Who was that guy standing beside JT who looked to be running the offense? No, it was not satan. For those that didn't notice, go back and look at your game tape. Hazel is putting his stamp on the offense. We look different. More importantly we look better. Early in the game we threw a screen pass. Yes, we did. On second down no less. The linebacker made a great play but it was a great call. We are second and more than six, JT is going to run the ball. Everyone attacks the run against us on second and long. A screen is a perfect call. The only play calling that bothered me was on the second missed field goal. A show of hands, who knew JT was going to play for a field goal once we got inside the 20? All of that was pure Tresselball. He can't help himself. He was going to make sure he put Indiana down two touchdowns. That was too safe. They were still fighting us but a touchdown takes all the steam out of them. We let them stay in the game with that. Pryor was wore out from all the running.

As far as the running game is concerned, I thought we could have run right at this team all night. Saine gives us something extra. His ability to carry tacklers is something we don't get from Herron, and he is back to being really fast. I think it is going to be hard to justify putting Herron back in there as the starter. He was doing a great job of following his blockers and setting up his blockers. Pryor ran better. He frustrates me with too much east-west. He was getting upfield in this game consistently.

Speaking of consistency, if we can just get Pryor to always end every throw on the ball of his left foot he becomes the passer we want him to be. I would make that something we do in practice. 100 balls every practice where the sole point is to end up on the ball of his left foot. He has a gun. He is accurate. That is so important. I have never seen a quarterback who was not an accurate thrower become an accurate thrower. I have seen inaccurate passers become more accurate but never really accurate. Pryor throws a beautiful ball when his mechanics are right. Look at the balls to Posey. Both touchdown passes, the one he caught and the one he dropped, were beautifully thrown.

Posey has to help his quarterback. He dropped a perfectly thrown ball in the end zone. Posey is a bigtime talent trying to become a bigtime player. A bigtime player makes that catch. He dropped a few others in this game.

Carter catches everything thrown to him, and he blocks too. He should get the hit of the game on that block on Pryors scramble. We need to see more of him.

I want to go back and take my time with the offensive lineman. On first blush I can say this was the best game for Mike Adams. Shugarts is starting to come on.

We are playing alot of our freshmen. Saw Marcus Hall at right tackle. Storm Klein was in there on special teams and made two tackles on the last Indiana drive.

The defense missed a shutout with poor tackling. Both touchdowns had plays where just being fundamentally sound in tackling would have made a difference. This was the worst game we will ever see from Brian Rolle. On their first touchdown he missed a couple of tackles and took a bad angle on another.

Did you notice the defensive backs talking to each other after plays quite a bit? We have some disarray. Down a starter and other players moving around the depth chart. It was definitely a soup sandwich out there too often.

Great game by Anderson Russell. I never thought I would be saying that again.

Cam Heyward was dominating up front. He was getting a push on every snap. Had a couple of hurries. I don't know if he can be blocked one on one right now. Gibson comes back with another strong outing. He is playing smarter. That is something he has to be given credit for. He had so many great plays last year but far too many bonehead plays too. Out of position. Not holding contain. We are not seeing that this year. Robert Rose has to get more playing time. I tip my glass to him. He has perservered. He is one of those players like Justin Tuck in the fact that his best could still be ahead of him. He has missed so much time. Draft him late, he is low risk/high possible reward. If he stays healthy and on the field he could blossom into something. If he doesn't you don't have any money in him.

John Simon continues to stand out to me. Whenever he is on the field he gets my attention. I have yet to see him get blown off the line. He is massively strong but what I notice out of him is solid technique. He gets into the pads and gains leverage. He uses his legs well. He finds the ball. I was asked if he could be a possible at strong side end. I said I didn't see it. After watching him today, if Heyward leaves I would give him a look. He is undersized at tackle. He would be undersized at end too but not as much. He plays smart and has good technique.

Homan is playing the kind of football I thought he could play. He just needed to get on the field. Spitler had another good game. Sweat always gets my attention when he is on the field. He finds the football. That is what you want a linebacker to do. Storm Klein made the most of his opportunities. I don't know if we needed to blow his redshirt with our depth but since we have I would like to see him get as much time on the field as he can. I think he can be a great player here.

Ohrian Johnson was around the ball alot tonight. I could not be happier about that. He sure looks the part. Very athletic looking kid. As the night wore on I noticed him more. That could be huge that he is finding his way around out there.

I really hope that Larimore is really a knee sprain as was stated. When I see a knee injury and teammates gathered around in support, I get concerned.

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