No. 8 Indiana tries to keep its historic unbeaten run going as the Wolverines visit Memorial Stadium.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – One of the tools we have at our disposal in this business are the game notes produced by the schools.Scads of details and fun facts are in the game notes. Indiana does a good job with their notes, and like many schools, they include a list of game-by-game statistical trends..
There’s a caveat that works in the Hoosiers’ favor. Though Indiana only averaged 4.4 yards per play against Washington, the Hoosiers pushed their average to 6.3 yards per play against Michigan State.Once the Hoosiers get the lead, they keep it by playing keep-away from their opponent. In Indiana’s last three games, the Hoosiers had the ball for 10:10, 10:02 and 10:29 in the fourth quarter.
Michigan’s Colston Loveland is the best tight end Indiana has faced this season – and it’s not particularly close. With 49 catches for 523 yards, he is 18 catches ahead of the next-best tight end Indiana has faced, Washington’s Keleki Latu.“You've got to be aware of him, for sure, down the field and on screens, various things, because when you've got size and speed like that, you can create a personnel mismatch. So he's an excellent football player,” Cignetti said.
The one category that sticks out is Indiana’s red zone defense. It’s not terrible – the Hoosiers have an 84.2% rate in red zone defense, which ranks 65th nationally - but it’s not up to the high standards set elsewhere.other major statistical category. No one plays football for stat rankings, but obviously, if Indiana can get some red zone stops, it keeps the opposition off the scoreboard. So stats or not, it’s a good thing.
Before his six-catch game against Michigan State last week, Ke’Shawn Williams had two catches in the previous two games. Elijah Sarratt has had two games with just 12 receiving yards. Omar Cooper Jr. has had one catch in each of the last three games – all of them for over 20 yards, mind you.
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