Indiana: A TCY VC 2039

[RealDeal]

Can't ever take a game for granted. Got to play the best team you can field.

[Alf]

That was one of our worst showing in the recent years...

[ShagVT]

That's true, Alf, but there are times when things are not in your control. It's hard to fault you for having a tough year when the #1 and #2 QBs are injured, the #1 and #2 WRs are injured, the majority of the D-line.

[Its Vanilla]

I've read every year of this dynasty. I find it a tad bit amusing when you consider 3 losses a terrible season. But look on the bright side. You have a great young QB to build around in Marzullo.

[Alf]

Hopefully we'll end the season with only 2 losses but after winning a big game in Front of TV1 vs Wisconsin, even a 9-2 season can't be considered a good result.

Things have changed in Indiana.

Sorry for the lack of posting, I have family at home as my wife is expected to gave birth anytime soon now, so computer access at home is very limited.

[Alf]

Week 12

Recruits
Lose 2. Sign 1.

- Kenyon Newton, a center from Langley High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

C Newton is ranked #901 and #48 Center. He is a brilliant student, but his football level is pretty average (78 --).

Already in : QB, C
Still needed : RBx2, FB, TE, WRx2, G, T, K, DEx2, DT, CB, S


Our Game : #22 Indiana (7-2) (-13) at Michigan (5-4) on TV5
We need to rebound today with a strong victory. Otherwise we’ll look at the playoffs on TV this season.

Well, we llok silly to play the 3-4 as they still manage to pass over our defense and lead 0-3 after a 7 minutes drive. 6 plays and 2 minutes later, QB Clayton (who has been re-inserted in the starting lineup) passes to WR Baker for a TD : 7-3. DT Cabrera seemed to suffer a serious injury on our second defensive drive… Damn it ! And they conclude their drive with a TD : 7-10. The next drive sees a score again as RB Wittich runs it in : 14-10. Every drive has seen a score so far today. Gladly, we manage to force the first punt of the game just after that and are nearly FG position already thanks to RB Wittich punt return. We even went for it on a 4th down, and RB Wittich found the end zone a few plays later : 21-10. Halftime.

First drive of Q3 saw RB Wittich score his 3rd TD of the day : 28-10. Cool ! However, later in the second half, Clayton is intercepted for a defensive TD and C Gullett seem to suffers a serious injury too.. Early in Q4, they score again and our lead is only 28-23. Finally, QB Clayton scrambled on a long difficult drive for what I hope is the winning TD : 35-23. They score another FG and later we score another RB Wittich TD run to finish : 42-26.

Game Summary

Game MVP: INDI 21 Erik Wittich

Indiana		7	14	7	14	-	42
Michigan	10	0	6	10	-	26

Team Statistics		INDI		MICH

First Downs		27		20

Total Rushes		42		38
Net Rushing Yards	186		182
Yards Per Carry		4.4		4.7
Rushing Yards		227		190
Tckld Loss/Yards	12-35		4-8
Sacked/Yards Lost	1-6		0-0

Pass Attempts		20		23
Completions		16		12
Passing Yards		209		161
Yards Per Attempt	10.4		7.0
Interceptions		1		1
Fumbles/Lost		0/0		2/0

Total Plays		62		61
Total Yards		395		343
Yards Per Play		6.3		5.6

3rd Down Plays		8/12		9/15

Penalties		3		5
Penalty Yards		13		40

Avg. Drive Start	OWN 32		OWN 24
Time Of Possession	29:20		30:40

Indiana Stats

Rushing		Att	Yards	Avg	Long	TD	Stufd	Sackd
21 Wittich	27	127	4.7	26	4	8	0
12 Clayton	8	42	5.2	23	1	2	1


Passing		Att	Comp	Yards	Yd/At	Long	TD	Int
12 Clayton	20	16	209	10.4	28	1	1

Injuries
We finally lost C Gullett and DT Cabrera for the rest of the season…

Around the Big 10
- Illinois 31-21 Penn State
- Iowa 26-14 Ohio State
- Michigan State 38-9 Purdue
- Wisconsin 52-7 Minnesota

[ShagVT]

Ah yes, another 8 stuffs on 27 carries day for Wittich.

[3ric]

He does seem to dance around in the hole a bit... he'll have to learn to run more in the north-south direction to become a good pro.

[Alf]

Week 13

Time Management :
8 D-. 7D.

Recruits
Lose 3. Sign 2.

- Bernard O'Donnell, a fullback from Mascoma Valley Regional High School in Canaan, New Hampshire
FB O’Donnell comes unranked ans scouted as 64+. Well, at least he can read…

- Herman Anderson, a kicker from Caldwell County High School in Princeton, Kentuck
K Anderson comes unranked at 74+ and is a genius. He looks like a 4 year starter for us.

Already in : QB, FB, C, K
Still needed : RBx2, TE, WRx2, G, T, DEx2, DT, CB, S


Our Game : #22 Indiana (8-2) (-18) vs Purdue (3-7)
We need to win big today as we sit at BCS #25 position just outside the playoffs. Even at 9-2, we are not sure to make it to the post-season.

First drive, 7 minutes, missed FG by Cash. Damn it. Our defense finally awakes after several games of silence as CB Sonnier intercepts and return a ball deep in their 20. RB Wittich runs it in straight away. Then DB Crane also makes an INT. Could this be an easy game today ? A 50 yard TD pass later on a QB Clayton to WR BEtram pass, we think so : 14-0. And another one : 21-0. We are still in Q1 though. Q2 starts with a RB Wittich TD run : 28-0. RB Wittich is on his way to break several BIG 10 records and maybe a National record (TDs scored). Halftime comes at 35-3 with another TD pass vs a Purdue FG.

In Q3, RB Wittich returns a punt for another TD and I’ll quiksim. Game ends on a 55-3 victory !


Game Summary

Game MVP: INDI 21 Erik Wittich

Purdue	0	3	0	0	-	3
Indiana	21	14	7	13	-	55

Team Statistics		PURD		INDI

First Downs		9		26

Total Rushes		21		46
Net Rushing Yards	6		169
Yards Per Carry		0.2		3.6
Rushing Yards		53		193
Tckld Loss/Yards	2-5		8-12
Sacked/Yards Lost	6-42		2-12

Pass Attempts		32		21
Completions		13		15
Passing Yards		141		221
Yards Per Attempt	4.4		10.5
Interceptions		5		1
Fumbles/Lost		2/1		0/0

Total Plays		53		67
Total Yards		147		390
Yards Per Play		2.7		5.8

3rd Down Plays		1/13		4/12

Penalties		10		14
Penalty Yards		85		95

Avg. Drive Start	OWN 24		OWN 48
Time Of Possession	24:46		35:14

Indiana Stats

Rushing		Att	Yards	Avg	Long	TD	Stufd	Sackd
21 Wittich	26	132	5.0	27	2	7	0
41 Niklos	11	20	1.8	5	1	3	0
12 Clayton	6	17	2.8	6	0	0	1


Passing		Att	Comp	Yards	Yd/At	Long	TD	Int
12 Clayton	16	12	182	11.3	50	3	1
3 Marzullo	4	3	39	9.7	19	0	0


Receiving	Catch	Yards	Avg	YAC	Long	TD
8 Bertram	4	85	21.2	35	50	2
89 Jeffries	3	37	12.3	13	22	1


Punt Returns	Att	Yards	Avg	TD
21 Wittich	2	91	45.5	1


Defense		Tkl	Asst	Sack	Int	IntYd	IntTD
26 Sonnier	7	0	0.0	2	36	0
25 Crane	5	1	0.0	1	0	0
47 Bleess	4	2	1.0	0	0	0
91 Horoszowski	3	0	2.0	0	0	0
46 Kirchhof	3	1	1.0	1	24	0
77 Nordby	2	1	1.0	0	0	0
66 Curtis	1	0	1.0	0	0	0
44 Dorrough	1	0	0.0	1	18	0

Around the Big 10
- Northwestern 52-3 Illinois
- Wiscoinsin 55-3 Iowa
- Michigan 35-10 Ohio State
- Michigan State 26-6 Penn State

[cthomer5000]

Is 9-2 going to be good enough for the playoffs?

EDIT: because 9-2 will only be good for 4th in the conference, right?

[tucker342]

Usually it is good enough...

[RealDeal]

I'm worried about recruiting. 4 recruits by week 13?

[cthomer5000]

Originally posted by RealDeal
I'm worried about recruiting. 4 recruits by week 13?

very true. I usually have my 11 or 12 recruitings in the fold at this point.

one positive: more scholarships for the future! At this point i think i'd just get stingy with the offers, and save a bunch to spread over the next 2 years.

[Alf]

9-2 should be enough for a playoff spot but we are going to face a big school in Round 1

As for recruiting, I am a bit rusty and I've got no "Blue Chip" recruit on target. I'll listen to cthomer5000 and save scholarships for the future.

[Alf]

Week 14

Recruits
lose 5. Sign 1… How do you spell “Terrible” recruiting effort…

- Danny Aikens, a wide receiver from Medfield High School in Medfield, Massachusetts

WR Aikens comes at #689, scouted as 71+ and a great student. He only has 7 TDs but over 25 yard per catch !

Already in : QB, FB, C, K, WR
Still needed : RBx2, TE, WR, G, T, DEx2, DT, CB, S


Our Game : off

Around the Big 10
No games

[Alf]

Week 15

Recruits
lose 4. sign 1

- Melvin Ballard, a wide receiver from Bunn High School in Bunn, North Carolina

WR Ballard is scouted as 57+ and is at best average. However, given how injuries strike us at WR, this is a must fill position.

Already in : QB, FB, C, K, WR, WR
Still needed : RBx2, TE, G, T, DEx2, DT, CB, S


Our Game : off


National Scene : Championship week
B12 – Kansas 17-24 Texas A&M
SEC – Florida 45-6 Alabama
MAC – Marshall 58-60 Central Michigan (looks like an overtime game here)

Next week
We will be facing Rice and their undeafted team... 11-0 record. Without QB Vallery, I don't think we have a chance

[tucker342]

ouch..... good luck against Rice, your gonna need it...

[3ric]

I think we have a winning record against them... not that it'll help us this time

[Alf]

Week 16

Recruits
Walk-on week. We should have our recruits now…

• Omar Heath, a running back from Enosburg Falls High School in Enosburg Falls, Vermont
• Cory Gilmore, a tight end from Athens Drive High School in Raleigh, North Carolina
• Britt Magee, a wide receiver from Cloudland High School in Roan Mountain, Tennessee
• Tyrus Flores, an offensive guard from Highlands High School in Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania
• Oliver Alston, an offensive tackle from Northland High School in Columbus, Ohio
• Herman Moore, a defensive end from Los Alamitos High School in Los Alamitos, California
• Marshall Bethel, a defensive tackle from Salida High School in Salida, Colorado
• Kris Newsome, a cornerback from Anacostia High School in Washington, District of Columbia

- RB Heath is scouted as 48+, and comes as Vermont #3 player. Well, that’s it.
- TE Gilmore comes at 49++ (by a lousy scout). A great student too.
- WR Magee is a walk-on hopefully, because, well, he sucks.
- OG Flores is a perfect student. Period.
- OT Alston is scouted as 47+ and also a great scholarship player.
- DE Moore is perfect student coming as a walk-on.
- DT Bethel, just the same
- CB Newsome : see above

Already in : QB, RB, FB, TE, WR, WR, WR, C, G, T, K, DE, DT, CB
Still needed : RB, DE, S – 1 position as we have 3 WRs



Our Game : #20 Indiana (9-2) vs #3 Rice (11-0) (-7) on TV4
Glad we make it to the postseason, but this might come to an end even with all our starting offensive players back on the field (apart from QB Vallery of course).

They drive first and have already scored after 2 minutes : 0-7. After 5 minutes, score is 0-14. First positive play for us comes with a DV Kitchens interception in our end-zone. Come on guys, let’s move forward. This drive comes to a bad end, bud on a 4th down, QB Clayton goes for it and we score on a TD pass to RB Wittich : 7-14 ! Q2 is pretty well balanced until we completely melt down and allow a late Q2 TD : 7-21. They even conclude with a short FG : 7-24 at halftime.

Q3 starts as badly as Q1 as QB Clayton is intercepted. Later in Q3, I ma glad that we only concede a FG : 7-27. Penalties are killing us today, plus QB Clayton is intercepted again… DB Bergmann is once again making an interception and we are in FG range. Boom, QB Clayton passes to RB Wittich for the TD : 14-27. Damn it, QB Clayton is intercepted again while we were driving nicely. I thought we could make a comeback, but now it is very unlikely.Shortly after, we intercept them also, but with just over 5 minutes to play, that’s too late. And we let them score another TD for a final score of 14-34. Without QB Vallery, we are not a national contender.


Game Summary

Game MVP: RICE 40 Raymond Kraut

Indiana	7	0	0	7	-	14
Rice	14	10	3	7	-	34

Team Statistics		INDI		RICE

First Downs		14		23

Total Rushes		31		40
Net Rushing Yards	64		153
Yards Per Carry		2.0		3.8
Rushing Yards		117		196
Tckld Loss/Yards	11-34		11-35
Sacked/Yards Lost	3-19		1-8

Pass Attempts		36		31
Completions		17		18
Passing Yards		224		240
Yards Per Attempt	6.2		7.7
Interceptions		3		3
Fumbles/Lost		1/0		3/0

Total Plays		67		71
Total Yards		288		393
Yards Per Play		4.2		5.5

3rd Down Plays		6/16		5/13

Penalties		6		7
Penalty Yards		48		50

Avg. Drive Start	OWN 26		OWN 39
Time Of Possession	28:38		31:22

Indiana Stats

Rushing		Att	Yards	Avg	Long	TD	Stufd	Sackd
21 Wittich	22	77	3.5	28	0	10	0

Passing		Att	Comp	Yards	Yd/At	Long	TD	Int
12 Clayton	34	16	211	6.2	36	2	3

Receiving	Catch	Yards	Avg	YAC	Long	TD
21 Wittich	5	85	17.0	64	36	2
86 Jones	5	75	15.0	26	30	0


Defense		Tkl	Asst	Sack	Int	IntYd	IntTD
53 Jeans	9	1	0.0	0	0	0
25 Crane	6	2	0.0	0	0	0
59 Wasserman	5	3	1.0	1	0	0
31 Bergmann	2	1	0.0	1	24	0
45 Kitchens	0	0	0.0	1	0	0

National Scene : Playoffs Round 1

First Round Game 1       Stanford (10-2) 27, Syracuse (9-3) 17                  
First Round Game 2       Vanderbilt (11-1) 23, South Florida (10-2) 20          
First Round Game 3       Marshall (10-3) 45, Texas (10-2) 22                    
First Round Game 4       Central Michigan (10-3) 26, Southern California (9-3) 21 
First Round Game 5       Tulane (11-2) 38, Notre Dame (9-3) 31                  
First Round Game 6       Barrow (11-1) 35, Utah (9-3) 7                         
First Round Game 7       Northwestern (10-2) 55, Idaho (10-2) 19                
First Round Game 8       Rice (12-0) 34, Indiana (9-3) 14

[Alf]

Week 17

Time Management :
Final coaching blocks out to promising recruits.

2 more recruits :

- Claude Nybo, a quarterback from Turlock High School in Turlock, California
- Jessie Terrell, a fullback from Onalaska High School in Onalaska, Wisconsin

- QB Nybo comes as a walk-on student, providing nice depth at QB
- FB Terrell comes at 44++ and as I couldn’t recruit RBs, why not recruit FBs and then try to convert one of them to RB.


National Scene : Playoffs Round 2

Second Round Game 1      Army (12-0) 17, Rice (12-1) 7                          
Second Round Game 2      Air Force (12-0) 38, Vanderbilt (11-2) 21              
Second Round Game 3      Boston College (11-1) 23, Stanford (10-3) 21           
Second Round Game 4      Barrow (12-1) 35, Maryland (11-1) 9                    
Second Round Game 5      Tulane (12-2) 45, Florida (12-1) 37                    
Second Round Game 6      Northwestern (11-2) 13, California-Los Angeles (10-2) 10 
Second Round Game 7      Texas A&M (12-1) 42, Central Michigan (10-4) 18        
Second Round Game 8      Marshall (11-3) 56, Wisconsin (9-3) 31  

[tucker342]

[Alf]

We really needed vallery for the game against Rice. Don't worry, he'll be back for his 5th year in Indiana (and hopefully an injury free season !)

[Alf]

Week 18

National Scene : Quarter Finals

Quarterfinal Game 1      Texas A&M (13-1) 34, Barrow (12-2) 17                  
Quarterfinal Game 2      Tulane (13-2) 27, Air Force (12-1) 24                  
Quarterfinal Game 3      Boston College (12-1) 31, Northwestern (11-3) 28       
Quarterfinal Game 4      Army (13-0) 49, Marshall (11-4) 18            

[Alf]

Week 19

National Scene : Semi Finals

Semifinal Game 1         Boston College (13-1) 34, Texas A&M (13-2) 27          
Semifinal Game 2         Army (14-0) 51, Tulane (13-3) 7   

[Alf]

Week 20

National Scene : Championship Game

Championship Game        Boston College (14-1) 20, Army (14-1) 19 

[Alf]

Top 25

  School                Record  Conf  Comp  Poll  Loss  Sched Total Rank  
Boston College          14-1    EST   1.25  1.00  1.00  0.08  3.33  1       
Army                    14-1    USA   1.75  3.00  1.00  0.04  5.79  2       
Florida                 12-1    SEC   5.25  2.00  1.00  0.92  9.17  3       
Rice                    12-1    WAC   3.75  4.00  1.00  3.20  11.95 4       
Air Force               12-1    MTW   7.25  5.00  1.00  1.96  15.21 5       
Texas A&M               13-2    B12   4.75  8.50  2.00  0.52  15.77 6       
Vanderbilt              11-2    SEC   9.50  6.00  2.00  1.72  19.22 7       
Tulane                  13-3    USA   5.75  13.50 3.00  0.40  22.65 8       
California-Los Angeles  10-2    P10   9.00  10.00 2.00  2.72  23.72 9       
Barrow                  12-2    SC8   9.50  10.00 2.00  3.32  24.82 10      
Stanford                10-3    P10   6.50  17.00 3.00  0.20  26.70 11      
Northwestern            11-3    B10   11.50 12.00 3.00  2.64  29.14 12      
Syracuse                9-3     EST   9.25  18.50 3.00  0.56  31.31 13      
Idaho                   10-2    SBT   17.75 7.50  2.00  4.48  31.73 14      
Maryland                11-1    ACC   13.75 15.00 1.00  4.56  34.31 15      
South Florida           10-2    IND   13.50 17.00 2.00  2.08  34.58 16      
Wisconsin               9-3     B10   23.25 9.00  3.00  2.52  37.77 17      
Texas                   10-2    B12   16.25 17.00 2.00  4.00  39.25 18      
Southern California     9-3     P10   21.00 14.00 3.00  3.84  41.84 19      
Notre Dame              9-3     IND   18.75 22.00 3.00  0.84  44.59 20      
**Indiana               9-3     B10   20.75 22.00 3.00  2.80  48.55 21      
California              8-3     P10   20.00 24.50 3.00  2.36  49.86 22      
Virginia Tech           8-3     EST   18.50 26.50 3.00  3.24  51.24 23      
Central Michigan        10-4    MAC   20.25 28.00 4.00  1.12  53.37 24      
Southern Methodist      8-3     WAC   20.25 29.00 3.00  2.04  54.29 25 

#21, and a first round loss to #4 Rice. Could have been a great year.

[Alf]

Yearly Awards

Player of the Year
The award goes to USC QB, however with 34 TDs and 16 INTs, he didn’t get my vote.

Big 10 Awards : 1st team

• RB Erik Wittich
• OLB Robert Jeans
• CB Jared Sonnier
• S Chad Dorrough

Big 10 Awards : 2nd team

• TE Nick Jeffries
• C Mitchell Godfrey
• G Joe Abate
• K Howard Cash
• DE Donnell Horozowski

[3ric]

What's been fun with this season is the drop in ratings that both Wisconsin and Northwestern has made. That's promising for the future if those two programs are declining...

[Alf]

Well Northwestern only lost by 3 points vs Boston College who later went on winning the Championship...

[Alf]

Recruiting Class

Recruiting List, Location View
------------------------------

   
  Player                  Pos   HT   WT   ST   NRank Home Town
##Nybo, Claude            QB    6-0  175  CA   ---   Turlock                      
$$Ogden, Ike              QB    6-2  185  MA   107   Andover                      
##Heath, Omar             RB    5-9  168  VT   ---   Enosburg Falls               
##O'Donnell, Bernard      FB    5-11 201  NH   ---   Canaan                       
##Terrell, Jessie         FB    5-11 198  WI   ---   Onalaska                     
##Gilmore, Cory           TE    6-6  231  NC   ---   Raleigh                      
##Aikens, Danny           WR    6-5  209  MA   689   Medfield                     
##Ballard, Melvin         WR    6-2  184  NC   ---   Bunn                         
##Magee, Britt            WR    6-2  183  TN   ---   Roan Mountain                
##Newton, Kenyon          C     6-3  262  PA   901   Pittsburgh                   
##Flores, Tyrus           G     6-4  269  PA   ---   Natrona Heights              
##Alston, Oliver          T     6-7  283  OH   ---   Columbus                     
##Anderson, Herman        K     5-9  162  KY   ---   Princeton                    
##Moore, Herman           DE    6-1  218  CA   ---   Los Alamitos                 
##Bethel, Marshall        DT    6-3  269  CO   ---   Salida                       
##Newsome, Kris           CB    5-11 181  DC   ---   Washington                   
   
  Player                  High School              Reg  Ath. Prep
##Nybo, Claude            Turlock                  SW   3           
$$Ogden, Ike              Andover                  NE   15          
##Heath, Omar             Enosburg Falls           NE   5           
##O'Donnell, Bernard      Mascoma Valley Regional  NE   12          
##Terrell, Jessie         Onalaska                 GL   15          
##Gilmore, Cory           Athens Drive             SE   8           
##Aikens, Danny           Medfield                 NE   13          
##Ballard, Melvin         Bunn                     SE   7           
##Magee, Britt            Cloudland                SE   0           
##Newton, Kenyon          Langley                  GL   1           
##Flores, Tyrus           Highlands                GL   17          
##Alston, Oliver          Northland                GL   0           
##Anderson, Herman        Caldwell County          SE   2           
##Moore, Herman           Los Alamitos             SW   9           
##Bethel, Marshall        Salida                   SW   14          
##Newsome, Kris           Anacostia                MA   25




Recruiting List, Academic View
------------------------------

  Player                  Pos   HT   WT   ST   NRank GPA    Test
##Nybo, Claude            QB    6-0  175  CA   ---   3.69   1428     
$$Ogden, Ike              QB    6-2  185  MA   107   3.41   1257     
##Heath, Omar             RB    5-9  168  VT   ---   2.64   1031     
##O'Donnell, Bernard      FB    5-11 201  NH   ---   3.31   1406     
##Terrell, Jessie         FB    5-11 198  WI   ---   2.84   1180     
##Gilmore, Cory           TE    6-6  231  NC   ---   3.49   1149     
##Ballard, Melvin         WR    6-2  184  NC   ---   3.52   1280     
##Aikens, Danny           WR    6-5  209  MA   689   3.31   1267     
##Magee, Britt            WR    6-2  183  TN   ---   3.11   1086     
##Newton, Kenyon          C     6-3  262  PA   901   3.57   1311     
##Flores, Tyrus           G     6-4  269  PA   ---   4.00   1571     
##Alston, Oliver          T     6-7  283  OH   ---   2.73   1052     
##Anderson, Herman        K     5-9  162  KY   ---   3.95   1392     
##Moore, Herman           DE    6-1  218  CA   ---   3.91   1578     
##Bethel, Marshall        DT    6-3  269  CO   ---   3.18   1225     
##Newsome, Kris           CB    5-11 181  DC   ---   3.28   1147     
   
  Player                  Major                    Status
##Nybo, Claude            Chemistry                Committed *      
$$Ogden, Ike              Random Number Theory     Committed *      
##Heath, Omar             Education                Committed *      
##O'Donnell, Bernard      Metallurgy               Committed *      
##Terrell, Jessie         Social Work              Committed *      
##Gilmore, Cory           Education                Committed *      
##Ballard, Melvin         Business                 Committed *      
##Aikens, Danny           Medicine                 Committed *      
##Magee, Britt            Medicine                 Committed *      
##Newton, Kenyon          Journalism               Committed *      
##Flores, Tyrus           Random Number Theory     Committed *      
##Alston, Oliver          Trigonometry             Committed *      
##Anderson, Herman        Jurisprudence            Committed *      
##Moore, Herman           Genetics                 Committed *      
##Bethel, Marshall        Random Number Theory     Committed *      
##Newsome, Kris           Marketing                Committed *



Recruiting List, Ranking View
-----------------------------

  Player                  Pos   HT   WT   ST   NRank ByPos  StRank ByPos
$$Ogden, Ike              QB    6-2  185  MA   107   13     4      1        
##Nybo, Claude            QB    6-0  175  CA   ---   90     ---    15       
##Heath, Omar             RB    5-9  168  VT   ---   ---    3      1        
##O'Donnell, Bernard      FB    5-11 201  NH   ---   52     9      1        
##Terrell, Jessie         FB    5-11 198  WI   ---   98     42     2        
##Gilmore, Cory           TE    6-6  231  NC   ---   85     46     5        
##Aikens, Danny           WR    6-5  209  MA   689   56     14     1        
##Ballard, Melvin         WR    6-2  184  NC   ---   ---    38     6        
##Magee, Britt            WR    6-2  183  TN   ---   ---    39     2        
##Newton, Kenyon          C     6-3  262  PA   901   48     37     2        
##Flores, Tyrus           G     6-4  269  PA   ---   ---    68     4        
##Alston, Oliver          T     6-7  283  OH   ---   ---    79     4        
##Anderson, Herman        K     5-9  162  KY   ---   39     11     2        
##Moore, Herman           DE    6-1  218  CA   ---   ---    ---    16       
##Bethel, Marshall        DT    6-3  269  CO   ---   ---    32     1        
##Newsome, Kris           CB    5-11 181  DC   ---   100    3      1        
   
  Player                  All-St All-US Status
$$Ogden, Ike              Yes    No     Committed *      
##Nybo, Claude            No     No     Committed *      
##Heath, Omar             Yes    No     Committed *      
##O'Donnell, Bernard      Yes    No     Committed *      
##Terrell, Jessie         No     No     Committed *      
##Gilmore, Cory           No     No     Committed *      
##Aikens, Danny           Yes    No     Committed *      
##Ballard, Melvin         No     No     Committed *      
##Magee, Britt            Yes    No     Committed *      
##Newton, Kenyon          Yes    No     Committed *      
##Flores, Tyrus           Yes    No     Committed *      
##Alston, Oliver          No     No     Committed *      
##Anderson, Herman        No     No     Committed *      
##Moore, Herman           No     No     Committed *      
##Bethel, Marshall        Yes    No     Committed *      
##Newsome, Kris           Yes    No     Committed *  


Recruiting List, Worksheet View
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  Player                  Pos   ST   Visit Cost  Dist.   Fit Score
$$Ogden, Ike              QB    MA   591         842     80            
##Nybo, Claude            QB    CA   1152        1870    80            
##Heath, Omar             RB    VT   598         815     83            
##O'Donnell, Bernard      FB    NH   607         817     80            
##Terrell, Jessie         FB    WI   393         413     92            
##Gilmore, Cory           TE    NC   408         492     82            
##Aikens, Danny           WR    MA   583         827     82            
##Ballard, Melvin         WR    NC   416         508     92            
##Magee, Britt            WR    TN   366         322     83            
##Newton, Kenyon          C     PA   440         359     85            
##Flores, Tyrus           G     PA   434         375     81            
##Alston, Oliver          T     OH   299         197     98            
##Anderson, Herman        K     KY   287         163     83            
##Moore, Herman           DE    CA   1208        1799    64            
##Bethel, Marshall        DT    CO   710         1051    87            
##Newsome, Kris           CB    DC   411         512     84            
   
  Player                  Scout   Phone   Visit   Emphasis    Status
$$Ogden, Ike              85+     4       1       Acad*/Dist  Committed *      
##Nybo, Claude            59-     0       1       Acad*/Prest Committed *      
##Heath, Omar             48+     0       1       Dist*/Prest Committed *      
##O'Donnell, Bernard      64+     1       1       Acad/(Dist) Committed *      
##Terrell, Jessie         44+     0       1       Prest/Dist  Committed *      
##Gilmore, Cory           49++    1       1       Dist/Prest  Committed *      
##Aikens, Danny           71+     3       2       Acad/Prest  Committed *      
##Ballard, Melvin         57+     1       1       Prest*/Acad Committed *      
##Magee, Britt            46      1       0       Acad*/Dist  Committed *      
##Newton, Kenyon          78--    1       1       Prest/Dist  Committed *      
##Flores, Tyrus           61      1       0       Acad/Dist   Committed *      
##Alston, Oliver          47+     0       1       Prest*/Acad Committed *      
##Anderson, Herman        74+     3       1       Prest/Dist  Committed *      
##Moore, Herman           41      1       0       Dist*/Acad  Committed *      
##Bethel, Marshall        52      1       0       Acad*/Prest Committed *      
##Newsome, Kris           51      1       0       Prest/Acad  Committed *

   
Rough Estimate of Player Interest: No Prefix - player unlikely to be  
interested, ** - a bit of a stretch for your school, $$ - likely interest,  
## - almost certain interest.

Quick Analysis :

• Area : NW (0), SW (3), MW (0), DS (0), SE (4), GL (4), NE (4), MA (1)
• Ranking : 1 Top 100, 2 Top 1000, 13 Unranked
• Scouted : 90s (1), 80s (2), 70s (3), 60s (3), 50s (7)

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Season Results

The College Years
2039 Indiana Schedule
   
Team Rank: 20
Rival: Purdue
Stadium Capacity: 52,400
Season Tickets Sold: 36,300
   
  Week  Opponent                   Result    Attendance  Weather     Television  
1       TENNESSEE                  W, 54-7   42,900      Rain, 50    TV 2  
4       (39) NORTH CAROLINA STATE  W, 38-13  44,100      Stormy, 64  TV 3  
$$5     at Michigan State          W, 37-14  61,400      Sunny, 49   TV 4  
$$6     (7) WISCONSIN              W, 42-35  47,200      Rain, 60    TV 1  
7       MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE     W, 17-10  46,100      Rain, 59       
$$8     at Penn State              W, 31-9   36,100      Sunny, 67      
$$9     (12) NORTHWESTERN          L, 20-38  49,800      Sunny, 58   TV 3  
$$10    OHIO STATE                 W, 49-7   45,100      Rain, 49       
$$11    at (48) Illinois           L, 13-17  25,400      Sunny, 70   TV 4  
$$12    at Michigan                W, 42-26  52,500      Sunny, 50   TV 5  
$$13    PURDUE                     W, 55-3   48,200      Sunny, 33      
**16    vs (4) Rice                L, 14-34  14,700      Stormy, 61  TV 4  
   
Home Games in ALL CAPS  
$$-Conference Games, ##-League Championship Games, **-Post-Season Games

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Big 10 standings

The College Years
2039 Season Standings, Big 10
   
  School                 W  L  T  Pct   PF  PA  W  L  T  Pct   PF  PA  Streak  
Wisconsin                9  3  0  .750  497 209 7  1  0  .875  362 112 Lost 1      
Northwestern             11 3  0  .785  479 193 7  1  0  .875  296 85  Lost 1      
Illinois                 7  4  0  .636  274 264 6  2  0  .750  206 213 Lost 1      
**Indiana                9  3  0  .750  412 213 6  2  0  .750  289 149 Lost 1      
Michigan                 6  5  0  .545  256 241 5  3  0  .625  196 164 Won 1       
Michigan State           5  6  0  .454  237 251 4  4  0  .500  169 187 Won 2       
Purdue                   3  8  0  .272  175 360 3  5  0  .375  145 254 Lost 2      
Iowa                     3  8  0  .272  223 324 3  5  0  .375  172 253 Lost 1      
Minnesota                2  9  0  .181  224 419 2  6  0  .250  172 296 Lost 1      
Ohio State               1  10 0  .090  101 393 1  7  0  .125  82  240 Lost 4      
Penn State               1  10 0  .090  170 339 0  8  0  .000  116 252 Lost 9

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Team Summary

The College Years
2039 Summary for Indiana
   
Record: 9-3
Rank: 20
   
Indiana                 Team      Rank  
Rushes                  468       24          
Rushing Yards           1825      29          
Yards Per Carry         3.89      47 (T)      
Pass Attempts           354       32 (T)      
Completions             202       31          
Passing Yards           2773      31          
Yards Per Attempt       7.83      35          
3rd Down Conversions    42.5      14 (T)      
Points Per Game         34.3      21          
Turnovers               21        62 (T)      
Turnover Margin         +12       8 (T)       
   
Opponents               Team      Rank  
Rushes                  387       47 (T)      
Rushing Yards           1222      35          
Yards Per Carry         3.15      34          
Pass Attempts           352       100         
Completions             170       54 (T)      
Passing Yards           2055      31          
Yards Per Attempt       5.83      12          
3rd Down Conversions    30.7      31 (T)      
Points Per Game         17.7      23          
   
Primary Formation: Pro Formation
   
Week  Team  Versus        Oppnt  
1     54    TENN (64)     7       
4     38    NCST (39)     13      
5     37    at MIST (58)  14      
6     42    WISC (7)      35      
7     17    MDTN (93)     10      
8     31    at PNST (117) 9       
9     20    NWST (12)     38      
10    49    OHST (118)    7       
11    13    at ILLN (48)  17      
12    42    at MICH (66)  26      
13    55    PURD (100)    3       
16    14    vs RICE (4)   34      
   
Passing             Pos   Att   Comp  Yards Y/Att TD    Int  
12 Clayton          QB    139   83    1059  7.61  9     7       
3 Marzullo          QB    138   73    952   6.89  6     7       
13 Vallery          QB    66    39    687   10.40 2     1       
Team                ---   354   202   2773  7.83  18    15      
   
Rushing             Pos   Att   Yards Y/Att TD    Stff  YdLst  
21 Wittich          RB    269   1293  4.80  20    89    206     
41 Niklos           RB    78    291   3.73  3     16    15      
12 Clayton          QB    35    71    2.02  1     13    58      
48 Kaplan           FB    34    117   3.44  0     12    19      
3 Marzullo          QB    24    22    0.91  0     11    47      
Team                ---   468   1825  3.89  25    151   385     
   
Receiving           Pos   Targ  Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC   TD  
21 Wittich          RB    63    43    502   11.6  267   5       
4 Baker             WR    49    17    329   19.3  82    1       
89 Jeffries         TE    47    23    334   14.5  117   3       
8 Bertram           WR    45    22    399   18.1  188   4       
82 Shannon          WR    43    20    285   14.2  90    0       
48 Kaplan           FB    42    36    403   11.1  224   2       
2 Rhodes            WR    27    15    222   14.8  105   2       
41 Niklos           RB    17    16    110   6.8   56    0       
86 Jones            WR    13    7     147   21.0  33    0       
Team                ---   354   202   2773  13.7  1184  18      
   
Defense             Pos   Tack  Asst  Sack  TFL   Ints  Defn  
53 Jeans            OLB   76    20    2.0   22    0     4       
44 Dorrough         S     57    22    0.0   3     5     13      
20 Sample           S     55    21    0.0   10    1     6       
26 Sonnier          CB    54    14    0.0   7     5     18      
59 Wasserman        OLB   41    15    3.0   6     3     3       
25 Crane            CB    41    8     0.0   7     2     5       
47 Bleess           ILB   28    13    2.0   9     1     4       
45 Kitchens         CB    26    2     1.0   4     1     4       
91 Horoszowski      DE    25    13    4.0   11    0     0       
74 Schultz          DT    24    9     1.5   7     0     0       
98 Ellis            ILB   22    8     2.0   6     0     4       
99 Cabrera          DT    20    11    4.5   11    0     0       
77 Nordby           DT    12    11    3.0   5     0     1       
Team                ---   629   213   28.0  121   25    68

DB Bergmann is not on the list bu has a team high 6 interceptions.

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New Records

Big 10 Career Records

• Rushing attempts : RB Wittich with 1085
• Touchdowns scored : RB Wittich with 73

Indiana Career Records

• Rushing attempts : RB Wittich with 1085
• Rushing yards : RB Wittich with 4671
• Russhing Touchdowns : RB Wittich with 56
• Key Run Blocks : Mitchell Godfrey with 128
• Touchdowns Scored : RB Wittich with 73
• All-Purpose Yards : RB Wittich with 7108

Indiana Season Records

• Russhing Touchdowns : RB Wittich with 20
• Touchdowns Scored : RB Wittich with 26
• All-Purpose Yards : RB Wittich with 2303

he holds the top 3 performances in each category here

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CornHuskerly back in Indiana TCY VC :

Indiana TCY VC members are currently trying to revamp the Challenge by going back to the roots. We are trying to lure back former TCY VC players back in the mix either for a one shot season or more permanently.

After being contacted by our special PR guy, CornHuskerly accepted to have another shot with the TCY VC. Now a little bit of history on his past performances with Indiana.

CornHuskerly first shot at coaching in Indiana was with the 2012 season back in January 2002. He was the first coach to reach 7 wins in a season for the Hoosiers. At the time, his recruiting was questionned by former member bigjdotcom01. However, he did recruit Sedrick Barber who held many IU rushing records until this year and Erick Wittich. He also got 2 permanent LB starters in Ross Gaylor & James Reuter.

Hi second tenure in 2016 lead to a lousy 4-7 record but recruits were awesome including 3 top 100. Amongst them were DE Lamont Abraham who ranks high in school sack records & S Byron Schulz.

In 2020 , he managed to put us back on a winning record (6-5) after 4 miserable years with losing records. Recruit highlights were WR Michael Fonseca, our first good WR recruit and RB Laughing Larry McCord who still is on the scholl records book.

2023 is our last losing season (5-6) and that was mainly due to our poor recruiting the previous years(I forgot to recruit a kicker and we had none worthy...), and our QBs were horrible. CornHuskerly decided to redshirt promising QB Max Kirkwood for the future of IU.

2027 saw his redhirting of QB Kirkwood pay off as he was amongst the elite QBs in the nation. A 7-4 season where we lost by mall margins against NC State & Wisconsin..

His last year in 2031, he wnet into the playoffs beating Barrow in Round 1 and losing to the eventual and undefeated champion USC in Round 2. A great performance.

So it is with great pleasure that we are proud to welcome him back for the 2040 season ! Good luck CornHuskerly !

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Good luck CornHuskerly

[Cornhuskerly]

Thanks, guys...I'll be starting up a new thread soon enough. Go Hoosiers!