Essentials WHAT #2 Michigan (4-0) vs Indiana (2-3) WHERE Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI WHEN 12:10 Eastern THE LINE M –33 (Vegas) M -37(Bill C) TELEVISION FOX PBP: Gus Johnson Color: Joel Klatt TICKETS From $50. WEATHER light rain 15 mph wind around 50 Overview Indiana used to be interesting. They'd get in shootouts with everyone, lose almost all of them except that one time Mike Penix beat Penn State despite clearly being short on a desperation lunge to the goal line, play irrationally tough defense, and maybe hit up some bowl games. This is not that Indiana. Tom Allen just fired OC Walt Bell and gave the replacement guy an actual contract no interim here largely because the Hoosiers can't score a dang point against anyone. Aside from a 41-point outburst against Indiana State, an 0-6 FCS team, Indiana only eclipsed 17 points against a FBS foe thanks to four overtimes against Akron. Allen has a 20 million dollar buyout, so at least Mike Woodson is working out? FWIW, it
Essentials WHAT #2 Michigan (4-0) vs Indiana (2-3) WHERE Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI WHEN 12:10 Eastern THE LINE M –33 (Vegas) M -37(Bill C) TELEVISION FOX PBP: Gus Johnson Color: Joel Klatt TICKETS From $50. WEATHER light rain 15 mph wind around 50 Overview Indiana used to be interesting. They'd get in shootouts with everyone, lose almost all of them except that one time Mike Penix beat Penn State despite clearly being short on a desperation lunge to the goal line, play irrationally tough defense, and maybe hit up some bowl games. This is not that Indiana. Tom Allen just fired OC Walt Bell and gave the replacement guy an actual contract no interim here largely because the Hoosiers can't score a dang point against anyone. Aside from a 41-point outburst against Indiana State, an 0-6 FCS team, Indiana only eclipsed 17 points against a FBS foe thanks to four overtimes against Akron. Allen has a 20 million dollar buyout, so at least Mike Woodson is working out? FWIW, it
Indiana comes to town this weekend coming off a bye week, a much-needed one for the Hoosiers to lick their wounds. Riding a three game losing streak, sitting at 2-3 on the season and having recently replaced their offensive coordinator, a lot has gone wrong for Indiana. Is there anything to fear on offense? Today we will find out: The Film: Indiana's P5 opponents to this point are Ohio State, Louisville, and Maryland. The OSU meeting was week one and thus for recency purposes, I wanted to avoid that game. That left me with a choice between Louisville and Maryland. A quick check at SP+ ratings revealed that the metrics deem these teams nearly identical in quality, so with that in mind, I opted to pick Louisville due to the result of the game. Indiana was blown out by Maryland, while they hung in there until the end against Louisville. I believe in scouting teams at their best rather than their worst, because you'd always rather overestimate an opponent than underestimate