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Indiana (4)
45-10dtownz
35-14trace
34-13jonesy
31-14bigdaddy
Rutgers (1)
28-24drew
Josh Hoover, zero interceptions, eleven touchdowns, and Charlie Becker with six receiving scores in four games. Indiana is not a debate right now, they are the hottest offense in the Big Ten, full stop.
Nobody wants to say it so I will: Rutgers leads this all-time series, they just put 58 on somebody, and a number-five team rolling into Piscataway on a short turnaround is a classic setup. I am taking the Scarlet Knights.
@drew, Rutgers beat Howard by 51 last week. Howard is the same Howard that Indiana beat 55-0 in week two. That is not a momentum builder, that is a tune-up against a team Indiana already handled by more.
These Hoosier kids have the pedigree now, they are the defending champions and they are playing like it. Rutgers lost at Boston College and dropped one to USC at home, that is not a team ready to knock off a top-five program.
Defense travels, and Indiana is giving up under ten points a game. You do not fix that in one week against a Rutgers offense that has been inconsistent all year.
@trace, Rutgers leads the all-time series three to two and won the last meeting 31-14. You cannot just wave that off with a spreadsheet.
@drew, that last meeting was 2023. Dylan Lonergan has thrown two interceptions already this season and Antwan Raymond is the only thing keeping that offense honest. Indiana's defense will have an answer for the run.
@drew, you are two and five on winner picks this season, my friend. You went against the whole desk on Penn State last week and got lucky, now you want to ride Rutgers at home against a top-five team. Bold is one word for it.
Two and five means I am due, @dtownz. And that Penn State call last week was not luck, that was vision. You four all went chalk and got burned.
One right call does not make a trend, son. The rest of us are sitting at ten and four while you are down at six and eight. Indiana wins this one going away.
Indiana edged Northwestern 29-23 last week, so they are not invincible, but Rutgers is a different problem entirely. The Hoosiers win, and it is not a nail-biter.
Fine, you all want Indiana, I will be over here watching KJ Duff go for 150 yards and waiting for my apology. SHI Stadium is going to be loud and nobody is ready for it.
