Time For The Indiana Hoosiers to Take Next Step

[Harry]

Indiana should go (must go) at least 3-1 in order to have a real shot at becoming bowl eligible. If they can do this that means they only need to match last year’s conference win total of three. If you look at the conference slate there are three very winnable games on paper. The Hoosiers should knock off Maryland, Rutgers, and Purdue. Will they? No one knows.

As for the Hoosier personnel, the cupboard is far from bare. Indiana returns two quarterbacks who have proved they can start at the Big Ten level (we’ll return to this later in the summer), a running back, Tevin Coleman, who scored a touchdown in every game he played in, an experienced offensive line, and Shane Wynn who will have to step up to fill the shoes of the departed talent in the receiving corps. The defense returns some talent as well with 10 of 11 starters returning, and they have the personnel to fit nicely into the new 3-4 defense that Brian Knorr will bring to the table.

There should be a lot of pressure on Kevin Wilson and his staff this season to get to the next level. Hoosier Nation is hungry for a winner, but fans are quick to jump ship and an early non-conference loss will likely doom them as it did in 2013.

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[MeanGreen13]

I hope we are that early non-conference loss, but i also hope they go on to be bowl eligible afterwards.