🏈 🔎 Lookin ahead to Indiana (DeBoer Rose Bowl press conference.)

[bamaledge]

The game is getting close and I’m not hearing much from you guys on this. RTB is where I get the majority of my information.

 

[TerryP]

The game is getting close and I’m not hearing much from you guys on this. RTB is where I get the majority of my information.

The thread has over 170 replies. Sure, not all about the game, but quite a bit in there. Injury news from the last several hours, etc.

 

[#80]

Not many of the talking heads give us a chance and even think IU wins buy two scores .... I like it.

 

[mando]

Not many of the talking heads give us a chance and even think IU wins buy two scores .... I like it.

I would rather be on the other side which would imply we should be the better team and it would be an upset if we lost. Now it is an upset if we win. Do not like being in this position as a program.

 

[UAgrad93]

Geno left the game. Parker was hurt. Hill was hurt, Lewis, Germie...Yeah, you heard right.

It was definitely a MASH unit that we trotted out there against UGA.

 

[TerryP]

It was definitely a MASH unit that we trotted out there against UGA.

It's just a wild truth; healthier in the playoffs than they were headed down to Tallahassee.

 

[TerryP]

It was definitely a MASH unit that we trotted out there against UGA.

TI-R posted a few minutes ago that a national championship coach we all know and respect had watched the all-22 and wouldn't trade a IU player for one from Bama. Said coach said he was expecting Bama to get pressure: other's have. Said WR's advantage UA...

 

[Nothing_But_A_Winner00]

 

[OldPlayer]

One area where Alabama has an advantage: experience. Specifically bowl game experience.

When was the last time Indiana had such a high level of exposure in a big time game? When was the last time they played in a big bowl game (they have appeared in only 14 bowl games - total - in the history of Indiana football)? The CFP has changed bowl game dynamics. It used to include player trips to local highlights (Disneyland, Hollywood, Movie Studios, etc) but many of those events have been eliminated. Will Indiana be able to adjust to the exposure?

 

[mando]

It will come down to the mindset. Cignetti's mindset will rub off on the team so a lot of what people are talking about are external factors. Those only matter if you let them matter.

 

[musso]

 

[TerryP]

One area where Alabama has an advantage: experience. Specifically bowl game experience.

When was the last time Indiana had such a high level of exposure in a big time game? When was the last time they played in a big bowl game (they have appeared in only 14 bowl games - total - in the history of Indiana football)? The CFP has changed bowl game dynamics. It used to include player trips to local highlights (Disneyland, Hollywood, Movie Studios, etc) but many of those events have been eliminated. Will Indiana be able to adjust to the exposure?

Last year, when Bama was sitting at home. Playing Notre Dame, at Notre Dame, in the 1st round of the playoffs last year fits all of the above. At Eugene, in spite of my belief Oregon is a bit down, does the same. The B1GCG? Yeah, fits in my view as well.

I'll proffer where IU can keep this game competitive, if not win, it's because of their upper class experience. In other words, UA needs this game to be about the 2's and the 3's.

 

[RTB X Bot]

 

[50+yeartidefan]

Last year, when Bama was sitting at home. Playing Notre Dame, at Notre Dame, in the 1st round of the playoffs last year fits all of the above. At Eugene, in spite of my belief Oregon is a bit down, does the same. The B1GCG? Yeah, fits in my view as well.

I'll proffer where IU can keep this game competitive, if not win, it's because of their upper class experience. In other words, UA needs this game to be about the 2's and the 3's.

I dont see how experience matters on things from years past...
Indiana went to Oregon ...beat them...
Played Illinois...destroyed them ( they looked like pretty good team last night vs TN)
Went to big 10 championship game...beat osu

What really matters...is what they know they can do...with these players..this year

100 years of history dont play this game...

 

[RTB X Bot]

 

[musso]

With the weather forecast for So Cal in mind, it appears RW’s opportunity will come later rather than sooner.

 

[94 Grad]

With the weather forecast for So Cal in mind, it appears RW’s opportunity will come later rather than sooner.

Maybe he can catch better in the rain .

 

[Justneedme81]

Maybe he can catch better in the rain .

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[OldPlayer]

Last year, when Bama was sitting at home. Playing Notre Dame, at Notre Dame, in the 1st round of the playoffs last year fits all of the above. At Eugene, in spite of my belief Oregon is a bit down, does the same. The B1GCG? Yeah, fits in my view as well.

I'll proffer where IU can keep this game competitive, if not win, it's because of their upper class experience. In other words, UA needs this game to be about the 2's and the 3's.

So Indiana has a big bowl history of one (although they did play in the Rose Bowl in 1968). Big regular season games do not have the same impact, or emotion, or distractions, as a postseason game. There are many distractions with bowl games (press day, visit kids in the hospital day, local attraction day - Disneyland) that you don’t face during a regular season game. Which team will handle the off field noise better?

 

[TerryP]

So Indiana has a big bowl history of one (although they did play in the Rose Bowl in 1968). Big regular season games do not have the same impact, or emotion, or distractions, as a postseason game. There are many distractions with bowl games (press day, visit kids in the hospital day, local attraction day - Disneyland) that you don’t face during a regular season game. Which team will handle the off field noise better?

You are looking at a school in the context of a game. I'm looking at experience of the players in this game; not what someone did a quarter of a century ago.

Which team will handle the noise better? IU isn't at a disadvantage. UA hasn't shown itself to be able to consistently.