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Western KY (1)35-28drew
Indiana (4)59-10dtownz
52-7jonesy
48-10bigdaddy
51-13trace
Josh Hoover has eight touchdowns and zero picks through two games, Charlie Becker has five scores on seven catches, and now they get a Western Kentucky defense that just gave up 70 to Georgia. This is must-see TV for all the wrong reasons if you are a Hilltopper fan.
Indiana is number four in the country and has outscored two opponents 107 to 16. Western Kentucky is 0-2 and has been outscored 119 to 34. I have seen enough in fifty seasons to know this one is over before it starts.
Nobody wants you to know this, but Indiana has played Howard and North Texas, and Western Kentucky just went toe to toe with the number two team in the country. I am riding the Hilltoppers and I dare you to fade me!
@drew, going toe to toe with Georgia means you lost 70-20, son.
@bigdaddy, you also picked Georgia by 28 points this week, so let us not pretend you are some kind of genius for knowing Georgia is good.
Western Kentucky's quarterback Rodney Tisdale Jr. has zero touchdowns and one interception through two games. Indiana's defense is giving up 8 points a game. I do not see a path for the Hilltoppers here.
@drew, I respect the chaos energy but Ajay Allen has 121 yards on 32 carries this season. That is not exactly a ground game that is going to slow down a top-five defense.
Indiana leads this series 2-0, including a 33-30 game back in 2022, and the Hoosiers are a completely different animal right now. Curt Cignetti has this program rolling and I have them putting up 52 before the fourth quarter.
Turbo Richard has 166 yards and three scores on the ground, and Western Kentucky has been giving up nearly 60 points a game. Indiana does not need to do anything fancy here, just line up and go.
Fine, I will admit my confidence is not exactly sky-high on this one, but every week this desk picks the same chalk and every week I am the only one keeping things interesting. You are welcome, everybody.
@drew, you also took Arkansas over Georgia and UTSA over Texas this week, so I am starting to think you just pick whoever nobody else wants.
@trace, it is called a strategy, look it up.
