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3ric 05-16-2003 10:31 AM
Indiana TCY Village Challenge 2038 - a new start
 

INDIANA: A TCY VC - Year 2038


Previous Seasons:
Indiana VC 2037 - Alf
Indiana VC 2036 – 3ric
Indiana VC 2035 – cthomer5000
Indiana VC 2034 – Alf
Indiana VC 2033 – bigjdotcom01
Indiana VC 2032 – 3ric
Indiana VC 2031 - Cornhuskerly
Indiana VC 2030 - Alf
Indiana VC 2029 – bigjdotcom01
Indiana VC 2028 – 3ric
Indiana VC 2027 - Cornhuskerly
Indiana VC 2026 - Alf
Indiana VC 2025 – bigjdotcom01
Indiana VC 2024 – 3ric
Indiana VC 2023 - Cornhuskerly
Indiana VC 2022 - Alf
Indiana VC 2021 – 3ric
Indiana VC 2020 - Cornhuskerly
Indiana VC 2019 - Alf
Indiana VC 2018 - bigjdotcom01
Indiana VC 2017 - 3ric
Indiana VC 2016 - Cornhuskerly
Indiana VC 2015 - Alf
Indiana VC 2014 - bigjdotcom01
Indiana VC 2013 - 3ric
Indiana VC 2012 - Cornhuskerly
Indiana VC 2011 - Alf
Indiana VC 2010 - bigjdotcom01
Indiana VC 2009 - 3ric
Indiana VC 2008 - Alf
Indiana VC 2007 - bigjdotcom01
Indiana VC 2006 - RPI-Fan
Indiana VC 2005 - 3ric
Indiana VC 2004 - Alf
Indiana VC 2003 - andy m
Indiana VC 2002 - RPI-Fan
Indiana VC 2001 - 3ric

Code:
Coaching Performance:


Year  Team                  Record Post Rank Perf Acad Recr TV   Tick Don  Sco 



2037  Indiana               13-2   Yes  12   90   66   6    90   79   66   73  

2036  Indiana               9-2    No   20   81   73   6    67   66   68   67     

2035  Indiana               9-3    Yes  25   69   74   40   83   70   54   66     

2034  Indiana               8-3    No   21   75   75   41   73   68   81   72     

2033  Indiana               7-4    No   34   48   77   20   51   65   28   51     

2032  Indiana               9-3    Yes  23   66   77   17   82   72   50   64     

2031  Indiana               10-3   Yes  14   84   78   52   89   69   67   75     

2030  Indiana               13-2   Yes  10   93   81   56   60   72   54   74     

2029  Indiana               10-3   Yes  21   88   75   36   83   63   81   76     

2028  Indiana               6-5    No   54   31   78   8    16   55   31   41     

2027  Indiana               7-4    No   41   48   79   19   27   57   53   52     

2026  Indiana               8-3    No   31   83   81   89   83   56   74   77     

2025  Indiana               7-4    No   49   55   80   60   60   58   73   64     

2024  Indiana               7-4    No   47   78   79   80   26   56   78   69     

2023  Indiana               5-6    No   60   44   75   78   47   64   16   51     

2022  Indiana               7-4    No   53   43   75   13   42   65   65   54     

2021  Indiana               7-4    No   44   78   72   77   74   58   71   72     

2020  Indiana               6-5    No   59   75   70   98   64   55   74   71     

2019  Indiana               4-7    No   94   65   70   100  77   47   5    56     

2018  Indiana               2-9    No   111  2    70   41   2    39   26   28     

2017  Indiana               3-8    No   82   13   70   66   36   52   74   47     

2016  Indiana               4-7    No   84   12   70   57   74   61   4    39     

2015  Indiana               6-5    No   49   77   69   28   74   55   78   68     

2014  Indiana               3-8    No   90   9    66   5    25   56   2    28     

2013  Indiana               6-5    No   48   57   62   17   6    57   61   50     

2012  Indiana               7-4    No   45   56   62   8    23   60   61   51     

2011  Indiana               6-5    No   46   78   66   25   51   56   57   61     

2010  Indiana               6-5    No   51   77   69   100  78   52   75   73     

2009  Indiana               4-7    No   86   26   71   67   75   46   3    42     

2008  Indiana               5-6    No   71   74   71   100  4    48   75   64     

2007  Indiana               3-8    No   103  72   72   100  74   40   79   70     

2006  Indiana               1-10   No   117  1    73   98   28   36   0    31     

2005  Indiana               3-8    No   95   7    73   25   5    48   76   40     

2004  Indiana               4-7    No   80   14   64   93   76   60   10   42     

2003  Indiana               2-9    No   98   6    70   13   2    65   8    28     

2002  Indiana               6-5    No   45   78   74   45   80   67   74   72     

2001  Indiana               5-6    No   55   30   64   2    14   67   21   37





Post - Post-Season Appearance, Perf - Team Performance Score, Acad - Academic  

Performance Score, Recr - Recruiting Score, TV - Television Revenue Score,  

Tick - Ticket Revenue Score, Don - Alumni Donations Score


Past Rankings:


Year Team        Perf        Acad        Recr        Revn        Tick        Dons        GPA        Avgr        Perc 

                 

2037 Indiana         16        26        74        13        12        35        2.89        38700        74.0

2036 Indiana         20        21        52        24        42        37        2.79        37800        72.2

2035 Indiana         25        21        28        20        31        41        2.98        38300        73.1

2034 Indiana         21        18        47        28        36        37        2.88        36700        70.1

2033 Indiana         34        17        25        32        36        58        2.73        37400        71.4

2032 Indiana         23        16        31        14        36        42        2.78        43400        82.8

2031 Indiana         14        15        37        17        31        36        3.08        39900        76.1

2030 Indiana         10        16        54        34        13        39        3.13        37000        70.6

2029 Indiana         21        18        32        31        27        34        2.80        30900        59.0

2028 Indiana         54        16        28        77        53        54        2.90        33700        64.3

2027 Indiana         41        13        22        59        48        38        3.19        34000        64.9

2026 Indiana        31        14         67        31        53        32        3.21        35300        67.4

2025 Indiana         49        15        50        74        48        38        3.16        36200        69.1 

2024 Indiana         47        17        55        81        54        46        3.18        36200        69.1 

2023 Indiana         60        19        17        74        33        77        3.25        38100        72.7 

2022 Indiana         53        22        114        75        41        53        3.52        41700        79.7 

2021 Indiana         44        25        52        74        45        60        3.17        36700        70.1 

2020 Indiana         59        26        57        90        45        71        3.24        34800        66.4 

2019 Indiana         94        26        110        99        60        101        3.31        31100        59.4

2018 Indiana        111        26        114        113        76        88        3.03        32600        62.3

2017 Indiana         82        26        29        73        51        82        3.01        35300        67.4

2016 Indiana         84        27        65        69        52        105        2.76        44600        85.2

2015 Indiana         49        30        80        82        52        45        3.01        40000        76.4

2014 Indiana         90        34        38        103        59        113        3.10        43200        82.5

2013 Indiana         48        39        67        98        56        51        3.14        42300        80.7

2012 Indiana         45        33        33        65        54        55        2.72        44900        85.7

2011 Indiana         46        30        112        47        47        60        2.90        39300        75.0

2010 Indiana         51        26        26        44        48        64        2.77        34900        66.7

2009 Indiana         86        25        122        81        58        108        2.80        34300        65.6

2008 Indiana         71        24        40        103        55        67        2.84        35500        67.9

2007 Indiana         103        23        95        78        74        108        2.67        35100        67.0

2006 Indiana         117        22        86        104        76        125        2.91        33800        64.5

2005 Indiana         95        28        125        100        59        91        2.89        39100        74.7

2004 Indiana         80        31        22        55        47        104        2.91        45500        86.8

2003 Indiana         98        26        120        112        39        94        2.51        47500        90.7

2002 Indiana         45        29        42        38        50        72        2.94        50300        96.0

2001 Indiana         55        34        117        80        47        96        2.97        50200        95.8





Perf=Performance ranking, Acad=Academic ranking, Recr=Recruiting ranking, 

Revn=TV revenue ranking, Tick=Ticket revenue ranking, Dons=Donations ranking,

GPA=Grade points average, Avgr=Average attendance, Perc=Percent of capacity

3ric 05-16-2003 10:41 AM
In the mailbox
  • DT Malcolm Osborne, has left the team due to a lack of playing time.
  • Vanderbilt QB J.J. McGarrity, Central Michigan RB Clyde Kirsch, Texas A&M WR Irv Sheldon (remember him?), Wake Forest LB Sedrick Clinton and Bowling Green CB Kim Stevens have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame!
  • Erik Wittich, Ken Sampson, Carl Shannon, and David Schulz have been shafted by their girlfriends. (Ouch! It hurts so good, baby!)
  • Howard Cash, Herb Bertram, KC Tanner, Duane Nordby and Darren Sanford request more free time for playing Quake 6 on their Pentium8-equipped VR handhelds. (Hey, it's the future!)
  • Brian Stancil, our SouthWest scout, gives us his letter of resignation.
  • Defensive Coordinator Xavier Burmbaugh has been hired away by Florida.
  • Eric Downs of Vanderbilt is Coach of the Year, rightly deserved after Vandy won the championship last year

3ric 05-16-2003 11:09 AM
Staff hiring

I can fill our vacancies, and optionally replace a staffer who's been with us for four seasons or more.

As our Southwest scout, we hire 41-yr old Dennis McConnell, who's Fair with QBs and Poor with kickers, but Pretty Good or better in anything else.

As for Burmbaugh's replacement, I quickly find Byron Mason, who's rated just as high as Xavier. He's Excellent with DL and DBs, Good with LBs and Very Good in injury avoidance. Play calling and congeniality is Decent, and Rehab is Good.

Mason is an upgrade at DB, LB and rehab but a big downgrade in play calling.

As for the optional replacement, the following scouting positions can be considered for change: Deep South, Southeast or the Great Lakes Region. Neither of these positions had a candidate that would have been an improvement for our staff.

Alf 05-16-2003 11:22 AM
IU, IU !!

3ric 05-16-2003 12:10 PM
Scheduling

We get home games vs both #124 Nebraska and #48 Iowa State.

Code:
  Week  Opponent                 
2      (48) IOWA STATE                                                       
3      at (29) North Carolina State                                   
4      NEBRASKA                                     
$$6    IOWA                                                       
$$7    MINNESOTA                                                     
$$8    at Michigan                                         
$$9    at Penn State                                                       
$$10    at (9) Northwestern                                               
$$11    (1) WISCONSIN                                                 
$$12    (43) MICHIGAN STATE                                                 
$$13    at Purdue                                                     

3ric 05-16-2003 01:20 PM

Freshman class



Code:
2038 Indiana University Football Incoming Freshman Player Ratings
 
  Player                #  Pos  Elig  Curt  Futr  Ranking (Last Season)
           
Stone, Luther          23  RB    Fr    21    59                 
Donohoe, Aaron          84  WR    Fr    23    54                 
Bergmann, Butch        31  CB    Fr    9    50
Kirchhof, Dennis        46  S    Fr    19    64                 
Gillespie, Lee          88  TE    Fr    19    51                 
Proffitt, Darryl        40  S    Fr    16    83                 
Barker, Jerry          35  FB    Fr    18    86                 
Toombs, Vinny          78  DT    Fr    17    89
James, Bryan            65  T    Fr    0    55                 
Marzullo, B.J.          3  QB    Fr    22    100 
Rhodes, Bert            2  WR    Fr    12    58                 
**Tracey, Donnell      43  ILB  Fr    6    61                 
**Tornberg, Donnell    73  G    Fr    0    55                 
Bronson, Jesse          94  DE    Fr    19    78                 
**Trammell, Gino        6  P    Fr    5    14                 
Gray, Mercury          93  OLB  Fr    2    54                 
Vrabel, Kyle            71  C    Fr    7    81 
 
  Player with ** in Front of Name  =  Walk-On

  • WR Donohoe is already a superb big play receiver, with a fearless "over the middle" attitude.
  • QB Marzullo display nice touch on all sorts of passes and a coolness under pressure that cannot be taught.
  • RB Stone is a tough guy with good short yardage ability.
  • TE Gillespie is a marginal talent, maybe backup at best.
  • DE Bronson looks very good, despite his small frame. With some extra bulk he should be a superb pass rusher.
  • S Kirchhof has nice hands and is strong against the run.
  • FB Barker should be a starter soon with several green bars in the 80-90 range.
  • DT Toombs should be another component of an excellent defensive line in two years as a classic runstopping tackle.
  • S Proffitt combine prototype size with terrific talent, should start as a junior.
  • WR Rhodes look headed for a career as a 3rd- or 4th-string WR.
  • CB Bergmann has very good pass intercepting ability, just as the other DBs in this class.
  • C Vrabel is low in endurance, but has good talent in the basic skills.
  • OLB Tracey is very raw, but should reach 65-70 ratings across the board in the best-case scenario.
  • P Trammell is just a filler. I've seen walk-ons better than this.
  • OLB Gray display great talent in zone defense and should be pretty good overall.
  • G Tornberg has massive size and looks like a future starter.
  • T James has that crucial talent in a future star tackle: pass blocking. Very nice size, but very green.

3ric 05-16-2003 01:46 PM

Roster

Code:
*Vallery, Kurt          13  QB  Jr*  73                100               
 Gaines, Charlie        14  QB  Sr    67                77                 
 Clayton, Larry          12  QB  So*  31                82                 
-Marzullo, B.J.          3    QB  Fr    22                100               
 Farrell, Sean          9    QB*  Sr    20                61                 
Vallery is an excellent starter, and Gaines his very good backup.
Code:
*Wittich, Erik          21  RB  Sr*  83                83                 
 Niklos, Archie          41  RB  Sr*  56                56                 
 England, Eugene        36  RB  Jr*  47                81                 
 Rison, Matt            29  RB  Sr    42                50                 
-Stone, Luther          23  RB  Fr    21                59                 
 
*Kaplan, Ethan          48  FB  So    54                100               
 Sampson, Ken            30  FB  Sr*  35                99                 
-Barker, Jerry          35  FB  Fr    18                86                 
 Libby, Rodney          38  FB*  Jr*  27                63                 
Wittich is a superb RB, and has worked very hard to keepin his fumbles low this season (he had 10 last year). Kaplan will probably start at FB as Sampson hasn't realized his potential.
Code:
*Jeffries, Nick          89  TE  Sr*  81                81                 
 Bell, Terrance          95  TE  Jr*  60                60                 
 DeLay, Norman          86  TE  Sr    53                98                 
-Gillespie, Lee          88  TE  Fr    19                51                 
 Bergen, Nathan          85  TE*  Jr*  21                26                 
 
*Blades, J.B.            80  WR  Sr    76                76                 
*Bertram, Herb          8    WR  So*  48                90                 
 Shannon, Carl          82  WR  Sr*  33                69                 
 Donohoe, Aaron          84  WR  Fr    23                54                 
 Husted, Michael        87  WR  So*  17                33                 
-Rhodes, Bert            2    WR  Fr    12                58                 
 Baker, Quentin          4    WR*  Jr*  42                58                 
Jeffries is a stud at TE, while Blades and Bertram form a deadly tandem at WR. We have capable backups behind Jeffries, but good wideouts are more scarce.
Code:
*Godfrey, Mitchell      57  C    Jr*  82                100               
 Gullett, Charles        56  C    So*  46                79                 
 Pritchett, Scottie      55  C    Sr*  26                81                 
-Vrabel, Kyle            71  C    Fr    7                81                 

*Abate, Joe              62  G    Sr*  76                78                 
*Huang, Warren          79  G    Sr    65                65                 
 Hancock, Tito          76  G    Sr*  41                100               
 Alston, Gilbert        69  G    Jr*  23                66                 
-Tornberg, Donnell      73  G*  Fr    0                55                 

*Carter, Les            66  T    Sr    49                67                 
*Tanner, K.C.            75  T    So*  36                43                 
 Stump, Clay            70  T    So*  25                67                 
 Oldham, Nicky          68  T    So*  2                32                 
-James, Bryan            65  T    Fr    0                55                 
 Cucina, Les            60  T*  Sr*  15                23                 
 Menendez, Shane        67  T*  So*  6                19                 
 Richard, Terry          61  T*  Jr*  4                21                 
Godfrey man the center position with Abate and Huang flanking him. Carter at left tackle gives us our fourth excellent starter on the O-line, with the other tackle position as the only question mark. Sophomore Tanner will be kept under close scrutiny there.
Code:
*Floyd, Wesley          1    P*  Jr*  22                23                 
 Trammell, Gino          6    P*  Fr    5                14                 

*Cash, Howard            16  K    Jr*  54                73                 
 Kanu, Karl              7    K*  Sr*  10                10                 
Floyd is a poor punter, and Cash is decent. Not one of our strong suits this year.
Code:
*Cox, Reggie            96  DE  Sr    70                83                 
*Horoszowski, Donnell    91  DE  Jr*  67                68                 
 Farmer, J.C.            72  DE  Sr    50                59                 
 Bronson, Jesse          94  DE  Fr    19                78                 
 Monroe, Morris          92  DE*  Sr*  33                33                 
 Donaldson, Jeremy      64  DE*  Sr    7                24                 

*Cabrera, Malcolm        99  DT  Sr*  65                83                 
 Schultz, David          74  DT  So*  33                78                 
 Nordby, Duane          77  DT  So*  30                50                 
 Joseph, Bubba          97  DT  So*  24                58                 
-Toombs, Vinny          78  DT  Fr    17                89                 
Cox, Horoszowski and Cabrera should form a terrific defensive line with Farmer or Schulz an optional fourth man.
Code:
*Whalen, Lorenzo        52  ILB  Sr    80                80                 
*Fleming, Barry          58  ILB  Sr    75                75                 
*Baker, Earnest          51  ILB  Sr    59                86                 
 Ellis, Tom              98  ILB  Sr*  34                43                 
 Holliday, Marcus        54  ILB  So*  18                49                 
 Bleess, Carlton        47  ILB* Jr*  42                61                 
-Tracey, Donnell        43  ILB* Fr    6                61                 

*Jeans, Robert          53  OLB  Jr*  72                82                 
 Marcus, Randal          50  OLB  Jr*  27                73                 
 Wasserman, Myron        59  OLB  Sr*  21                49                 
 Gray, Mercury          93  OLB  Fr    2                54                 
 Ferguson, Antoine      90  OLB* Jr*  13                45                 
Whalen, Fleming and Jeans are sure starters but there's a noticable gap in talent between them and Baker, the 4th LB.
Code:
*Banks, Jerome          49  CB  Sr    77                94                 
*Sonnier, Jared          26  CB  Sr*  62                74                 
 Kitchens, Marvin        45  CB  Sr*  45                54                 
 Crane, Jeff            25  CB  So*  41                72                 
 Sanford, Darren        22  CB  So    38                63                 
-Bergmann, Butch        31  CB  Fr    9                50                 
 Vuong, Deron            42  CB*  Sr*  11                11                 
 Kratky, Brad            24  CB*  Sr    6                20                 
 
*Dorrough, Chad          44  S    Jr*  79                79                 
*Brignac, Lamar          28  S    Sr    66                76                 
 Drudge, Tom            33  S    Sr    65                71                 
 Jarvis, Jorge          34  S    Sr    60                64                 
 Sample, Brant          20  S    So*  52                62                 
 Gordon, Charles        37  S    So    27                42                 
-Kirchhof, Dennis        46  S    Fr    19                64                 
-Proffitt, Darryl        40  S    Fr    16                83                 
Banks, Sonnier, Dorrough and Brignac should start but Jarvis (with 38 starts) and sophs Crane, Sample are likely to see much playing time as well.

True freshmen Donohoe(WR), Bronson(DE) and Gray(OLB) will suit up to provide depth at their positions.

Recruiting priorities:
backup QB, RB, WR, Gx2, T, P, DEx3, DT, ILBx2, OLB, CB, S (16)

Rich1033 05-16-2003 02:06 PM
Nice to see the village challenge back up and running!

tucker342 05-16-2003 05:21 PM
yay it's back!!!:D

3ric 05-17-2003 03:39 AM

Top 25

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Overall Rankings
 
  School                Record  Conf  Comp  Poll  Loss  Sched Total Rank 
Wisconsin              0-0    B10  1.00  1.00  0.00  0.80  2.80  1     
Florida                0-0    SEC  2.00  2.00  0.00  2.04  6.04  2     
Boston College          0-0    EST  4.00  4.00  0.00  1.32  9.32  3     
Rice                    0-0    WAC  3.00  3.00  0.00  3.44  9.44  4     
Army                    0-0    USA  5.00  5.00  0.00  2.88  12.88 5     
Southern California    0-0    P10  7.00  7.00  0.00  1.92  15.92 6     
Idaho                  0-0    SBT  6.00  6.00  0.00  4.20  16.20 7     
Northwestern            0-0    B10  9.00  8.50  0.00  0.64  18.14 8     
Vanderbilt              0-0    SEC  8.00  9.50  0.00  2.24  19.74 9     
Air Force              0-0    MTW  10.00 9.50  0.00  2.52  22.02 10     
Texas A&M              0-0    B12  11.00 10.50 0.00  1.24  22.74 11     
California-Los Angeles  0-0    P10  12.00 12.00 0.00  1.88  25.88 12     
Stanford                0-0    P10  13.00 13.00 0.00  1.84  27.84 13     
Tulane                  0-0    USA  14.00 14.00 0.00  3.20  31.20 14     
Syracuse                0-0    EST  16.00 16.00 0.00  1.48  33.48 15     
Barrow                  0-0    SC8  15.00 15.00 0.00  4.76  34.76 16     
Baylor                  0-0    B12  17.00 17.00 0.00  1.08  35.08 17     
Mississippi State      0-0    SEC  19.00 18.50 0.00  2.48  39.98 18     
**Indiana              0-0    B10  18.00 23.00 0.00  0.44  41.44 19     
California              0-0    P10  22.00 20.50 0.00  1.72  44.22 20     
Central Michigan        0-0    MAC  20.00 21.50 0.00  3.96  45.46 21     
Utah                    0-0    MTW  23.00 24.00 0.00  2.76  49.76 22     
Virginia Tech          0-0    EST  27.00 24.00 0.00  1.56  52.56 23     
Notre Dame              0-0    IND  26.00 23.00 0.00  4.56  53.56 24     
South Florida          0-0    IND  21.00 30.50 0.00  4.60  56.10 25     

3ric 05-17-2003 04:20 AM

Week 1



We have only one in the state of Indiana who idolizes us, and he's rated a 12. Not interested.

Scholarship offers:
RB Harold Walker, Irvine, KY, #133 (#9 RB), 72+, 66 ath prep. Fit score 88.
WR Albert Buvinov, Le Roy, IL, #43 (#3 WR), 94+, 55 ath prep. Fit score 83.
WR Rod Lester, Elgin, IL, #276 (#25 WR), 79, 42 ath prep. Fit score 93.
G Stephen Wilson, Cincinnati, OH, #152 (#16 WR), 69, 83 ath prep. Fit score 89.
G Wesley Bensen, Greenville, KY, #656 (#65 G), 68, 33 ath prep. Fit score 87.
T Marshall Lane, Hillsboro, IL, #153 (#24 T), 59++, 86 ath prep. Fit score 89.
P Travis Hughes, Whitehall, OH, #417 (#5 P), 81, 49 ath prep. Fit score 88.
DE Carl Brennan, Martinsville, IN, #352 (#33 DE), 82, 16 ath prep. Fit score 92.

Results
North Texas 48, Illinois 45.
Louisiana Tech 41, Minnesota 14.
Northwestern 47, Oregon State 7.
Navy 42, Ohio State 16.
UNLV 20, Penn State 10.

3ric 05-17-2003 07:41 AM

Week 2



Scholarship offers:
DE William McIntyre, Watseka, IL, #44 (#2 DE), 94, 34 ath prep, 84 fit score.
DT Pat Marshall, West Union, OH, #411 (#26 DT), 62, 52 ath prep, 87 fit score.

Iowa State (0-1) at #34 Indiana (0-0) (-11)

38.500 faithful has arrived to Bloomington for the season premiere despite the rain, and we begin play with a Wittich 2-yd run off left tackle. We punt from their 45-yd line after being stopped behind the line of scrimmage on successive downs. We hold them from getting a first downs and get the ball back at almost the same place as before. But we don't get more than a failed 41-yd FG attempt. We sack the Cyclones' QB and try again, starting with a 22-yd pass by Vallery to TE Jeffries. Vallery then find WR Bertram for 21 yds and we have a first down on their 25. Wittich can't find any holes, but Vallery keeps the drive alive with a 10-yd scramble, and then finishes it with a 13-yd TD pass to Bertram! 7-0, Indiana, at 14:55 in the 2nd quarter!

Iowa State get a first down for the first time today, but on the next play QB Davis throw the ball away, into the sure hands of ILB Whalen, at our own 39. We move 61 yds in 3:31 and extend our lead to 14-0 on a 6-yd pass to WR Baker. Iowa State move to midfield, from where they punt to our 13-yd line. Vallery hits Bertram as the Cyclones defense expect a run, and our WR beats the man coverage and takes it to the house - an 87-yd TD pass! 21-0, Indiana, at 5:31 in the 2nd quarter. With a minute remaining we go up to 28-0 when Wittich get what must have been his first long run today - a 22-yd TD up the middle. At halftime, we have 15 first downs, 120 rushing yards (thanks to 2nd-string RB Niklos) and 232 passing yds. Iowa State has 3 first downs and 30 offensive yards total.

Wittich get his second TD today at 10:23 in the 3rd quarter, on a 4-yd counter, and our lead is 35-0. The Cyclones' RB Hitchcock get a 47-yd run which leads to a field goal for the visitors and the score 35-3. At the beginning of the 4th quarter we get another interception through OLB Jeans, and Vallery complete passes of 20 and 13 yds to Bertram and Vallery's 4th TD today. 42-3, Indiana! Cash kick a 32-yd FG at 7:15 and we have a 45-3 lead which also is the final score.
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Indiana Individual Statistics

Rushing                Att        Yards        Avg        Long        TD        Stufd        Sackd
21 Wittich        23        61        2.6        22        2        11        0
41 Niklos        14        67        4.7        17        0        3        0
 
Passing                Att        Comp        Yards        Yd/Att        Long        TD        Int
13 Vallery        25        19        404        16.1        87        4        0
 
Receiving        Catch        Yards        Avg        YAC        Long        TD
8 Bertram        7        178        25.4        69        87        3
89 Jeffries        4        79        19.7        29        25        0
80 Blades        3        66        22.0        11        26        0
 
Defense                Tackle        Assist        Sack        Int        IntYds        IntTD
52 Whalen        6        0        1.0        1        0        0
72 Farmer        4        0        1.0        0        0        0
91 Horoszowski        3        0        1.0        0        0        0
Injuries
ILB Barry Fleming, doubtful, abdominal strain, 2 weeks.

Results
Iowa 38, Bethel 3.
Juneau 17, Michigan 3.
Michigan State 62, Missouri 14.
California 34, Ohio State 16.
Pittsburgh 23, Penn State 20.
Notre Dame 64, Purdue 17.
Army 21, Wisconsin 16.

ShagVT 05-17-2003 11:01 AM
3ric, coudln't you start G Hancock at T? He has so much upside, even as a redshirt junior.

RealDeal 05-17-2003 02:03 PM
WOOT. TCY saved!

Alf 05-17-2003 04:04 PM
Was bertram nominated in PLayers of the Week ? Must not be too far from school record on yards recevied on a single game.

tucker342 05-17-2003 10:28 PM
Great win in your first game! Keep it up:D

3ric 05-18-2003 01:51 AM
Good call on the Players of the Week, Alf - I always forget to check it out. Turned out that both Vallery and Bertram was nominated - and Vallery won "Offensive Player of the Week" !! WooT!
Bertram's receiving yardage was 8th all-time for the Hoosiers, and Vallery's passing yardage total was only 15 yds behind the IU record.

Tucker, RealDeal: Thanks!

ShagVT: good idea, but Hancock is a redshirt senior with 29/90, 41/100 while Tanner is a soph with 20/67, 34/96... I'm not sure that marginally better ratings will translate to a better performance when playing out of position. He's certainly the best backup at both G and T, that's for sure.

3ric 05-18-2003 03:37 AM

Week 3



Scholarship offers:
T Jamie Harden, Williamstown, WV, #572 (#66 T), 68+, 17 ath prep, 92 fit score.
DT Colin Cobb, Gate City, VA, #279 (#14 DT), 63+, 46 ath prep, 83 fit score.
ILB Clay Hutton, Northbrook, IL, #316 (#14 ILB), 68+, 83 ath prep, 97 fit score.
ILB Austin Huntley, Southhaven, MI, #128 (#9 ILB), 88, 22 ath prep, 78 fit score.
OLB Rich Bunnell, Brazil, IN, #285 (#11 OLB), 72-, 90 ath prep, 89 fit score.
OLB Warren Romig, Greenville, IL, #362 (#17 OLB), 64, 89 ath prep, 96 fit score.

#15 Indiana (1-0) (-4) at North Carolina State (0-1)

We score on the first drive of the game despite several penalties. Vallery converted three third-and-long situations, and we gained 107 yds on the drive! Niklos, the 2nd-string RB, ran 10 yds for the score, 7-0, Indiana! The Wolfpack demonstrate that they have a good offense, gaining two quick first downs before Horoszowski forces a 4th down on a sack. We start on our 31 and it's nice to see our running game clicking today despite the rainy conditions. Cash has to step in and kick a 21-yd FG after Wittich was stuffed for no gain on their 3-yd line. 10-0, Indiana, at 12:22 in the second quarter.

Our next drive is only 57 yds, 9 plays, but it's enough for 7 points as Vallery scores on a quarterback sneak from the 1. 17-0, Indiana! NC State tries to get into FG range before the first half ends, but a penalty and then a Schultz sack give them a 3rd and 37 at midfield. They gain 16 yds on the 3rd down, but yield a sack by Cabrera and Horoszowski on 4th down, ending the half. The teams step off the field for some rest. We have 17 first downs, 76 rushing yds and 175 passing yds while keeping the Wolfpack from getting more than 7 first downs, 29 rushing yds and 67 passing yds.

Midway through the third quarter we get the first turnover today when Whalen and Brignac hit the intended receiver, who fumbles the ball which Dorrough recover on their 44. That leads only to three downs and a punt, however. We stop them, and get another score on our next drive as Wittich finds a hole and runs 68 yds for a touchdown! 24-0, Indiana, at 4:40 in the 3rd quarter! NC State answer with a big play of their own - QB Gallegos hit WR Jennings for a 65-yd TD pass. 24-7, Indiana. We threaten to score on the followig drive, but Vallery gets a pass picked off on the home team's 2-yd line.

At the beginning of the 4th quarter Brignac intercepts a Gallegos pass on our own 24, and we move to their 39, where a 4th-down conversion fails. Nothing much happens for the rest of the game, however, the Wolfpack manage to squeeze in a touchdown on the final play of the game to narrow the deficit a little, and the final score is 24-14.
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Indiana Individual Statistics
 
Rushing                Att        Yards        Avg        Long        TD        Stufd        Sackd
21 Wittich        29        168        5.7        68        1        6        0
41 Niklos        9        52        5.7        12        1        2        0
 
Passing                Att        Comp        Yards        Yd/Att        Long        TD        Int
13 Vallery        29        19        273        9.4        27        0        1
 
Receiving        Catch        Yards        Avg        YAC        Long        TD
21 Wittich        5        51        10.2        34        14        0
8 Bertram        5        97        19.4        20        26        0
48 Kaplan        4        46        11.5        17        14        0
 
Defense                Tackle        Assist        Sack        Int        IntYds        IntTD
44 Dorrough        5        1        0.0        0        0        0
52 Whalen        4        2        0.0        0        0        0
53 Jeans        4        0        0.0        0        0        0
Injuries
ILB Barry Fleming, questionable, abdominal strain, 1 week.

Results
Kansas 55, Illinois 6.
Iowa 27, Iowa State 24.
Michigan 31, Louisiana Tech 23.
Utah 45, Minnesota 7.
Army 45, Northwestern 10.
UCLA 31, Ohio State 6.
Penn State 35, Oklahoma State 14.
Cincinnati 28, Purdue 25.
Wisconsin 59, Oregon 7.

Army looks good this year - last week they beat Wisconsin, and now they whup Northwestern 45-10!

Next week:
Nebraska at Indiana on TV4.

3ric 05-18-2003 04:02 PM

Week 4



Scholarship offers:
CB Josh Howe, Lexington, KY, #819 (#56 CB), 61+, 15 ath prep, 82 fit score.
CB Herb Myers, Sidney, OH, #136 (#13 CB), 75+, 58 ath prep, 85 fit score.
S Korey Orta, Gaston, IN, #715 (#42 S), 72+, 19 ath prep, 92 fit score.
S Vinny Blumer, Chicago Heights, IL, #638 (#35 S), 51 ath prep, 94 fit score.

Nebraska (0-1) at #16 Indiana (2-0) (-11)

We score right away on the opening drive to go ahead 7-0 after 4:15. Horoszowski sacks the Cornhusker QB on their first offensive play and forces a fumble, which is recovered by Cox on the Nebraska 8. Kaplan goes in for the score, and it's 14-0, Indiana! The Cornhuskers run one play for -1 yds before attempting a pass which is intercepted by Whalen and returned 17 yds for a TD - 21-0, Indiana, and the Nebraska team is shocked to its core by this early domination by the Hoosiers! Next time the Huskers has the ball they can run a couple of plays, but their offensive line is very porous - and they are fumbling it again on a Cabrera sack - the defender recovers the ball himself on the 3-yd line.

Vallery passes to Wittich for the score and 28-0 at 7:20 in the first quarter. Nebraska complete a 30-yd pass and seems to have settled somewhat in a rhythm. We stop them at midfield through consecutive sacks, however. The punt is fielded on our own 7, from where we go 93 yds and finish the drive with a 17-yd TD pass to Bell. 35-0 at 11:03 in the 2nd quarter. We have already pulled Vallery and are letting Gaines take some snaps. Nebraska complete two passes for 30 and 26 yds and suddenly threaten to score - but a sack where the offense loses 17 yds force them to settle for a 31-yd FG and 35-3 at 3:24 in the second quarter. Wittich gets some long runs to set up a Cash FG as time expires in the first half. 38-3, Indiana, and we have 16 first downs, 88 rushing yds and 143 passing yds. The Cornhuskers have 4 first downs, -46 rushing yds and 124 passing yds.

Nebraska's string of bad luck continues - they fumble the opening kickoff in the second half, and the Hoosiers' Rison recovers on their 6-yd line. Gaines find Shannon for a 6-yd TD pass and we're leading 45-3. Our next drive is for 72 yds and ends with 3rd-string RB England running in from 1 yds out. 52-3 at 6:41 in the 3rd. Nebraska get another FG at 6:03 in the 4th quarter, making the score 52-6. Niklos, the 2nd-string RB, is relishing the opportunity he has today to get lots of carries - and scores on a 15-yd run off left tackle. 59-6, Indiana, with 0:29 left to play.
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Indiana Individual Statistics
 
Rushing                Att        Yards        Avg        Long        TD        Stufd        Sackd
41 Niklos        16        84        5.2        15        1        1        0
21 Wittich        16        88        5.5        24        0        3        0
 
Passing                Att        Comp        Yards        Yd/Att        Long        TD        Int
14 Gaines        15        9        94        6.2        21        1        0
13 Vallery        13        10        119        9.1        22        3        0
 
Receiving        Catch        Yards        Avg        YAC        Long        TD
8 Bertram        4        61        15.2        30        22        0
4 Baker                3        41        13.6        4        21        0
 
Defense                Tackle        Assist        Sack        Int        IntYds        IntTD
20 Sample        7        0        0.0        0        0        0
99 Cabrera        4        0        1.0        0        0        0
45 Kitchens        4        2        0.0        0        0        0
Injuries
T Les Carter, questionable, stretched knee ligament, 7 weeks.
RB Archie Niklos, probable, concussion, 5 weeks.

Results
California 65, Illinois 14.
Iowa 23, BYU 14.
Notre Dame 45, Michigan 14.
Michigan State 31, San Diego State 24.
Baylor 44, Minnesota 21.
Colorado State 35, Purdue 14.
Wisconsin 40, East Carolina 13.

Next week:
Bye week.

ShagVT 05-18-2003 06:39 PM
Always good to see a team RUTSing Nebraska. Payback, I suppose.

tucker342 05-18-2003 09:12 PM
Great start, keep it up:D

3ric 05-19-2003 03:46 PM

Week 5



Visits:
G Bensen, CB Howe, S Orta.

Scholarship offers:
WR Joel Jones, Salem, WI, #238 (#23 WR), 81+, 52 ath prep, 87 fit score.
T Cory Pritchett, Baltimore, OH, #269 (#39 T), 67-, 83 ath prep, 87 fit score.
DE Isaac Page, Bowerston, OH, #233 (#21 DE), 73, 27 ath prep, 85 fit score.
CB Martin Greer, La Grange, GA, #724 (#44 CB), 65, 48 ath prep, 86 fit score.

Results
Illinois 20, Ohio State 17.
Michigan State 24, Iowa 21.
Wisconsin 69, Michigan 7.
Northwestern 42, Minnesota 14.
Penn State 38, Purdue 21.

Next week:
Iowa at Indiana

3ric 05-19-2003 03:46 PM

Week 6


Emails:
P Hughes chooses Utah.
DE Brennan chooses Notre Dame.

Visits:
T Harden, CB Greer.

Scholarship offers:
P Desmond Ingersoll, Natrona Heights, PA, #428 (#6 P), 83+, 17 ath prep, 89 fit score.
DE Irv Horn, Harrison, OH, #557 (#51 DE), 64, 48 ath prep, 83 fit score.

#47 Iowa (3-1) at #14 Indiana (3-0) (-5)

Horoszowski get a sack on the first play from scrimmage, which leads to a punt which we field at midfield. Wittich run for 20 yds, and Vallery hits Blades for 27 yds before finding Wittich with a 5-yd TD pass. 7-0, Indiana! On their next drive they remain trapped in their own half, giving us good field positions and a short field to work with. Wittich run a couple of times before Vallery throws a 14-yd TD pass to Bertram. 14-0, Indiana! We get our third scoring drive in a row when Vallery again completes a TD pass to Bertram, from the 27-yd yd line. 21-0, Indiana, at 14:52 in the second quarter.

The Hawkeyes get some yardage after that and manage to punt it to our 9-yd line. We respond with a 91-yd drive, and Vallery gets his fourth TD pass on a 9-yd pass to Wittich. 28-0, Indiana! Iowa manage to get in a FG and three points 10 seconds before halftime, 28-3. We have 14 first downs, 122 rushing yds and 137 passing yds. Iowa has 4 first downs, -3 rushing yds and 71 passing yds. We open the second half with an 80-yd drive where Blades catch a 11-yd TD pass from Vallery. 35-3, Indiana at 10:02 in the third quarter. Then Niklos get a 21-yd TD run on our next drive. 42-3 to us, ho-hum.

Iowa has switched QBs and string together a good drive where they score their first TD - a 7-yd TD pass. 42-10, Indiana, at 4:39 in the 3rd. At the beginning of the 4th quarter we go up to 45-10 on a 22-yd FG by Cash. Kitchens recover an Iowa fumble on their 22-yd line which lead to another FG, 48-10. Vallery's still in the game and get his sixth TD pass today on a fabulous 49-yd bomb to Blades. 55-10 at 8:37 in the fourth quarter. We run out the clock during an uneventful and time-consuming drive in the final 5 minutes.
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Indiana Individual Statistics
 
Rushing                Att        Yards        Avg        Long        TD        Stufd        Sackd
21 Wittich        26        87        3.3        20        0        8        0
41 Niklos        12        70        5.8        21        1        1        0
13 Vallery        8        54        6.7        16        0        2        0
 
Passing                Att        Comp        Yards        Yd/Att        Long        TD        Int
13 Vallery        26        22        352        13.5        48        6        0
 
Receiving        Catch        Yards        Avg        YAC        Long        TD
80 Blades        5        123        24.6        27        48        2
21 Wittich        5        55        11.0        64        26        2
89 Jeffries        3        43        14.3        8        26        0
 
Defense                Tackle        Assist        Sack        Int        IntYds        IntTD
52 Whalen        5        1        1.0        0        0        0
91 Horoszowski        3        0        2.0        0        0        0
99 Cabrera        3        1        1.0        0        0        0
Injuries
T Les Carter, questionable, stretched knee ligament, 7 weeks.
RB Archie Niklos, probable, concussion, 3 weeks.

Results
Michigan State 9, Illinois 6.
Purdue 24, Michigan 17.
Minnesota 14, Ohio State 11.
Northwestern 33, Penn State 6.

Notes:
QB Kurt Vallery receives his second "Offensive Player of the Week" award this season.
His TD-interception ratio this season is 13-1.
IU are tied for 8th in pts/game and 6th in points allowed.

3ric 05-21-2003 04:42 PM

Week 7


Emails:
RB Walker chooses Rice.
T Harden accepts our invitation!
OLB Romig chooses Cincinnati.

Visits:
P Ingersoll.

Scholarship offers:
RB Devin Chauvlier, Nelsonville, OH, #287 (#23 RB), 84-, 23 ath prep, 83 fit score.
OLB Al Shockley, Winnetka, IL, #235 (#8 OLB), 78+, 76 ath prep, 87 fit score.

Minnesota (1-4) at #16 Indiana (4-0) (-27)

Vallery get off to a rough start, misfiring on his first four passes, but then he shapes up by first connecting with Wittich for 19 yds and then with Blades for a 24-yd TD! 7-0, Indiana, at 11:47 in the first quarter. Our next drive go for 81 yds but we stop at a 4th and goal on the 2, and send in the kicker for a FG. 10-0, Indiana. In the beginning of the second quarter we score for the third drive in a row, on a Wittich 18-yd run. 17-0 at 13:27 in the 2nd.

We go up to 24-0 after Vallery complete two passes to Wittich, the first for 33 yds and then for 6 yds and the score. Minnesota's Maloney hit a 28-yd pass but is intercepted on the next play by Banks. At halftime we have 14 first downs, 54 rushing yds and 227 passing yds, while Minnesota has 5 first downs, 8 rushing yds and 81 passing yds. Starting the second half we get busy right away as Dorrough intercepts a Maloney pass and return it 57 yds for a touchdown and 31-0, Indiana.

Five minutes later it's 34-0 as Cash kicks a 23-yd FG. At 14:03 in the fourth quarter we move to 41-0 on a 21-yd TD pass by Vallery to Baker. Our next score is a Niklos 1-yd run for 48-0 with 6:59 left. 2nd string QB Gaines enter the game with three minutes left when Vallery suffers an injury.

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Indiana Individual Statistics
 
Rushing                Att        Yards        Avg        Long        TD        Stufd        Sackd
21 Wittich        19        73        3.8        18        1        5        0
 
Passing                Att        Comp        Yards        Yd/Att        Long        TD        Int
13 Vallery        31        21        344        11.0        33        3        0
 
Receiving        Catch        Yards        Avg        YAC        Long        TD
21 Wittich        7        106        15.1        41        33        1
8 Bertram        5        94        18.8        28        32        0
48 Kaplan        3        35        11.6        31        13        0
 
Defense                Tackle        Assist        Sack        Int        IntYds        IntTD
52 Whalen        5        2        0.0        0        0        0
91 Horoszowski        4        1        2.0        0        0        0
28 Brignac        4        1        0.0        1        3        0
Injuries
QB Kurt Vallery, out, sprained back, 7 weeks.
ILB Tom Ellis, doubtful, hip pointer, 6 weeks.
T Les Carter, questionable, stretched knee ligament, 6 weeks.
RB Archie Niklos, probable, concussion, 2 weeks.

Results
Wisconsin 51, Illinois 0.
Iowa 20, Penn State 7.
Northwestern 45, Michigan 10.
Michigan State 38, Ohio State 10.

Next week:
Indiana at Michigan

ShagVT 05-21-2003 07:49 PM
Egad! Is Gaines a very good backup? I seem to recall him being a very highly rated recruit, but it's been a while.

Also, it seems like Wittich is really struggling this season. If you take out his 20 yard gain against Iowa he was 25-67 - not very good at all. Today he was 19-73. By my count, he has been stuffed 28 times in 5 games, which is a crazy number. The Hoosiers have kept rolling on Vallery's capable arm, but with him gone, the running game is that much more critical.

How is the O-line doing, especially our worrisome tackles?

Alf 05-22-2003 03:09 AM
How can the coach let our star QB play in the 4th quarter when we have a 34 points lead... That injury should have never happened ! Damn it !

cthomer5000 05-22-2003 06:28 AM
And now his Heisman hopes are garbage... damn.

3ric 05-22-2003 09:35 AM
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The top 5 passers in the nation:
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Passing Statistics
 
  Player              Pos Team  GP GS Att  Cmp  Pct  Yards Avg  Lg  TD  Int 
**Vallery, Kurt      QB  INDI  5  5  124  91  73.3  1492  12.03 87  16  1     
Treadwell, Al        QB  B.C.  5  5  105  70  66.6  1171  11.15 77  13  4     
Stewart, B.J.        QB  BAYL  5  4  113  75  66.3  1262  11.16 84  13  6     
Leska, Kennedy        QB  WISC  5  5  96  62  64.5  1089  11.34 52  8    0     
Vickers, Cary        QB  EMIC  5  5  115  72  62.6  1131  9.83  66  17  5     
 
  Player              Pos Team  Sck  Yards Rating 
**Vallery, Kurt      QB  INDI  8    47    215.4   
Treadwell, Al        QB  B.C.  6    38    193.5   
Stewart, B.J.        QB  BAYL  4    28    187.4   
Leska, Kennedy        QB  WISC  12  70    187.3   
Vickers, Cary        QB  EMIC  11  66    185.2   

Screenshot of Gaines attached. He's pretty good, but untested.

Wittich has 477 yds on 113 carries, a 4.2 average, and 4 TDs. As a receiver he has caught 21 of 22 passes directed his way for 256 yds and 4 TDs. He has been stuffed 33 times, though!

The sophomore at tackle, Tanner, has a 55.5% key blocking percentage and has allowed 3 sacks, one less than the incumbent senior on the opposite side...

Alf 05-22-2003 10:03 AM
Gaines has always been stuck behind excellent starters. Poor guy.

ShagVT 05-22-2003 03:08 PM
Well, I really like the "avoid interceptions" rating. And adjusting the playbook to take advantage of his deep ball might help loosen up the running game.

All is not lost!

Alf 05-22-2003 04:03 PM
A Big10 Standings table would also be very much appreciated by the fans ;)

tucker342 05-22-2003 05:13 PM
Damn!!! Tough injury!

3ric 05-23-2003 12:34 AM

Standings through week 7:

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2038 Season Standings, Big 10
 
  School                W  L  T  Pct  PF  PA  W  L  T  Pct  PF  PA  Streak 
Michigan State          5  0  0  1.000 164 75  3  0  0  1.000 71  37  Won 5     
Northwestern            4  2  0  .666  200 106 3  0  0  1.000 120 30  Won 3     
**Indiana                5  0  0  1.000 231 33  2  0  0  1.000 103 10  Won 5     
Wisconsin                4  1  0  .800  235 48  2  0  0  1.000 120 7  Won 4     
Purdue                  1  4  0  .200  101 182 1  1  0  .500  45  55  Won 1     
Iowa                    4  2  0  .666  139 127 1  2  0  .333  51  86  Won 1     
Penn State              2  4  0  .333  116 131 1  2  0  .333  51  74  Lost 2     
Illinois                1  5  0  .166  91  245 1  2  0  .333  26  77  Lost 2     
Minnesota                1  5  0  .166  70  231 1  2  0  .333  28  101 Lost 1     
Michigan                1  5  0  .166  82  223 0  3  0  .000  34  138 Lost 4     
Ohio State              0  6  0  .000  76  179 0  3  0  .000  38  72  Lost 6

3ric 05-23-2003 01:21 PM

Week 8

Visits:
QB Barnes, RB Chauvlier, WR Jones, WR Lester, G Wilson, DE Horn, DE Page, DT Cobb, ILB Huntley, ILB Hutton, OLB Shockley, S Blumer.

Chauvlier is visiting Ohio State and three other schools, Jones is visiting North Carolina State, Lester visits Central Michigan and three others, Wilson is visiting Vanderbilt and Boston College, so he's probably gone. G Bensen visits Kansas State as well, P Ingersoll visits hometown Pittsburgh U, Horn visits Kansas, Page visits OSU and Cincinnati, Cobb visits Virginia Tech, DT Marshall visits Cincinnati too and hasn't said he's visiting us yet.

Hutton visits Notre Dame, Huntley visits Air Force, Shockley is visiting Stanford which doesn't bode well for us. OLB Bunnell considers us, but is visiting Notre Dame and Syracuse. CB Greer is visiting Georgia, and Blumer visits Georgia Tech. This review seems to indicate that outside linebacker and offensive guard can be problem spots in the recruiting effort.

#15 Indiana (5-0) (-18) at Michigan (1-5)

Gaines complete two passes of 28 and 27 yds to Blades on the first two plays of the game! Woot! Five plays later Gaines finds Kaplan for a 2-yd TD pass! 7-0, Indiana, with our QB being 5-of-5 for 65 yds on the drive. Our next drive is just 3 plays, 64 yds with a 48-yd pass by Gaines to Bertram and a 12-yd scoring pass to Jeffries. 14-0, Indiana! The Wolverines piece together a good drive where they go 72 yds in 17 plays and score a touchdown on a 5-yd pass. 14-7, at 12:53 in the second quarter.

In response, we get a 40-yd kick return by Brennan and then a 41-yd pass by Gaines to Jeffries. A botched run leads to our left tackle, Carter, getting seriously injured and carted off and we have to be satisfied with a 24-yd FG by Cash for now. 17-7, Indiana. At 4:08 Gaines has what I think is his first incomplete pass today. Wittich set up his own 10-yd scoring run with a 17-yarder earlier. 24-7, Indiana, at 2:16 in the 2nd.

At 7:45 in the 3rd quarter we go up to 31-7 on Wittich's second TD run today from the 5-yd line. Michigan start to take some chances downfield with deep passes and are stacking up pass rushers defensively to curb our aerial attack. Gaines is flushed out of the pocket and scrambles for 12 yds. Next time they are coming with two blitzers he's prepared and finds a wide open Bertram for a 68-yd TD pass! 38-7, Indiana!

At 1:14 in the 3rd quarter Michigan close the margin by a 35-yd TD pass and the score is 38-15 as they make the 2-point conversion as well. We are trying to run to waste time but Wittich is getting stuffed all the time. At 3:28 we finish a drive where we mostly could keep running the ball, through a 19-yarder by Wittich and a 15-yd reverse by Bertram. Cash steps in and kicks for three and the score 41-15.

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Indiana Individual Statistics
 
Rushing                Att        Yards        Avg        Long        TD        Stufd        Sackd
21 Wittich        27        124        4.5        19        2        6        0
 
Passing                Att        Comp        Yards        Yd/Att        Long        TD        Int
14 Gaines        18        14        309        17.1        68        3        0
 
Receiving        Catch        Yards        Avg        YAC        Long        TD
8 Bertram        4        148        37.0        46        68        1
89 Jeffries        3        65        21.6        22        41        1
80 Blades        2        55        27.5        29        28        0
 
Defense                Tackle        Assist        Sack        Int        IntYds        IntTD
53 Jeans        8        2        0.0        0        0        0
52 Whalen        5        2        0.0        0        0        0
44 Dorrough        5        1        0.0        0        0        0
Injuries
DE Donnell Horoszowski, out, dislocated shoulder, 6 weeks.
QB Kurt Vallery, out, sprained back, 6 weeks.
ILB Tom Ellis, questionable, hip pointer, 5 weeks.
DT Malcolm Cabrera, probable, bruised sternum, 2 weeks.
T Les Carter, probable, shoulder tendonitis, 9 weeks.
RB Archie Niklos, probable, concussion, 2 weeks.

Results
Iowa 52, Illinois 14.
Wisconsin 59, Michigan State 3.
Minnesota 31, Penn State 7.
Purdue 23, Ohio State 14.

Next week:
Indiana at Penn State (2-5)

Alf 05-23-2003 05:02 PM
Nice to see Gaines produce a solid game 14/18 on passes

3ric 05-24-2003 08:27 AM

Week 9



Emails:
WR Jones accepts our invitation!
DE Brandon chooses Notre Dame.
DT Cobb chooses Virginia Tech.
OLB Groce chooses San Diego State.
CB Greer chooses Kansas State.
S Orta chooses Ball State.
S Blumer accepts our invitation!
T Richard has committed a violation of the team rules and is suspended.

Visits:
OLB Rich Bunnell.

Scholarships:
DT Justin Meadows, Lawrence, MA, #297 (#16 DT), 78+, 13 ath prep, 82 fit score.
DT Corwin Caldwell, Lexington, VA, #162 (#8 DT), 83++, 30 ath prep, 97 fit score.
CB Maurice Newsome, Kingsville, TX, #586 (#36 CB), 82, 5 ath prep, 88 fit score.

J.C. Farmer is the new starter at DE.

#14 Indiana (6-0) (-21) at Penn State (2-5)

We don't get our first score until 1:10 in the first quarter, a 28-yd FG by Cash. 3-0, Indiana. The Nittany Lions are playing inspired football on defense and also make some plays offensively which is keeping the game close. However, we get lucky as OLB Jeans make an interception at our own 5-yd line and races 95 yds for the touchdown! 10-0, Indiana, at 10:35 in the second quarter. On Penn State's next drive they get a big play on their own - a Salley run for 42 yds and a touchdown - 10-7, Indiana, at 6:10 in the 2nd.

Gaines and Wittich start to work on a drive which ends in a 38-yd FG by Cash. 13-7, Indiana, at 1:06. At halftime we have 8 first downs, 42 rushing yds and 95 passing yds, and we're actually outgained by the home team, which has 8 first downs, 90 rushing yds and 115 passing yds. A bad punt by Penn State gives us a short field to work with, and we turn that opportunity into 6 points as Wittich was stuffed on the two-point conversion. 19-7, Indiana. Wittich run three times for 45 yds on the next drive and plunges into the end zone himself for another 7 points and a 19-point lead at 26-7 and 5:25 in the 3rd quarter.

But there's still some fight left in the Penn State team - they drive the length of the field and score on a 18-yd TD pass, making it 26-14 going into the final quarter. We make a statement with a 71-yd drive and another touchdown by Wittich which restore our lead to 19 points with 7:43 left to play, 33-14. The Lions' defense has been worn down by the relentless running of Wittich and we're moving the ball easily now. Niklos scores on a 5-yd run and we're up by 40-14 with 2:05 left.

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Indiana Individual Statistics
 
Rushing                Att        Yards        Avg        Long        TD        Stufd        Sackd
21 Wittich        27        152        5.6        24        2        4        0
 
Passing                Att        Comp        Yards        Yd/Att        Long        TD        Int
14 Gaines        22        15        201        9.1        25        1        0
 
Receiving        Catch        Yards        Avg        YAC        Long        TD
21 Wittich        5        70        14.0        37        20        0
80 Blades        4        30        7.5        12        14        1
89 Jeffries        3        53        17.6        8        22        0
 
Defense                Tackle        Assist        Sack        Int        IntYds        IntTD
52 Whalen        8        4        0.0        0        0        0
28 Brignac        7        5        0.0        0        0        0
99 Cabrera        5        0        1.0        0        0        0
53 Jeans        5        2        0.0        1        95        1

Injuries
DE Donnell Horoszowski, out, dislocated shoulder, 5 weeks.
QB Kurt Vallery, out, sprained back, 5 weeks.
ILB Tom Ellis, questionable, hip pointer, 4 weeks.
DT Malcolm Cabrera, probable, bruised sternum, 1 week.
T Les Carter, probable, shoulder tendonitis, 8 weeks.
RB Archie Niklos, probable, concussion, 1 week.

Results
Minnesota 35, Illinois 25.
Wisconsin 44, Iowa 13.
Michigan State 38, Wyoming 17.
Northwestern 58, Purdue 7.

Next week:
Indiana at Northwestern on TV2

3ric 05-24-2003 04:00 PM

Week 10

Emails:
QB Barnes accepts our invitation!
G Wilson chooses Vanderbilt.
P Ingersoll chooses Pittsburgh.
DT Caldwell chooses Virginia Tech.
OLB Bunnell chooses Notre Dame.
CB Newsome chooses Texas.

Visits:
DT Meadows

Scholarships:
G Harvey Rheams, Woodstock, CT, #615 (#58 G), 53+, 60 ath prep, 85 fit score.
P Bryant Perry, Flushing, NY, #670 (#14 P), 63+, 94 ath prep, 92 fit score.

Preview of the Northwestern Wildcats:
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12th in Rushing yards (1398) (IU 23rd, 1243 yds)
73rd in Passing yards (1287) (IU 12th, 2096 yds)
20th in points per game (36.8) (IU 8th, 44.5)
79th in 3rd down conv (32.9%) (IU 6th, 50.5)
47th in turnover margin (+2) (IU 1st, +17)
7th in rushing yds allowed (459) (IU 5th, 404 yds)
5th in passing yds allowed (929) (IU 19th, 1123 yds)
25th in points per game allowed (16.1) (IU 3rd, 8.8)
14th in 3rd down conv allowed (25.7) (IU 25th, 28.2)
QB Gardner, 89 completions for 1207 yds, 12 TDs, 9 ints
RB Ellard, 169 rushes for 910 yds, 7 TDs
WR Jarvis, 26 catches, 506 yds, 6 TDs
#13 Indiana (7-0) (-4) at #15 Northwestern (5-2) on TV2.

The Wildcats win the toss and receives. They run for -6 yds on the opening drive, but gain two first downs on passes in 3rd down situations before we stop them at their 29th. Gaines get sacked on the first play and we punt from our 38. Ellard get two long runs and they move rather easily to midfield, but then OLB Wasserman get our first interception and return it 23 yds. Wittich runs for 6 yds to give us our first positive gain offensively, but later we punt anyway and still don't have a first down at 2:26 in the first quarter.

Our next drive is a little more successful, however, and we gain 2 first downs and 26 passing yds before going deep on a pass - which is intercepted in the end zone. With 1:16 left of the first half we see Northwestern's first scoring opportunity, a 39-yd FG attempt, sail wide right. This titanic battle is still scoreless at halftime, and we have only 5 first downs, 13 rushing yds and 80 passing yds. Luckily, the Wildcats aren't much better off with 8 first downs, 47 rushing yds and 72 passing yds.

This game could end either way - probably on a single big play. Gaines throw his first interception of the season - and IU's second ever for the season - at midfield which gives NW just 29 yds to go. But after 12 plays they're still no further than at our 6-yd line and settle for a FG which gives them the lead, 0-3, at 0:33 in the 3rd quarter. Time are running short - after being sacked on fourth down we turn the ball over at their 44 with only 5:13 left to play.

We don't get the ball back until 1:48 remains, and we start on our own 27, still down 0-3. Gaines throw three incomplete passes and get sacked once and we turn the ball over on downs again, this time at our own 23 with 1:10 to go. Ellard is stuffed for no gain by Jeans and Brignac, we call our second timeout. Baughman is downed for a loss of 3 yds by Farmer, and we call our last timeout. They take a knee on third down and there's only 7 seconds left... and they kick a 44-yd FG with two seconds to spare, the score is 0-6, Northwestern! The kickoff is fielded by Blades three yards deep in the end zone, he cuts right, follows the wedge past the 10-yd line and is downed at the 18-yd line! Game over.

For the record, we held the Wildcats to just 81 rushing yds (120 yds below their average) and their 6 points is 30.8 points below their previous average... our running game was our undoing as we gained only 9 yds total.

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Indiana Individual Statistics
 
Rushing                Att        Yards        Avg        Long        TD        Stufd        Sackd
21 Wittich        16        21        1.3        6        0        7        0
 
Passing                Att        Comp        Yards        Yd/Att        Long        TD        Int
14 Gaines        28        12        155        5.5        35        0        2
 
Receiving        Catch        Yards        Avg        YAC        Long        TD
8 Bertram        4        43        10.7        11        18        0
80 Blades        3        58        19.3        17        35        0
21 Wittich        2        19        9.5        18        10        0
89 Jeffries        2        27        13.5        3        19        0
 
Defense                Tackle        Assist        Sack        Int        IntYds        IntTD
52 Whalen        8        2        0.0        0        0        0
44 Dorrough        8        2        0.0        0        0        0
51 Baker        6        2        1.0        0        0        0
Injuries
DE Donnell Horoszowski, out, dislocated se houlder, 4 weeks.
QB Kurt Vallery, out, sprained back, 4 weeks.
ILB Tom Ellis, questionable, hip pointer, 3 weeks.
T Les Carter, probable, shoulder tendonitis, 7 weeks.
QB Charlie Gaines, probable, sprained neck, 5 weeks.

Results
Iowa 45, Minnesota 28.
Michigan State 21, Michigan 17.
Penn State 16, Ohio State 0.
Wisconsin 68, Purdue 3.

Next week:
Wisconsin at Indiana on TV1.

tucker342 05-24-2003 06:00 PM
DAMN!!! SO CLOSE:(

3ric 05-25-2003 02:26 AM

Week 11

Emails:
RB Chauvlier chooses Bowling Green.
G Rheams accepts our invitation!
DE Horn chooses Ohio State.
CB Howe accepts our invitation!

Scholarships:
P Skip Riley, Englewood, FL, -- (#29 P), 67+, 33 ath prep, 89 fit score.
RB Jon Gillespie, Woodbridge, VA, #826 (#63 RB), 74-, 7 ath prep, 86 fit score.
DE Walter Tilt, Issaquah, WA, -- (#94 DE), 67, 8 ath prep, 98 fit score.
DE Luke Conway, Jamaica, NY, #801 (#70 DE), 67+, 0 ath prep, 80 fit score.

Preview of the Wisconsin Badgers:
Code:
17th in Rushing yards (1451) (IU 34th, 1252 yds)
13th in Passing yards (2318) (IU 17th, 2251 yds)
1st in points per game (50.7) (IU 17th, 39.0)
9th in 3rd down conv (47.5%) (IU 11th, 47.0)
1st in turnover margin (+18) (IU 2nd, +16)
15th in rushing yds allowed (633) (IU 5th, 485 yds)
7th in passing yds allowed (1169) (IU 17th, 1267 yds)
3rd in points per game allowed (8.3) (IU 4th, 8.5)
4th in 3rd down conv allowed (20.9%) (IU 27th, 29.3)
QB Leska, 98 completions for 1714 yds, 15 TDs, 0 ints
RB Uribe, 90 rushes for 510 yds, 9 TDs
WR Kean, 46 catches, 998 yds, 9 TDs
#2 Wisconsin (7-1) (-3) at #19 Indiana (7-1) on TV1.

Wisconsin start with the ball, and run three times before passing for the first time, and the pass is intercepted by Whalen, who returns the ball 15 yds to their 37! Gaines complete a 19-yd pass to Blades and we're on the 17. A pass to TE Jeffries goes 13 yds in the air and our big guy rumbles all the way down to the 1-yd line! Wittich leaps over the pile and it's touchdown, Indiana! Wo-hoo! 7-0 at 9:32 in the first quarter. The Badgers' offensive leader, Leska, is a superb option quarterback who's just as dangerous on his feet as with his arm. He quickly utilizes his many talents to go down to our 20, where he finds RB Uribe with a touchdown pass! 7-7 all at 3:44 in the first.

After failing to get a first down on the next drive, the Badgers field our punt at our 49-yd line and get a FG after our defense stop them short. 7-10, Wisconsin, early in the 2nd quarter. We get better production out of the offense on the next drive when Gaines get us out of a jam with a 24-yd pass to Jeffries. Wittich run for 8 yds on the next play, but eventually, we don't get anything out of it. Instead can Wisconsin move to our 1-yd line shortly before the halftime break. But an outstanding display of goalline defense keeps our opponents out of the endzone and they have to take a FG for 7-13 with 24 seconds left of the half.

The halftime statline is: 4 first downs, 18 rushing yds and 62 passing yds for Indiana. The Badgers has 12 first downs, 55 rushing yds and 140 passing yds. We get off a great start of the second half with a 28-yd kick return by Blades to our 40-yd line, followed by a 37-yd run by Wittich! Gaines find Baker for 8 yds, and we have a 2nd and 2 on the 15-yd line. Unfortunately we can't convert either on 2nd or 3rd down, and have a 4th and 2. We decide to go for it, and Gaines complete a 7-yd pass to Baker! 1st and goal on the 8. The Badgers' defense steps up and sack Gaines and we move backwards to get a 4th and goal on the 17-yd line. Kicker Cash steps in and aces the 34-yd FG for 10-13.

Leska fires up their highpowered offense once again and move to our 23, where we make a stand and stop them, particularily as Jeans hit Leska behind the line as he veered left. Their kicker manages to hit a 43-yd FG for three and we're down by six again, 10-16 at 4:34 in the 3rd quarter. We can't do much on our next drive and punt it. Wisconsin run twice for no gain, and on 3rd down Farmer forces a fumble as we again stuff their run offense. Dorrough recovers on their 29-yd line! Big play! Gaines to Bertram for 9 yds, Gaines to Baker for 7, Wittich run for 7 and 3 to get us 1st and goal on the 6. Wittich run for 4 yds, but in the end we face a 4th down on their 2-yd line. The field goal is good and we're again just three points down at the beginning of the fourth quarter, 13-16.

Our defense is currently on a roll - we stop Wisconsin from getting a first down on their next drive and a sack by Farmer get them a 4th and 27 on their 1-yd line! They can only get off a 27-yd punt, but Wittich is stopped twice for no gain... but it's a flag on the play... it's a roughness penalty on the defense! First and 10 on the 15! Gaines drop back for the pass, throws it downfield, and Bertram catches it for a 15-yd TD pass! Touchdown, Hoosiers! 20-16, Indiana, with 9:29 left of the game. The Badgers' offense start with Leska to Uribe for 10, Leska to Kean for 18, Leska to Uribe for 34, and Leska to Champagne for a 16-yd TD pass. Damnit! 20-23, Wisconsin, with 6 minutes left.

We are stopped and punt to midfield, and we don't get the ball back until there's only 1:04 remaining. It's about 35 yds to go to be able to force overtime. On both first and second down Gaines get his passes blocked at the line, and then we yield a sack on 3rd down. To make matters worse, the final desperation pass was intercepted at the Wisconsin 17.

Code:
Indiana Individual Statistics
 
Rushing                Att        Yards        Avg        Long        TD        Stufd        Sackd
21 Wittich        22        73        3.3        37        1        8        0
 
Passing                Att        Comp        Yards        Yd/Att        Long        TD        Int
14 Gaines        17        8        108        6.3        24        1        1
 
Receiving        Catch        Yards        Avg        YAC        Long        TD
4 Baker                3        22        7.3        5        8        0
89 Jeffries        2        43        21.5        17        24        0
8 Bertram        2        24        12.0        17        15        1
 
Defense                Tackle        Assist        Sack        Int        IntYds        IntTD
44 Dorrough        10        0        0.0        0        0        0
58 Fleming        9        3        0.0        0        0        0
53 Jeans        8        4        0.0        0        0        0
52 Whalen        6        2        0.0        1        15        0
Injuries
DE Donnell Horoszowski, out, dislocated shoulder, 3 weeks.
QB Kurt Vallery, questionable, sprained back, 3 weeks.
ILB Tom Ellis, probable, hip pointer, 2 weeks.
T Les Carter, probable, shoulder tendonitis, 6 weeks.
QB Charlie Gaines, probable, sprained neck, 4 weeks.
DE Reggie Cox, probable, influenza, 1 week.

Results
Illinois 17, Purdue 3.
Iowa 48, Ohio State 18.
Penn State 33, Michigan 24.
Michigan State 38, Northwestern 16. (Yeah!)

Next week:
Michigan State at Indiana on TV3.

3ric 05-25-2003 12:59 PM

Week 12

Emails:
RB Gillespie chooses Navy.
P Riley accepts our invitation!
DE Tilt chooses Hawaii.
DT Meadows chooses UCLA.

Scholarships:
DT Gus Shuran, Quincy, FL, -- (#83 DT), 58+, 2 ath prep, 70 fit score.
DE Broderick Briones, Baltimore, MD, 49, 12 ath prep, 97 fit score.

Preview of the Michigan State Spartans:
Code:
8th in Rushing yards (1752) (IU 42nd, 1300 yds)
55th in Passing yards (1801) (IU 19th, 2359 yds)
38th in points per game (29.3) (IU 20th, 36.8)
34th in 3rd down conv (39.4%) (IU 14th, 45.2)
4th in turnover margin (+15) (IU 2nd, +17)
60th in rushing yds allowed (1127) (IU 5th, 551 yds)
51th in passing yds allowed (1708) (IU 24th, 1539 yds)
42nd in points per game allowed (20.4) (IU 7th, 10.1)
52nd in 3rd down conv allowed (33.6%) (IU 45th, 32.5)
QB Browning, 130 completions for 1647 yds, 12 TDs, 6 ints
RB Henson, 263 rushes for 1366 yds, 16 TDs
WR Sheldon, 44 catches, 749 yds, 5 TDs
#23 Michigan State (8-1) at #24 Indiana (7-2) (-1) on TV3.

We stop the Spartans on their opening drive after 8 yds, and Wittich sets the tone immediately with a 10-yd run. Four plays later it's touchdown, Hoosiers, as Wittich catches an 8-yd pass from Gaines. 7-0, Indiana, at 10:38 in the first quarter. Michigan State goes nowhere the second time either and we get great field position, which becomes even better when Gaines find Bertram with a 25-yd pass! Wittich runs in for a second TD and we're up 14-0 at 6:54 in the first. The Spartans get some offensive continuity and moves past midfield for the first time today, but we stop them at our 44. Wittich help moving the chains with two runs for 19 and 10 yds. A 29-yd pass by Gaines to Bertram gets us to their 15-yd line.

Next pass goes to Blades, who pulls down the ball in the back of the end zone for the score. 21-0, Indiana! The Spartans desperately tries to get in the game with an attempted 62-yd FG only to have it fall way short. Midway through the second quarter we extend the lead to 28-0 on a 25-yd TD pass to Wittich. Three minutes before halftime our running scores his fourth touchdown today on a blistering 25-yd run off right tackle. 35-0, Indiana! The misery for the Spartans continue when they fumble and lose the ball on the following kickoff return. Backup TE DeLay recovers on their 18-yd line, and Cash kick a FG for 38-0.

At the end of the half we have 16 first downs, 106 rushing yds and 173 passing yds, while allowed only 4 first downs, 29 rushing yds and 44 passing yds to our hapless opponents. Backup QB Clayton has relieved Gaines and hit Jeffries for a 6-yd pass. On our next drive, however, he lets a pass get away from him and into the hands of a defender, who returns the ball 25 yds for a touchdown, which spoils our shutout. 38-7, Indiana, at 4:55 in the third quarter. Clayton redeems himself a little later with a 9-yd TD pass to Bertram at 12:15 in the fourth quarter, 45-7, which becomes the final score.

Code:
Indiana Individual Statistics
 
Rushing                Att        Yards        Avg        Long        TD        Stufd        Sackd
21 Wittich        22        108        4.9        25        2        6        0
 
Passing                Att        Comp        Yards        Yd/Att        Long        TD        Int
12 Clayton        11        6        56        5.0        16        1        1
14 Gaines        10        10        166        16.6        29        3        0
 
Receiving        Catch        Yards        Avg        YAC        Long        TD
8 Bertram        7        127        18.1        57        29        1
80 Blades        3        31        10.3        14        16        1
21 Wittich        2        33        16.5        16        25        2
 
Defense                Tackle        Assist        Sack        Int        IntYds        IntTD
47 Bleess        4        1        0.0        0        0        0
53 Jeans        4        1        0.0        0        0        0
52 Whalen        4        0        0.0        0        0        0
Injuries
DE Donnell Horoszowski, out, dislocated shoulder, 3 weeks.
QB Kurt Vallery, questionable, sprained back, 2 weeks.
ILB Tom Ellis, probable, hip pointer, 1 week.
T Les Carter, probable, shoulder tendonitis, 5 weeks.
QB Charlie Gaines, probable, sprained neck, 3 weeks.

Results
Illinois 27, Michigan 10.
Northwestern 22, Iowa 10.
Purdue 30, Minnesota 21.
Wisconsin 45, Ohio State 3.

Next week:
Indiana at Purdue.

3ric 05-25-2003 04:25 PM

Week 13

Emails:
DE Briones chooses Hawaii.
DE Page chooses Bowling Green.
ILB Huntley chooses Mississippi State.
G Huang is on academic notice.

Scholarships:
ILB Leland Derubeis, Gaithersburg, MD, -- (#69 ILB), 64-, 6 ath prep, 90 fit score.
QB Mario Styles, Hardy, AK, #675 (#65 QB), 69+, 1 ath prep, 94 fit score.

#22 Indiana (8-2) (-18) at Purdue (3-7)

The game remain scoreless until 5:17 in the first quarter, when Bertram catches a Gaines pass from the 4-yd line. 7-0, Indiana! Wittich makes it 14-0 at 12:35 in the second quarter on a 25-yd run. Our running back passes the century mark in rushing yardage not long after that. The Boilermakers score with 3:06 left of the first half after we've fumbled away a punt return on our own 26. 14-7, Indiana. However, WR Blades return the following kickoff 103 yds to restore our lead to 14 points, 21-7.

At halftime, we have 17 first downs, 141 rushing yds and 125 passing yds. Purdue has 6 first downs, 14 rushing yds and 37 passing yds. At 2:45 in the third quarter we go up to a 28-7 lead on a 6-yd TD pass from Gaines to Wittich. Gaines pass for his third TD today at 10:41 in th fourth quarter, an 8-yarder to Baker for 35-7. Our defense even gets on the scoreboard when Monroe sacks Purdue's QB and forces a fumble, which Cabrera recovers and returns 18 yds for a TD. 42-7, Indiana, at 6:25 in the 4th.

Code:
Indiana Individual Statistics
 
Rushing                Att        Yards        Avg        Long        TD        Stufd        Sackd
21 Wittich        27        137        5.0        26        1        6        0
 
Passing                Att        Comp        Yards        Yd/Att        Long        TD        Int
14 Gaines        26        13        206        7.9        50        3        0
 
Receiving        Catch        Yards        Avg        YAC        Long        TD
21 Wittich        4        49        12.2        26        25        1
89 Jeffries        3        74        24.6        56        50        0
8 Bertram        3        24        8.0        15        10        1
 
Defense                Tackle        Assist        Sack        Int        IntYds        IntTD
72 Farmer        4        1        0.0        0        0        0
58 Fleming        4        0        0.0        0        0        0
99 Cabrera        3        2        0.5        0        0        0
Injuries
ILB Earnest Baker, questionable, sprained neck, 6 weeks.
DE Donnell Horoszowski, questionable, dislocated shoulder, 2 weeks.
TE Nathan Bergen, probable, concussion, 5 weeks.
QB Kurt Vallery, probable, sprained back, 1 week.
T Les Carter, probable, shoulder tendonitis, 9 weeks.
QB Charlie Gaines, probable, sprained neck, 2 weeks.

Results
Northwestern 34, Illinois 7
Michigan State 24, Penn State 23.
Wisconsin 30, Minnesota 14.
Ohio State 35, Michigan 10.

Alf 05-26-2003 03:55 AM
Hopefully, we are going to get QB Vallery and DE Horoz back on time fo the playoffs are'nt we ?

3ric 05-26-2003 11:11 AM

Week 14

Emails:
DT Shuran accepts our invitation.
OLB Shockley chooses Stanford.

Scholarships:
RB Zack Brohm
DE Steven Compton
OLB Mike Young
DT Norm Springer

3ric 05-26-2003 11:13 AM

Week 15

Emails:
QB Kurt Vallery has fully recovered from his injury.
RB Brohm chooses Tulane.
G Bensen accepts our invitation.
ILB Hutton chooses Alabama.
ILB Derubeis accepts our invitation.

Scholarships:
ILB Nathan Benson

Conference Championships results:
Texas 42, Kansas 16.
Florida 58, Alabama 13.
Buffalo 42, Central Michigan 14.

Next week:
Fresno State vs Indiana on TV4.

3ric 05-26-2003 12:49 PM

Week 16, first round of playoffs

Emails:
DE Donnell Horoszowski has fully recovered.
QB Styles chooses South Florida.
DE Compton accepts our invitation.
ILB Benson accepts our invitation.
OLB Young accepts our invitation.

Scholarships:
None, trying to get three walk-ons for the final spots.

#19 Indiana (9-2) (-3) vs #28 Fresno State on TV4.

Vallery complete a 13-yd pass to Kaplan on the first play, and three plays later we go ahead 7-0 on a 58-yd TD run by Erik Wittich. He score a second TD at 4:15 in the 1st quarter with a 10-yd run, and we're up by 14-0. It's great to have big Horo' back on the D-line, he's wreaking havoc in the opposing backfield. Vallery has had an uneven game so far, his timing seems a little off. But when WR Bertram went open on a deep route, there was no hesitation, and a 75-yd TD pass! 21-0, Indiana! With 2:53 left of the second quarter we get a third TD from Wittich as he goes around left end for a 15-yd scoring run. 28-0, Indiana!

Halfway through the game we have 16 first downs, 145 rushing yds and 180 passing yds, while Fresno State has 4 first downs, 22 rushing yds and 111 passing yds. The Fresno State coach must have given a great motivational speech to his team, because they come out firing and score on the opening drive of the second half on a 17-yd TD pass. 28-7, Indiana. Their joy is shortlived, however, as WR Blades return the following kickoff 94 yds for the score and 34-7, Indiana! Early in the fourth quarter it's 41-7, Indiana, as Vallery finds Baker with a 19-yd TD pass. Then a Fresno State running back fumbles the ball as Dorrough tackles him, and Whalen returns it 36 yds for the score! 48-7, Indiana!

On the kickoff return, the same thing happens as the returner develops butterfingers and the Hoosiers' Husted recovers and return the ball 18 yds for 55-7! Fresno State can't move the ball, and a short pass gives us such a great field position we can't help but score again, on a 22-yd pass by Vallery to Bertram. 61-7, Indiana, as Cash bungles the extra point attempt.

Code:
Indiana Individual Statistics
 
Rushing                Att        Yards        Avg        Long        TD        Stufd        Sackd
21 Wittich        27        147        5.4        58        3        8        0
 
Passing                Att        Comp        Yards        Yd/Att        Long        TD        Int
13 Vallery        25        15        286        11.4        75        3        0
 
Receiving        Catch        Yards        Avg        YAC        Long        TD
21 Wittich        4        53        13.2        26        16        0
48 Kaplan        4        47        11.7        22        13        0
8 Bertram        3        117        39.0        34        75        2
 
Defense                Tackle        Assist        Sack        Int        IntYds        IntTD
53 Jeans        6        1        0.0        0        0        0
51 Baker        5        2        0.0        0        0        0
58 Fleming        5        1        0.0        0        0        0
Injuries:
ILB Earnest Baker, probable, sprained neck, 3 weeks.
TE Nathan Bergen, probable, concussion, 3 weeks.
T Les Carter, probable, shoulder tendonitis, 6 weeks.
DE Reggie Cox, probable, bruised shoulder, 2 weeks.

Results:
UCLA 37, USC 31.
South Florida 24, Maryland 17.
Vanderbilt 38, Louisiana-Monroe 0.
Central Michigan 33, Rice 27.

Next week:
Florida vs Indiana on TV4.
Central Michigan vs Wisconsin on TV2.

(Edit: forgot the stats from the game)

3ric 05-26-2003 03:07 PM

Week 17, second round of playoffs

Emails:
FB Mueller accepts our invitation to come as a walk-on.
TE Fruth accepts our invitation to come as a walk-on.
ILB Devine accepts our invitation to come as a walk-on.
T Richard commits a violation of team rules for the second time this season! He's already suspended, so there will be no further action taken.

Preview of the Florida Gators:
Code:
43rd in Rushing yards (1636) (IU 23rd, 1817 yds)
3rd in Passing yards (3904) (IU 17th, 3073 yds)
6th in points per game (43.2) (IU 14th, 40.0)
11th in 3rd down conv (45.4%) (IU 13th, 44.3)
51st in turnover margin (+2) (IU 1st, +22)
1st in rushing yds allowed (325) (IU 5th, 742 yds)
17th in passing yds allowed (1917) (IU 16th, 1906 yds)
4th in points per game allowed (10.4) (IU 1st, 9.3)
3rd in 3rd down conv allowed (18.9%) (IU 16th, 27.7)
QB Thornton, 258 completions for 3714 yds, 39 TDs, 10 ints
RB Fleming, 228 rushes for 1215 yds, 11 TDs
WR Feterik, 66 catches, 1029 yds, 6 TDs
Position-by-position comparison of starters:
Code:
QB: Vallery(73) vs Thornton(51).
Edge: IU, Vallery's talent trumps Thornton's numbers.

FB,RB: Kaplan(54), Wittich(83) vs Peterson(66), Fleming(68).
Edge: Even.

TE,WRs: Jeffries(81), Blades(76), Bertram(48)
vs Wentz(53), K.Clinton(94), B.Clinton(83).
Edge: UF, they have the best WR combo in the nation.

OL: Godfrey(82), Abate(76), Huang(65), Carter(49), Tanner(36)
vs Iannucci(95), Styles(56), Barton(51), Fields(75), McEwen(67).
Edge: UF, the guards are slightly better than our tackles.

DL: Cox(70), Horoszowski(67), Cabrera(65), Farmer(50)
vs Fulton(85), Huffman(73), Kaplan(73), Ballard(52).
Edge: UF, by a narrow margin.

LBs: Whalen(80), Fleming(75), Baker(59), Jeans(72)
vs Spencer(77), Tubbs(67), Zeigler(67), Becnel(58).
Edge: IU, we have the depth and the nation's best ILB pairing.

DBs: Banks(77), Sonnier(62), Dorrough(79), Brignac(65)
vs Chrisman(73), Varona(56), Holmes(82), Benson(56).
Edge: IU, Sonnier and Brignac are better than Varona and Benson.
#3 Florida (11-1)(-3) vs #18 Indiana (10-2) on TV4.

Game details coming up next... but it could take a week until next update, since I'm off to Italy the day after tomorrow for a friend's wedding!

(Edit: forgot rankings and the correct point spread)

cthomer5000 05-26-2003 03:16 PM
I think this team has a legitemate shot at the national title. Those two losses we're both extremely close, and those were without Kurt Vallery in at QB. I think he would've been the difference in both games.

Alf 05-26-2003 04:13 PM
Nice impressive win 3ric !

Wedding in Italia. Mama mia ! That sounds like a nice plan. Plus the weather is forecasted to be pretty good for the whole week.

tucker342 05-26-2003 04:18 PM
Those two loses were really tough...

You're looking good for the postseason though:D

ShagVT 06-04-2003 08:31 AM
Go Hoosiers! (The suspense is unbearable!)

Alf 06-04-2003 11:22 AM
I am waiting too since I have a 4 days week-end off coming this friday... Can't wait to put my hands on the TCY VC again !

3ric 06-05-2003 04:23 PM
#3 Florida (11-1)(-3) vs #18 Indiana (10-2) on TV4.

We change the offensive game plan to feature more passes to avoid running on the Gators' defensive line. We receive the opening kickoff, and Vallery sets the tone early with a 20-yarder to TE Jeffries. Then he connects with Kaplan for 21 yds, UF is called for interference, and Jeffries takes another pass for 19 yds, and we're at their 14-yd line. We have them right where we want them, and Vallery drops back for the score as he throws it... into the hands of defender Spence, who kneels for a touchback! Darn! Florida QB Thornton drops back on his first play, looks downfield... and is sacked by DT Cabrera, for a loss of 7 yards!

UF counter with a running play, and Fleming hits a hole at full speed and scampers 50 yds before being brought down by Crane. Thornton hit Wentz for 10 and then hands off to Fleming, who goes right up the middle... and is stuffed by Dorrough, who forces a fumble, which Brignac recover at our 27! Wo-hoo! Vallery hits Blades for 11, Wittich for 10, Blades for 18 but then we are stopped as two running plays fail and we have a 4th down on their 32. We go for the conversion, and Wittich catches a pass in the flat and queezes through for a first down.

The next series, we gain only three yds on a Wittich run and have a 4th and 7 on the 20. Our kicker steps in and nails it for three and 3-0, Indiana, at 4:30 in the first quarter. The Gators are called for roughness on their next drive, and Thornton scrambles for a first down, but fumbles as Dorrough hit him! That's the second fumble our strong safety has caused today! Cabrera recovers on the UF 26-yd line. Again we only get a 5-yd run by Wittich and settle for a 38-yd FG by Cash. 6-0, Indiana! Florida punt and we start on a new offensive drive as the second quarter begins.

3ric 06-05-2003 04:37 PM
Vallery throw passes of 9 yds to both Bell and Bertram to move past midfield, but is halted at the 40, facing a 4th and 6. We turn the ball over on downs as they aren't fooled by the trick play to Wittich. Instead we yield a 19-yd gain on a Thornton pass to Clinton, and the Gator QB airs it out on the next play, and the pass is picked off on our 31 by Banks! Vallery gets sacked on the drive and we can only punt to their 37. We hold them to a 4th and 12 at midfield and field the punt on our 11. Vallery goes to Blades for 17, and then Kaplan for 6, but in the end, we punt to their 19th.

This time does the Gators move the ball on us, but are halted on a 4th and 4 on our 30. They convert, only to get a 4th and 17 on the 27 later, thanks to a Cox sack on Thornton. Their kicker succeeds with a 44-yarder to close the deficit to 6-3, Indiana, with 28 seconds left in the first half. At halftime, we have 13 first downs and 190 passing yds, but zero rushing yds. Florida has 10 first downs, 95 rushing yds and 89 passing yds.

Alf 06-05-2003 04:44 PM
suspense - suspense - I'm glad I logged in tonight :) so far...

3ric 06-05-2003 04:55 PM
The Gators start the second half with good play on offense, but are called for offensive pass interference and gets stuck on a 4th and 24 stand at midfield. We go for three downs and a punt once again as Vallery rarely get enough time to pass accurately enough - he's hurried almost every time. A holding penalty on us put us in a bad position, and then Thornton guns the ball to the intended receiver - and ILB Whalen makes a superb read and snatches the ball!

He's going!

He's going!

He's going 59 yds for the touchdown! 13-3, Indiana, at 9:47 in the 3rd quarter! UF try to pull themselves together and start to run the ball strongly, but Thornton's passing looks very unsteady at the moment, and when the ball clearly is off target Sonnier is there and makes another interception. First down, IU, at the Gators' 44. Vallery finds Wittich for 7 but get two passes blocked and then we turn it over on downs at their 41-yd line. Baker sacks Thornton to force a Florida punt and we down it on our 11.

After getting another pass blocked is Vallery sacked for a loss of 10 yds, which eventually gives us a 4th and 20 o0n our own 1-yd line. P Floyd boots it 41 yds, very good considering the circumstances. Thornton finds Clinton for 35 yds, and then Peterson run in from the 7-yd line for a score and 13-10, Indiana, at 1:01 in the third quarter. With that fresh in mind, Vallery steps onto the field and leads the team to a 11-play, 72-yd drive and hits Bertram for a 2-yd TD pass and 20-10, Indiana! What a drive! It's the fourth quarter, and there's only 10:29 left to play...

3ric 06-05-2003 04:57 PM
To clarify, I'm writing this as I read the play-by-play "live". I have no idea how this will end!

Alf 06-05-2003 05:04 PM
That's why I am still awake and waiting for more... It's already midnight here !

3ric 06-05-2003 05:06 PM
Cash kicks off, and Florida's Chrisman returns the ball, Husted tackles on the 22 - and the ball pops loose! It's a mad hunt for the pigskin as it bounces around the field. After spending five minutes unravelling the pile the referees conclude that Indiana defensive back Kratky is in possession of the ball! First down, IU, at the Florida 22! After two incomplete passes, we gain 7 yds on a Wittich run. 4th and 3 on the 15. Cash kicks the ball through the uprights for three points and we're up 23-10 with 9:32 left.

3ric 06-05-2003 05:09 PM
We hold UF from getting a first down and get the ball back as the punt goes into the end zone for a touchback. Wittich run for 10, -2 and -3 which takes about three minutes off the clock before a defender bats away a Vallery pass to Blades. 4th and 15 on our 25. The Gators start on their 36-yd line with a holding penalty. 1st and 20 on their 26. Horoszowski hurries Thornton for an incomplete pass. On second down, we send OLB Baker on a blitz, which is perfectly timed as he smacks into the Florida QB from behind as he prepares to pass, jarring the ball loose. DE Cox jumps onto the ball and gets us another turnover on their 21-yd line!

3ric 06-05-2003 05:16 PM
5:52 left of the game, and Vallery hits Wittich for 8 yds. The next pass is good as well, right into the sure hands of giant TE Jeffries for 9 yds to the 4-yd line. The first pass to Bertram is incomplete, and the second pass is thrown to Wittich in the flat. He jukes a defender, squares his shoulders and puts the head down, securing the ball as he powers over the goal line. Touchdown, Indiana! 30-10, IU, with 4:12 left to play! Now Florida enters their hurry-up offensive mode, going no-huddle and Thornton goes five plays before completing a 42-yd TD pass to Clinton! 30-17, IU, with 2:24 left.

3ric 06-05-2003 05:28 PM
Florida attempts an onside kick after that, but our man Gordon recovers the ball on their 47-yd line. Vallery gets sacked and throws two incomplete passes, wasting a timeout for UF. The punt is terrific, going out of bounds at the Florida 9-yd line. 1:40 left to play. DT Joseph blocks the Thornton pass on first down. The second pass falls incomplete as Banks bats it away from the intended receiver. Then they get a first down as we are called for pass interference. 1:24 left to play, the ball is on their 24. Whalen blitzes, and combines with Cox to sack Thornton for a loss of 5 yds. Then Sonnier defends the pass on second down. 3rd and 15 on their 19-yd line, 1:02 left.

UF WR Clinton catches a pass for 18 yds and a first down, 40 seconds left. Horoszowski hurries Thornton and the next pass is incomplete. 31 seconds left, the Hoosier bench is starting to chant "De-fense, de-fense"... and Thornton proceeds to shut them up as he hits Clinton for a 63-yd TD pass! 30-24, Indiana, with 20 seconds to go...

Again UF attempt an onside kick. All our best pass receivers are on the field. The kick bounces... and Wittich recovers it! First down, IU, at the UF 46 with 13 seconds to go! Vallery kneels once to end the game, and we're through to the quarterfinals!

3ric 06-05-2003 05:36 PM
Code:
Indiana Individual Statistics
 
Rushing                Att        Yards        Avg        Long        TD        Stufd        Sackd
21 Wittich        15        30        2.0        10        0        6        0
 
Passing                Att        Comp        Yards        Yd/Att        Long        TD        Int
13 Vallery        55        26        292        5.3        21        2        1
 
Receiving        Catch        Yards        Avg        YAC        Long        TD
21 Wittich        9        74        8.2        41        14        1
89 Jeffries        4        58        14.5        22        20        0
8 Bertram        4        38        9.5        28        18        1
 
Defense                Tackle        Assist        Sack        Int        IntYds        IntTD
44 Dorrough        8        3        0.0        0        0        0
52 Whalen        7        2        0.5        1        59        1
49 Banks        6        0        0.0        1        0        0
 
 
Florida Individual Statistics
 
Rushing                Att        Yards        Avg        Long        TD        Stufd        Sackd
22 Fleming        24        122        5.0        50        0        9        0
 
Passing                Att        Comp        Yards        Yd/Att        Long        TD        Int
3 Thornton        39        20        338        8.6        63        2        3
 
Receiving        Catch        Yards        Avg        YAC        Long        TD
80 Feterik        5        79        15.8        35        23        0
22 Fleming        4        24        6.0        17        10        0
6 Clinton        4        133        33.2        18        63        1
Injuries:
ILB Earnest Baker, probable, sprained neck, 2 weeks.
TE Nathan Bergen, probable, concussion, 2 weeks.
T Les Carter, probable, shoulder tendonitis, 6 weeks.
DE Reggie Cox, probable, bruised shoulder, 1 week.

Results:
Wisconsin 37, Central Michigan 7.
Army 24, South Florida 14.
Baylor 31, Stanford 28.
Boston College 34, Tulane 38.
UCLA 13, Utah 20.
North Carolina State 21, Vanderbilt 49.
Texas 14, Notre Dame 19.

Next week:
#5 Vanderbilt vs #18 Indiana on TV3.
#21 Notre Dame vs #2 Wisconsin on TV2.

cthomer5000 06-05-2003 05:58 PM
HELL YEAH!

VAL-A-REE! VAL-A-REE! VAL-A-REE! VAL-A-REE! VAL-A-REE! VAL-A-REE!

ShagVT 06-05-2003 09:58 PM
Great call switching to the pass offense. Probably need to stay with that for the rest of the playoffs.

That game was insane - what did we get? 6 turnovers? Looked like we needed every one of them to weather the FOF 4th Quarter Comeback Algorithm (Patent Pending).

3ric 06-06-2003 12:12 AM
UF had four fumbles, and lost them all, mix that with our three interceptions and you have a recipe for disaster in Florida... :)

It was raining and 54 degrees, though, meaning the "slippery ball" variable factored in heavily.

On the other hand, it's no accident that IU leads the nation in turnover margin with +28 (2nd in takeaways with 36).

3ric 06-06-2003 04:31 PM

Week 18, playoff quarterfinals

Preview of the Vanderbilt Commodores:
Code:
29th in Rushing yards (1778) (IU 24th, 1823 yds)
4th in Passing yards (4174) (IU 13th, 3365 yds)
5th in points per game (42.4) (IU 12th, 39.2)
9th in 3rd down conv (46.4%) (IU 16th, 42.5)
10th in turnover margin (+12) (IU 1st, +28)
17th in rushing yds allowed (1030) (IU 11th, 889 yds)
87th in passing yds allowed (2447) (IU 60th, 2244 yds)
8th in points per game allowed (12.8) (IU 3rd, 10.4)
20th in 3rd down conv allowed (28.5%) (IU 14th, 27.6)
QB Schultz, 233 completions for 3890 yds, 40 TDs, 10 ints
RB McDaniel, 236 rushes for 1133 yds, 13 TDs
WR Buff, 61 catches, 1134 yds, 18 TDs

Position-by-position comparison of starters:
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QB: Vallery(73) vs Schultz(52).
Edge: IU.
FB,RB: Kaplan(54), Wittich(83)
vs McDaniel(84), Lang(62).
Edge: IU, Kaplan provides more offense than Lang.
TE,WRs: Jeffries(81), Blades(76), Bertram(48)
vs Knight(95), Fletcher(69), Buff(51).
Edge: Vandy, they are more productive as a whole despite lesser talent.
OL: Godfrey(82), Abate(76), Huang(65), Carter(49), Tanner(36)
vs Reynolds(45), Jeffcoat(83), Schulz(69), Kinney(48), Stover(48).
Edge: Even, thanks to IU's center, both teams has bad tackles, though.
DL: Cox(70), Horoszowski(67), Cabrera(65), Farmer(50)
vs Clemons(68), Godfrey(45), Charneski(70), Janjic(62).
Edge: Even, even though IU has better ends.
LBs: Whalen(80), Fleming(75), Baker(59), Jeans(72)
vs Francis(95), Rayborn(52), Oshiro(70), Pathon(52).
Edge: IU.
DBs: Banks(77), Sonnier(62), Dorrough(79), Brignac(65)
vs Washington(92), Alaniz(52), Laws(83), Shepard(66).
Edge: Vandy.

tucker342 06-06-2003 04:36 PM
Great win!!!:D

3ric 06-07-2003 04:06 PM
#5 Vanderbilt (11-2) vs #18 Indiana (11-2)(-5) on TV3.

Again we get to play in rainy weather, and Vandy begins with the ball. They drive 78 yds to score on a 9-yd TD pass on the opening drive, on which they had a 36-yd completion. 0-7, Vanderbilt. We get to their 13-yd line on our first drive but turn the ball over on downs. This time we stop the Commodores from getting a first down. We remain seven points down for the rest of the first quarter and get a prime opportunity to tie when we get to the Vandy 4-yd line in the middle of the second quarter. Vallery passes to Wittich who's stopped for no gain and fumbles away the ball to the defense.

At halftime we have 7 first downs, 26 rushing yds and 93 passing yds, while Vanderbilt has 9 first downs, 33 rushing yds and 115 passing yds. Midway through the third quarter we get our first turnover as Buff fumbles the ball on a reverse and Brignac recovers on their 48. We use that to full advantage as Vallery hits Bertram for a 28-yd TD pass! 7-7 all at 5:01 in the 3rd. Vandy score a FG on the very next drive, however, to regain the lead with 7-10 at 0:12 left in the third quarter.

We start the fourth quarter with a drive where we get a break through a pass interference call on Vandy which moves us past midfield. Wittich get a key block from left tackle Les Carter and runs 35 yds for a touchdown! 14-10, Indiana, at 9:27 in the 4th. Schultz answer with a 34-yd completion, and then we're called for spearing, which puts the Coms at our 35. They get down to our 4-yd line, where Schultz hit Sherman for a TD, and 14-17, Vandy. Three minutes left of the game.

Vallery finds Bertram for 30 yds, but gets a 4th and 11 at midfield with 1:32 left. The fourth-down conversion attempt is intercepted and Vandy has the ball on their 40. We have all our timeouts left. They are held to no gain for the consecutive plays, which killed our timeouts, but we have 57 seconds to go. Wittich return the punt 11 yds to our 26. Vallery throws three incompletions and we have a 4th and 10 on our 26 with 29 seconds remaining. Blades get the pass, but DROPS it!!! Oh no! Season over.

Code:
Indiana Individual Statistics
 
Rushing                Att        Yards        Avg        Long        TD        Stufd        Sackd
21 Wittich        17        60        3.5        35        1        6        0
 
Passing                Att        Comp        Yards        Yd/Att        Long        TD        Int
13 Vallery        41        15        242        5.9        30        1        1
 
Receiving        Catch        Yards        Avg        YAC        Long        TD
8 Bertram        6        113        18.8        66        30        1
21 Wittich        4        48        12.0        45        19        0
48 Kaplan        2        33        16.5        35        20        0
 
Defense                Tackle        Assist        Sack        Int        IntYds        IntTD
52 Whalen        10        4        0.0        0        0        0
44 Dorrough        9        2        0.0        0        0        0
58 Fleming        6        0        0.0        0        0        0
 
 
Vanderbilt Individual Statistics
 
Rushing                Att        Yards        Avg        Long        TD        Stufd        Sackd
34 McDaniel        20        44        2.2        20        0        11        0
 
Passing                Att        Comp        Yards        Yd/Att        Long        TD        Int
16 Schultz        28        15        242        8.6        36        2        0
 
Receiving        Catch        Yards        Avg        YAC        Long        TD
80 Buff                7        76        10.8        19        20        1
34 McDaniel        2        25        12.5        2        16        0
86 Fletcher        2        54        27.0        34        34        0
 
Defense                Tackle        Assist        Sack        Int        IntYds        IntTD
30 Washington        6        0        0.0        1        19        0
57 Francis        6        0        0.0        0        0        0
41 Pathon        5        1        2.0        0        0        0
Results:
Utah 19, Army 28.
Wisconsin 20, Notre Dame 17.
Baylor 24, Tulane 42.

ShagVT 06-07-2003 04:10 PM
Hmm. Well, it was obvious that this team would go exactly as far as Vallery could carry them. We got a game in which he did not deliver a championship performance and that's it.

Great season, 3ric!

3ric 06-07-2003 04:17 PM

Week 19, playoff semifinals



Results:
Vanderbilt 31, Army 24.
Wisconsin 37, Tulane 25.

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Week 20, playoff final



Wisconsin stifles Vandy's running offense totally to take a 10-point lead, 20-10, at halftime. The Badgers play a balanced offense and adds a touchdown in the middle of the fourth quarter to lead by 17. The Commodores pass their way to a TD with 3:38 left, and creeps within three points with another scoring pass just inside the two-minute warning. It isn't enough, however, and Wisconsin takes the national championship with a 27-24 win.

Player of the year:
QB Quinn Schultz, Vanderbilt.

tucker342 06-07-2003 05:37 PM
DAMN!!! Great season 3ric!

Tough loss:(

3ric 06-09-2003 11:38 AM

Team summary



Code:
2038 Summary for Indiana
 
Record: 11-3
Rank: 19
 
Indiana                Team      Rank 
Rushes                  529      11         
Rushing Yards          1896      22         
Yards Per Carry        3.58      61 (T)     
Pass Attempts          392      24 (T)     
Completions            234      17         
Passing Yards          3607      10         
Yards Per Attempt      9.20      12         
3rd Down Conversions    41.7      18 (T)     
Points Per Game        37.4      16         
Turnovers              10        4 (T)     
Turnover Margin        +27      1         
 
Opponents              Team      Rank 
Rushes                  439      105       
Rushing Yards          929      12         
Yards Per Carry        2.11      8         
Pass Attempts          391      112 (T)   
Completions            186      85 (T)     
Passing Yards          2486      88 (T)     
Yards Per Attempt      6.35      30         
3rd Down Conversions    27.5      14         
Points Per Game        10.9      1         
 
Primary Formation: Pro Formation
 
Week  Team  Versus        Oppnt 
2    45    IAST (53)    3     
3    24    at NCST (45)  14     
4    59    NEBR (124)    6     
6    55    IOWA (48)    10     
7    48    MINN (96)    0     
8    41    at MICH (119) 15     
9    40    at PNST (80)  14     
10    0    at NWST (15)  6     
11    20    WISC (1)      23     
12    45    MIST (26)    7     
13    42    at PURD (97)  7     
16    61    vs FRST (33)  7     
17    30    vs FLOR (3)  24     
18    14    vs VAND (8)  17     
 
Passing            Pos  Att  Comp  Yards Y/Att TD    Int 
13 Vallery          QB    245  147  2312  9.43  22    3     
14 Gaines          QB    136  81    1239  9.11  12    3     
Team                ---  392  234  3607  9.20  35    7     
 
Rushing            Pos  Att  Yards Y/Att TD    Stff  YdLst 
21 Wittich          RB    313  1329  4.24  16    90    122   
41 Niklos          RB    104  361  3.47  5    22    24     
13 Vallery          QB    33    19    0.57  1    17    88     
Team                ---  529  1896  3.58  24    159  349   
 
Receiving          Pos  Targ  Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC  TD 
8 Bertram          WR    105  57    1116  19.5  458  13     
80 Blades          WR    73    30    524  17.4  176  6     
21 Wittich          RB    68    54    631  11.6  408  8     
89 Jeffries        TE    41    32    575  17.9  213  1     
4 Baker            WR    32    15    190  12.6  80    4     
48 Kaplan          FB    32    21    247  11.7  158  1     
95 Bell            TE    15    9    171  19.0  66    1     
Team                ---  392  234  3607  15.4  1634  35     
 
Defense            Pos  Tack  Asst  Sack  TFL  Ints  Defn 
52 Whalen          ILB  74    25    2.5  18    4    3     
44 Dorrough        S    65    16    0.0  10    1    17     
53 Jeans            OLB  60    22    0.0  9    2    6     
28 Brignac          S    51    22    0.0  11    2    5     
58 Fleming          ILB  43    17    0.0  13    0    3     
51 Baker            ILB  34    12    6.0  9    2    5     
49 Banks            CB    31    9    0.0  8    5    12     
99 Cabrera          DT    31    13    8.5  17    0    0     
72 Farmer          DE    27    8    4.5  10    0    0     
26 Sonnier          CB    25    6    0.0  4    4    9     
96 Cox              DE    23    10    8.5  14    0    0     
25 Crane            CB    23    12    0.0  1    1    7     
91 Horoszowski      DE    21    6    12.0  15    0    0     
34 Jarvis          S    19    7    0.0  5    0    6     
33 Drudge          S    17    0    0.0  1    0    0     
59 Wasserman        OLB  16    2    0.0  3    1    0     
45 Kitchens        CB    16    5    0.0  3    0    0     
Team                ---  706  216  47.0  159  22    76     

3ric 06-09-2003 11:38 AM

Top 25

Code:
Overall Rankings
 
  School                Record  Conf  Comp  Poll  Loss  Sched Total Rank 
Wisconsin              14-1    B10  1.00  1.00  1.00  0.84  3.84  1     
Army                    13-1    USA  2.00  2.00  1.00  0.04  5.04  2     
Boston College          10-2    EST  4.75  4.00  2.00  0.08  10.83 3     
Florida                11-2    SEC  5.50  3.00  2.00  1.20  11.70 4     
Barrow                  11-1    SC8  6.25  7.00  1.00  3.88  18.13 5     
Vanderbilt              13-3    SEC  5.75  10.00 3.00  0.28  19.03 6     
South Florida          13-1    IND  4.50  13.50 1.00  2.04  21.04 7     
Tulane                  13-2    USA  7.00  11.50 2.00  1.40  21.90 8     
Air Force              10-2    MTW  13.25 7.00  2.00  3.04  25.29 9     
Southern California    10-2    P10  13.25 6.00  2.00  4.20  25.45 10     
California-Los Angeles  11-2    P10  9.75  10.00 2.00  3.92  25.67 11     
Texas                  12-1    B12  11.50 13.50 1.00  4.52  30.52 12     
Stanford                10-2    P10  13.75 14.00 2.00  3.48  33.23 13     
**Indiana              11-3    B10  8.50  22.00 3.00  0.68  34.18 14     
Baylor                  11-3    B12  12.00 18.00 3.00  1.84  34.84 15     
Notre Dame              11-3    IND  10.75 22.50 3.00  0.96  37.21 16     
Cincinnati              9-2    USA  15.50 19.50 2.00  3.16  40.16 17     
Idaho                  9-2    SBT  29.25 6.50  2.00  4.64  42.39 18     
Northwestern            8-3    B10  22.00 15.50 3.00  2.44  42.94 19     
Syracuse                8-3    EST  16.25 23.00 3.00  2.36  44.61 20     
Buffalo                10-3    MAC  14.75 29.00 3.00  1.76  48.51 21     
Mississippi State      9-2    SEC  25.25 17.00 2.00  4.36  48.61 22     
Michigan State          9-2    B10  21.50 24.00 2.00  3.68  51.18 23     
Rice                    9-3    WAC  32.75 11.50 3.00  4.24  51.49 24     
Utah                    10-3    MTW  23.50 24.00 3.00  1.48  51.98 25     

3ric 06-09-2003 11:38 AM

Recruits

Code:
  Player                  Scout  Phone  Visit  Emphasis    Status
##Benson, Nathan          53      1      0      Dist/Acad  Committed *     
##Compton, Steven        44+    1      1      Acad/Prest  Committed *     
##Derubeis, Leland        64-    2      1      Dist/Prest  Committed *     
##Devine, Casey          41+    0      1      Dist*/Prest Committed *     
##Fruth, Wesley          58-    1      1      Prest*/Acad Committed *     
##Howe, Josh              61+    3      1      Acad/Dist  Committed *     
##Mueller, Quentin        42+    0      1      Acad/Prest  Committed *     
##Rheams, Harvey          53+    2      1      Acad/Dist  Committed *     
##Riley, Skip            67+    1      1      Dist/Prest  Committed *     
##Shuran, Gus            58+    2      1      Acad/Dist  Committed *     
##Young, Mike            50+    1      1      Prest*/Dist Committed *     
$$Barnes, Morris          78+    2      1      Prest/Acad  Committed *     
$$Bensen, Wesley          68+    4      2      Dist*/Acad  Committed *     
$$Blumer, Vinny          71-    2      1      Prest/Acad  Committed *     
$$Harden, Jamie          68+    1      1      Prest/Acad  Committed *     
$$Jones, Joel            81+    1      2      Prest/Dist  Committed *     
 
  Player                  Pos  HT  WT  ST  NRank ByPos  StRank ByPos
##Benson, Nathan          ILB  6-2  203  WI  ---  64    31    3       
##Compton, Steven        DE    6-1  227  AZ  ---  ---    30    6       
##Derubeis, Leland        ILB  6-3  223  MD  ---  69    34    3       
##Devine, Casey          ILB  6-4  227  KY  ---  ---    33    2       
##Fruth, Wesley          TE    6-6  237  NC  ---  ---    45    3       
##Howe, Josh              CB    6-0  162  KY  819  56    12    1       
##Mueller, Quentin        FB    6-1  237  NY  ---  77    ---    4       
##Rheams, Harvey          G    6-4  295  CT  615  58    11    2       
##Riley, Skip            P    6-0  179  FL  ---  29    61    3       
##Shuran, Gus            DT    6-0  229  FL  ---  83    71    9       
##Young, Mike            OLB  5-10 193  IN  ---  ---    37    5       
$$Barnes, Morris          QB    6-1  179  NY  320  33    19    2       
$$Bensen, Wesley          G    6-3  267  KY  656  65    9      1       
$$Blumer, Vinny          S    6-2  179  IL  638  35    32    2       
$$Harden, Jamie          T    6-5  277  WV  572  66    6      1       
$$Jones, Joel            WR    6-1  189  WI  238  23    6      2       
 
  Player                  All-St All-US Status
##Benson, Nathan          No    No    Committed *     
##Compton, Steven        No    No    Committed *     
##Derubeis, Leland        Yes    No    Committed *     
##Devine, Casey          Yes    No    Committed *     
##Fruth, Wesley          No    No    Committed *     
##Howe, Josh              Yes    No    Committed *     
##Mueller, Quentin        No    No    Committed *     
##Rheams, Harvey          Yes    No    Committed *     
##Riley, Skip            No    No    Committed *     
##Shuran, Gus            No    No    Committed *     
##Young, Mike            No    No    Committed *     
$$Barnes, Morris          Yes    No    Committed *     
$$Bensen, Wesley          Yes    No    Committed *     
$$Blumer, Vinny          Yes    No    Committed *     
$$Harden, Jamie          Yes    No    Committed *     
$$Jones, Joel            Yes    No    Committed *     
 
  Player                  Pos  HT  WT  ST  NRank Home Town
##Benson, Nathan          ILB  6-2  203  WI  ---  Racine                     
##Compton, Steven        DE    6-1  227  AZ  ---  Scottsdale                 
##Derubeis, Leland        ILB  6-3  223  MD  ---  Gaithersburg               
##Devine, Casey          ILB  6-4  227  KY  ---  Somerset                   
##Fruth, Wesley          TE    6-6  237  NC  ---  Bakersville                 
##Howe, Josh              CB    6-0  162  KY  819  Lexington                   
##Mueller, Quentin        FB    6-1  237  NY  ---  Thiells                     
##Rheams, Harvey          G    6-4  295  CT  615  Woodstock                   
##Riley, Skip            P    6-0  179  FL  ---  Englewood                   
##Shuran, Gus            DT    6-0  229  FL  ---  Quincy                     
##Young, Mike            OLB  5-10 193  IN  ---  Connersville               
$$Barnes, Morris          QB    6-1  179  NY  320  Bronx                       
$$Bensen, Wesley          G    6-3  267  KY  656  Greenville                 
$$Blumer, Vinny          S    6-2  179  IL  638  Chicago Heights             
$$Harden, Jamie          T    6-5  277  WV  572  Williamstown               
$$Jones, Joel            WR    6-1  189  WI  238  Salem       

3ric 06-09-2003 11:39 AM

Standings

Code:
School                W  L  T  Pct  PF  PA  W  L  T  Pct  PF  PA  Streak 
Wisconsin                14 1  0  .933  625 177 8  0  0  1.000 389 63  Won 14     
Northwestern            8  3  0  .727  336 168 7  1  0  .875  256 92  Won 2     
**Indiana                11 3  0  .785  524 153 6  2  0  .750  291 82  Lost 1     
Michigan State          9  2  0  .818  295 252 6  2  0  .750  164 197 Won 1     
Iowa                    7  4  0  .636  307 253 4  4  0  .500  219 212 Lost 1     
Penn State              4  7  0  .363  209 250 3  5  0  .375  144 193 Lost 1     
Minnesota                3  8  0  .272  199 368 3  5  0  .375  157 238 Lost 3     
Illinois                3  8  0  .272  181 379 3  5  0  .375  116 211 Lost 1     
Purdue                  3  8  0  .272  174 402 3  5  0  .375  118 275 Lost 1     
Ohio State              1  10 0  .090  146 321 1  7  0  .125  108 214 Won 1     
Michigan                1  10 0  .090  158 380 0  8  0  .000  110 295 Lost 9   

3ric 06-09-2003 11:39 AM

Records


Career records
Rushing attempts: Erik Wittich, 816. (Howard Mitchell, 739)
Rushing touchdowns: Erik Wittich, 36. (Howard Mitchell, 33)
Touchdowns scored: Erik Wittich, 47. (Howard Mitchell, 43)
All-purpose yards: Erik Wittich, 4805. (Doug Rivas, 4684 - set 31 years ago!)

Season records
Receiving yards: Herb Bertram, 1116. (Martin Brennan, 1088)
Touchdowns scored: Erik Wittich, 24. (Erik Wittich, 20)
All-purpose yards: Erik Wittich, 2290. (Erik Wittich, 1973)

Season (team)
Points scored: 37.4. (36.0, 2031)
Points allowed: 10.9. (12.4, 2037)

Single-game records
Pass attempts: Kurt Vallery, 55. (Daryl Hitchcock, 52)

Single-game (team)
Total yards allowed: 59, vs Purdue. (70 vs Purdue, 2037)

3ric 06-09-2003 11:39 AM

Awards


League-wide Second team:
RB Erik Wittich
C Mitchell Godfrey

Big 10 first team:
RB Erik Wittich
WR Herb Bertram
C Mitchell Godfrey
G Joe Abate
S Chad Dorrough

Big 10 second team:
QB Kurt Vallery
FB Ethan Kaplan
TE Nick Jeffries
WR J.B. Blades
ILB Lorenzo Whalen
OLB Robert Jeans
CB Jerome Banks

Big 10 academic team:
G Joe Abate
T Les Carter
DE Morris Monroe

3ric 06-09-2003 11:40 AM

Graduating class

Code:
  Player                #    Pos  Elig  Current Estimate  Future Estimate 
Gaines, Charlie        14  QB  Sr    67                77                 
Rison, Matt            29  RB  Sr    42                50                 
DeLay, Norman          86  TE  Sr    53                98                 
Blades, J.B.            80  WR  Sr    76                76                 
Huang, Warren          79  G    Sr    65                65                 
Carter, Les            66  T    Sr    49                67                 
Farmer, J.C.            72  DE  Sr    50                59                 
Cox, Reggie            96  DE  Sr    70                83                 
Donaldson, Jeremy      64  DE*  Sr    7                24                 
Fleming, Barry          58  ILB  Sr    75                75                 
Baker, Earnest          51  ILB  Sr    59                86                 
Whalen, Lorenzo        52  ILB  Sr    80                80                 
Banks, Jerome          49  CB  Sr    77                94                 
Drudge, Tom            33  S    Sr    65                71                 
Jarvis, Jorge          34  S    Sr    60                64                 
Brignac, Lamar          28  S    Sr    66                76                 
Farrell, Sean          9    QB*  Sr    20                61                 
Kratky, Brad            24  CB*  Sr    6                20                 

  • QB Gaines started six games, all in his last season. He passed for 1440 yds, 14 TDs and just 3 interceptions for a 161.8 rating.
  • RB Matt Rison was a valuable special teams player, with 22 tackles. He also ran 18 times for 40 yds.
  • TE DeLay started 18 games with 44 catches for 744 yds and 5 TDs.
  • WR Blades had 26 starts and 69 catches for 1225 yds, 13 TDs. He also had 2 TDs as a kick returner.
  • G Huang started 35 games and had 60 key run blocks for a 28.5 block percentage and 15 sacks allowed.
  • T Carter started 52 games, but wasn't very successful with only 53 key run blocks and 54 sacks allowed...(!)
  • DE Farmer started only 6 games, a testament to our depth at end. He had 37 tackles, 14 assists, 4.5 sacks, 11 tackles for loss and 11 QB hurries.
  • DE Cox started 42 games, and had 92 tackles, 41 assists, 36 sacks, 52 tackles for loss, 11 blocked passes and 50 QB hurries.
  • DE Donaldson played in 8 games in 2037, but was a non-contributor otherwise, although with a 3.56 GPA.
  • ILB Fleming started 46 games, had 159 tackles, 63 assists and 34 tackles for loss.
  • ILB Baker started 14 games, had 42 tackles, 15 assists, 6 sacks, 2 interceptions and 11 tackles for loss.
  • ILB Whalen had 44 starts, 208 tackles, 68 assists, 8.5 sacks, 54 tackles for loss and 10 interceptions for 125 yds, 2 TDs.
  • CB Banks with 36 starts had 120 tackles, 52 assists, 1.5 sacks, 13 interceptions with 1 TD and 22 tackles for loss.
  • S Drudge never got a start but made valuable contributions with 52 tackles, 12 assists and 5 interceptions with one score.
  • S Jarvis had 38 starts, 177 tackles, 56 assists, 36 tackles for loss, 6 interceptions with 1 TD and forced 3 fumbles.
  • S Brignac with 14 starts had 8 interceptions and two scores in addition to 85 tackles, 40 assists and 2 sacks, 2 fumbles recovered.
  • QB Farrell didn't hurt our academics with a 3.32 GPA.
  • CB Kratky was a walk-on with terrible academics, and thus spent 50% of his time in study hall. With that in mind, he's worthy of respect considering he played on special teams in 51 games, notching 25 solo tackles, forcing one fumble and recovering two with 16 kick returns for a 19.0 average.



Significant freshman/sophomore contributions



  • FB Kaplan got Big Ten honors for the second straight year, and started all 14 games with 95 rushing yds, 1 TD, 247 receiving yds and another TD. His 12 key run blocks gave him a 38.7 blocking percentage.
  • WR Bertram set a IU record with 1116 yds on 57 catches and 13 TDs. If he stays healthy, he'll break every IU receiving record left.
  • T Tanner started 14 games, had a key run block every other time a running play was called on his side, for a 50% key run percentage. OK, that was only 26 times, but still. He allowed 9 sacks, but that was better than Carter on the other side.

3ric 06-09-2003 11:47 AM
The end of season file is here:
http://user.tninet.se/~swi795t/india...season2038.zip

Alf 06-10-2003 01:19 PM
It's on my PC and I've already clicked on the next season button.

ShagVT 06-10-2003 01:20 PM
Woo hoo!

cthomer5000 06-10-2003 02:21 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by Alf
It's on my PC and I've already clicked on the next season button.


make Vallery a legend - bring home the title!

Alf 06-10-2003 04:06 PM
Vallery Red Bars are all red !!! Wittich also !!! And the same can be said about starting WR Bertram !!!


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