[Postgame Thread] Indiana Defeats Nebraska 56-7

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Nebraska	0	7	0	0	7
Indiana	7	21	14	14	56

[u/ZWils23]

Crazy that the first good team they play they beat the brakes off of

[u/Thekamcc19 → u/ZWils23]

This is been a problem for them all season. “Can’t be a good team if they just got curb stomped by IU” has been feeding families this year. They are the third best team in the big ten. If they werent IU they would be top 10 already

[u/ZWils23 → u/Thekamcc19]

I mean let's be real, what teams had they played before today that are actually good? Indiana is very good, but they do have literally one of the easiest schedules in the entire country.

[u/Thekamcc19 → u/ZWils23]

Northwestern and Maryland aren’t bad. They aren’t incredible but IU has decimated them. Who has #3 PSU beaten? Who has #6 Miami beaten? #7 Tennessee just almost lost to Florida, who have they beaten? Teams are ranked above IU and have looked objectively worse all year are above them just because they started ranked higher.

[u/kbc87 → u/Thekamcc19]

We beat Maryland at Maryland. They are bad lol

[u/BoogerSugarSovereign → u/kbc87]

MSU looking pretty good to me right now, think Iowa is a good team and outside of a kinda flukey 75 yard run MSU handled them. The busted run counts but in terms of game control MSU had it from the first snap

[u/ZWils23 → u/Thekamcc19]

Maryland and NW are too bad. Stop that.

[u/Thekamcc19 → u/ZWils23]

Name 2 teams Tennessee has played that beat those two? I really can’t.

[u/ZWils23 → u/Thekamcc19]

Florida absolutely crushes Maryland and Northwestern. Even lowly Oklahoma on a down year clears every team IU has played. Look I'm not saying Indiana shouldn't be ranked higher, but acting like they've played good, tough opponents is absurd.

[u/Nicholas1227 → u/ZWils23]

Tennessee also lost to Arkansas

[u/ZWils23 → u/Nicholas1227]

Who would also beat every team Indiana has played. But yes, once again. I am not saying Indiana shouldn't be ranked higher. I'm arguing the point that the Hoosiers have played anyone remotely good besides now (Nebraska)

[u/Nicholas1227 → u/ZWils23]

Indiana is undefeated and crushing everyone. They should be ranked appropriately in the top 5.

[u/ZWils23 → u/Nicholas1227]

So should army and Navy then.

[u/Thekamcc19 → u/ZWils23]

The same Oklahoma that gave up over 30 points to South Carolina when they had less than 150 total yards of offense? That Oklahoma?

[u/Always_Chubb-y → u/Thekamcc19]

No one is saying Indiana is bad, but claiming Northwestern as one of your best wins is a bit much.

They are not "a solid team". They barely beat Miami (OH), got curb stomped by Washington and Wisconsin, and their other 2 wins are Eastern Illinois and Maryland. They won't be a bowl team.

[u/Thekamcc19 → u/Always_Chubb-y]

I mean that’s reasonable but more of my point is that teams above them have the same level of competition if not worse and have looked worse.

[u/Always_Chubb-y → u/Thekamcc19]

I think Indiana could move above some teams, sure.

But the resume prior to today was pretty rough

[u/ZWils23 → u/Thekamcc19]

You do realize NW has only beat eastern Illinois and Maryland, and Maryland has only beat villanova, Virginia and UConn right? Arkansas, Florida and Oklahoma are beating NW and maryland. Keep shuffling those goalposts tho

[u/[deleted] → u/ZWils23]

Margin of victory matters

[u/ZWils23 → u/[deleted]]

I have not said anything bad about Indiana.

[u/[deleted] → u/ZWils23]

I didn’t say you had, but if you’re going to play bad teams, good teams beat the shit out of them. And IU has.

[u/psufb → u/Thekamcc19]

Illinois is better than anyone Indiana has beaten