The Hoosiers didn't look much like a bowl team again today. The Wisconsin Badgers didn't appear all that dominant either, but IU kept making mistakes. After 4 turnovers, the latest coming early in the fourth quarter, IU found itself down 21. During my days as an IU student, that was our cue to leave.
Once again, the defense kept them in the game, but the offense could not get anything going. At the start of the fourth, IU made its deepest penetration of the game, to the Wisconsin 26 yard line. And the next play, Kellen Lewis fumbled the ball. They had the same problem against Penn State -- every time the offense seemed to get something going, it would be abruptly halted by a turnover.
With just under 10 minutes left, it's still 24-3. IU has 196 total yards. Lewis has thrown for only 96 yards and James Hardy has three catches for 9 yards. That is not going to get it done against anybody. Here's a link to a photo on ESPN.com, which is from AP.
It looks like we'll be waiting a full month to get bowl eligible. The next attempt will be at home against Ball State.
Update: Wisconsin just kicked another field goal -- it's 27-3 now.
3 comments:
How do you know they didn't look like a Bowl team? You don't have the Big Ten Network...
OK, I'll clarify...they didn't "sound" like a bowl team on the radio.
I'd storm the Comcast offices in Fort Wayne with pitchforks and torches and hold the Comcast Dalai Lama Asian mystic guy hostage until they gave me my Big Ten Network.
Or I'd get the Dish.
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