Hoosier Wire

Gameday picture · Week 6 · Big Ten

IU at NEB

10/10 · TBD · TBD · Memorial Stadium (Lincoln)

Desk line: Indiana −3.5, total 53.5. Coin-flip on the road. Hoover is the edge; Lincoln is why it isn't more.

Spread

IU -3.5

Desk line

Total

53.5

Win

57%

Nebraska

desk projection

Hoosiers

Desk implied 29–25 · IU −165 / NEB +140

Kick weather

58°F

Cool Lincoln afternoon · lo 40°F

Lincoln · Memorial Stadium (Lincoln)

20% precip

Window

TBD

Memorial Stadium, Lincoln. Kick TBD.

Rhule's front vs a road title-defense script.

Unit matchups

Quarterback

IU 8 · 7 NEB

Hoover vs a Rhule defense that wants to maul you.

Offensive line

IU 7 · 7 NEB

Lincoln in October. Don't let a Huskers front wreck first-and-10.

Receivers

IU 8 · 7 NEB

Marsh should win. Nebraska corners are not the problem; the rush is.

Front seven

IU 8 · 7 NEB

Keep their quarterback in the pocket.

Secondary

IU 7 · 7 NEB

Take away the explosive. Live with the checkdown.

Special teams

IU 7 · 7 NEB

Lincoln wind. Don't lose a one-score game on a kick.

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

Start on schedule. Lincoln punishes three-and-outs in October.
Hoover as the best player — designed shots and Marsh isolations.
Keep their quarterback in the pocket.
Special teams in the wind. Don't donate a one-score road game.

History

Matt Rhule's Nebraska in Lincoln. A coin-flip road Big Ten game in Week 6.
Memorial Stadium (Lincoln) in October is a dogfight even when the Huskers are turning over.
Ohio State is the next Saturday at home. This is how you keep the title-defense temperature.

Roster advantage · vs Nebraska

IU holds the two-deep

Starter-vs-starter grades for Matt Rhule's Nebraska.

Net grade

4 IU · 4 even · 0 NEB

IU edge

Josh Hoover

IU 8

NEB starter

7 NEB

Hoover is the better player. Don't overthink it.

IU edge

Turbo Richard

IU 8

NEB committee

7 NEB

If you run it, their quarterback sits.

IU edge

Nick Marsh

IU 8

NEB corners

7 NEB

Marsh should eat. Get him isolated.

Even

Carter Smith

IU 7

NEB front

7 NEB

Even. First-down success is the whole road script.

EDGE

IU edge

Chiddi Obiazor

IU 8

NEB tackles

7 NEB

Set the edge, then hunt.

Even

Tyrique Tucker

IU 7

NEB interior

7 NEB

A push turns this into a Hoover day.

Even

Rolijah Hardy

IU 7

NEB skill

7 NEB

Standard fits. Don't chase ghosts.

Even

Amare Ferrell

IU 7

NEB receivers

7 NEB

No busts. This is a tackling game.