can't run the ball better, which was most surprising, they're going to struggle against everyone else, too.

UCF looked good (yes, FIU was the opponent) and could definitely beat Maryland and challenge USF to win their conference.

Apparently Shane Morris started for Central Michigan and didn't do so well judging from the stat line. Barely beating Rhode Island is a bad sign for them.

Connecticut was down against Holy Cross but came back to win. Cincinnati struggled with Austin Peay, so the Bearcats probably won't be helping Michigan's SOS.

Oklahoma State dominated Tulsa, so that confirms my thinking that they're top Big 12 team, especially with the Bedlam game at home.

[BamaBuckeye]

You must say Victor with a Transylvania accent. Veektor. 

[DevilFroggy]

ASU missed challenging an obvious out of bounds TD catch by NMSU. WTF?!?

[847badgerfan]

IU fans really going with the "overrated" chant, up 1 Midway through the 3rd.

I heard that and starting thinking... You guys are going to regret this. And BOOM. The beast is unleashed.

[BamaBuckeye]

I heard that and starting thinking... You guys are going to regret this. And BOOM. The beast is unleashed.

29-0 since the chant. Not a great idea. 

[BamaBuckeye]

36-0 since the chant. 

[Honestbuckeye]

This game is as predicted in the IU/OSU thread.   A talented but inexperienced defensive backfield versus a really good QB with high quality, experienced WRs for Indiana.   The opposite on the other side....inexperienced WRs for OSU versus the most experienced DB group in the conference.  It took 3 quarters to separate.  

I thought Barrett looked decent...,3 TDs plus one beauty dropped.  Numerous other passes dropped.   

Neat new RB to go with Weber....

[BamaBuckeye]

Barrett certainly played much better in the second half. That's certainly due to receivers finally getting separation from those pesky IU DBs. But I'm not sold on JT's arm. The big Tds were short passes that the receivers turned into big plays. He had that one touch pass to Campbell that he dropped but other than that, way too many overthrown or just flat out miscommunication passes with the corp. 

We'll see. I'll be honest but JT just always seems stoned out his gourd to me. No real fire or passion. Just mopey. Hence, meh. 

[Brutus Buckeye]

I think Indiana knocks off either Penn St or Michigan this year. 

They don't have the burners that OSU needed in order to put this thing away.

They get the Wolverines at home. 

[Brutus Buckeye]

TN ST beat GA ST

NM ST is trailing AZ ST by 1 at the half. 

CMU needed 3 OTs in order to beat Rhode Island

UConn survived their scare vs Holy Cross

Fickel survived his UC debut.