Ryan flies solo while Clinton is on vacation, and continues wading through the Midwest for summer/fall previews, tonight tackling the Indiana Hoosiers. To help break them down, Sammy Jacobs from HoosierHuddle.com joins the show.
Year one under Curt Cignetti was a a smashing success with a playoff berth and a third-place Big Ten finish capping an 11-2 season. With several key returnees and another strong portal class, have expectations shifted for this program?
Offensively Fernando Mendoza appears poised to carry the mantel from Kurtis Rourke at QB a season ago, and he should have plenty of weapons out wide -- headlined by WR Elijah Sarratt. With a skillset that has seemingly caught NFL draft evaluators' collective attention (and, likely two intact ACLs), what will this offensive look like in 2025 with Mendoza at the helm?
Defensively the Hoosiers retained star DC Bryant Haines, and have returning playmakers at all three levels of the defense. However they must replace several key components of what was one of the best rush defenses in America in 2024. Who are names to know of guys expected to step up, and will there be any schematic adjustments to keep opponents guessing in 2025?
Similarly on defense, to help turn around a unit that was at the bottom of the Big Ten in most statistical categories in 2024, Locksley went the NFL route for DC with Ted Monachino. What can we expect this scheme to look like and who are some names to know on that side of the ball?
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