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Gameday picture · Week 9 · Big Ten

MINN at IU

10/31 · TBD · TBD · Memorial Stadium

Desk line: Indiana −10.5, total 49.5. Bank this home Big Ten game. Hoover should be the best player on the field.

Spread

IU -10.5

Desk line

Total

49.5

Win

74%

Minnesota

20

desk projection

Hoosiers

30

Desk implied 30–20 · IU −380 / MINN +300

Kick weather

48°F

Late October home · first freeze · lo 34°F

Bloomington · Memorial Stadium

30% precip

Window

TBD

Home Halloween weekend. Kick TBD.

Fleck grind vs a title-defense home script.

Unit matchups

Quarterback

IU 8 · 6 MINN

Hoover vs a Fleck complementary script. Clear IU edge if the line holds.

Offensive line

IU 8 · 6 MINN

By Week 9 the interior should be settled.

Receivers

IU 8 · 6 MINN

Marsh vs a Minnesota secondary that will sit on the short game.

Front seven

IU 8 · 6 MINN

Fleck wants to run it. Make them one-dimensional.

Secondary

IU 8 · 6 MINN

Take away the chunk. Live with the checkdown.

Special teams

IU 7 · 6 MINN

Halloween weekend. Field position in a 10-point favorite.

Availability

  • Trevor Gibbs TE

    Targeted back after the opener. Schott/Barker/Thiry have the two-deep either way.

    probable

  • Josh Hoover QB

    Full go. TCU transfer, first IU start. The season walks through him.

    available

  • Turbo Richard RB

    Full go. BC transfer, the featured back and KR.

    available

  • Nick Marsh WR

    Full go. Michigan State transfer is the X.

    available

  • Carter Smith OT

    Full go. Left tackle and the public voice of the line.

    available

What the tape says

  • Run it on first down. Fleck cannot be allowed to play from ahead at Memorial Stadium.
  • Marsh volume.
  • Don't beat yourself. Ten-point home favorite is a turnover game.
  • Get home on third-and-long before the adjustment.

History

  • P.J. Fleck's Minnesota at Memorial Stadium. Halloween weekend.
  • A must-bank home Big Ten game against a grind-it-out staff.
  • USC is two weeks later after the bye. Don't leave points in the locker room.

Roster advantage · vs Minnesota

IU holds the two-deep

Starter-vs-starter grades for P.J. Fleck's Minnesota.

Net grade

+16

8 IU · 0 even · 0 MINN

QB

IU edge

Josh Hoover

IU 8

vs

MINN starter

6 MINN

Hoover is the better player.

RB

IU edge

Turbo Richard

IU 8

vs

MINN committee

6 MINN

If IU runs it, Fleck sits.

WR

IU edge

Nick Marsh

IU 8

vs

MINN corners

6 MINN

Marsh should win. Get him isolated.

OL

IU edge

Carter Smith

IU 8

vs

MINN front

6 MINN

Five weeks of Big Ten tape. This should look like a unit.

EDGE

IU edge

Chiddi Obiazor

IU 8

vs

MINN tackles

6 MINN

A hunting day if the lead is there.

DL

IU edge

Tyrique Tucker

IU 8

vs

MINN interior

6 MINN

Stuff the run. That's Fleck's whole identity.

LB

IU edge

Rolijah Hardy

IU 8

vs

MINN skill

6 MINN

Standard fits. Don't over-pursue.

DB

IU edge

Amare Ferrell

IU 8

vs

MINN receivers

6 MINN

No busts. Complementary offense.