A lot has changed with the Indiana offense since the last time we saw the Hoosiers in November 2021. Their QB at the time is now a WR. Their RB room is completely different. Longtime TE and WR stars have moved on. The OL has sustained a major injury. And there's a new OC to top it all off! Many elements are different, but the overall performance sadly isn't radically better. The Film: I went with Indiana's week one game against Illinois because the Fighting Illini are the best defense the Hoosiers have played and the most comparable in quality to the Wolverines. Other options were Idaho (no), WKU (no), Nebraska, and Cincinnati. The Huskers were not fitting due to their defense being a travesty, so it came down to Cincy and Illinois. Those two teams have similar defenses, though Illinois is slightly more similar to Michigan in SP+ rating. That was a primary factor in my decision, although I also was somewhat selfish- Indiana ran 104 plays against Cincy and I didn&
Wow. Kind of makes a U-M fan jealous. A team / university willing to take in transfers, across a range of credit hours. Looks like a program ready to adapt to the new landscape of college football. Relevant excerpt below. Article is about former 5-star RB Carr who has transferred from USC to Indiana as a grad transfer.
Running back coach Deland McCullough’s son Deland McCullough II has transferred to Indiana from Miami, Ohio.
He announced his decision on his Twitter page.
New beginnings… let’s get to work #LEOpic.twitter.com/2Ex0IAe2jR
The 6-foot-1 and 192 pound Deland II played in two games in 2020 and one game in 2019 for the Redhawks. Listed as a defensive back, he did not record any statistics.
Deland II is the second member of the family to sign up to play for IU since Deland, Sr. rejoined the program from the Kansas City Chiefs to be the running backs coach. Class of 2023 4-star safety Daeh McCullough verbally committed to IU earlier this month. Dasan McCullough, a four star linebacker in the class of 2022, is verbally committed to Ohio State.