Indiana vs. Nebraska Showdown: A Big 10 Football Clash

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00:00Joe, the Hoosiers and the Huskers today at noon Eastern time in Bloomington, nearly a

00:09touchdown spread in favor of IU total working its way down.

00:1450 and a half has now become 49 and a hook.

00:17How do you break down this big 10 showdown between Indiana and Nebraska?

00:21Oh, this is a great game.

00:2212 o'clock.

00:23It's going up against Miami and Louisville.

00:25You got to have three screens to watch all these games play out.

00:28And it's probably the most entertaining and the biggest game in Bloomington in what, the

00:32last decade outside the Michael Pinnock's Penn State win during the COVID year.

00:36I can't think of a bigger possible win against a top 25 opponent.

00:41I will say both teams doing it with defense.

00:43Nebraska has only given up 2.7 yards per carry against opposing offenses.

00:48Indiana only allowing 84 rushing yards per game.

00:51The quarterbacks are playing well, Rayola 66% completion percentage.

00:56He's maturing every week and the kid from Ohio, Curtis Rourke has been a huge addition

01:01to that offense.

01:02They're averaging well over 450 total yards per game.

01:06This game comes down to me, Ben, in the trenches, which team is going to win it in the trenches.

01:11And that's where I give the edge and the significant edge, unfortunately, to the Nebraska Cornhuskers.

01:16It's not to take away from Indiana and what they've been able to do six, six wins.

01:21They were five and a half win total.

01:22They're already bowl eligible, dark horse for a big 10 championship.

01:26If you want to take that lottery ticket, but where's the marquee win, Maryland, Northwestern

01:31FIU that lost to Monmouth.

01:33I just don't see it.

01:34And I don't want to slight them.

01:36I'll just say, I think Nebraska is the strongest team that they have played in the interior.

01:40And that's why I give the edge to the Cornhuskers.

01:43There's no doubt.

01:44But if I may, one of the reasons I love what we do is because you look at Indiana schedule

01:48and it is not difficult what they have done in their opening six games.

01:52You might say to yourself, everybody should be six and oh with this schedule and you're

01:56probably correct.

01:57But when we do things driven through the odds, you put things into perspective.

02:02Indiana has been a favorite in all six of those games.

02:04They are five and one against the spread.

02:06The one non cover was their opening game of the season against FIU closing as a 24 and

02:12a half point favorite and won that game by 24 because that is the argument against the

02:17Hoosiers.

02:18Who have they played in Nebraska is their toughest test.

02:21But when we do things through the odds, they have matched expectation and exceeding it.

02:25Yeah.

02:26And I had another thing through the odds, Matt rule so far with Nebraska, four games

02:30against ranked opponent own four against the number.

02:33So that's a little bit concerning to me.

02:35I think you are seeing top of the market on Indiana.

02:37It's six and a half.

02:39You could pay for seven, it was seven and a half.

02:41I probably put the Cornhuskers on my card.

02:44I am going to play Dylan Rayola though over one and a half passing touchdowns here.

02:48He was over this number consistently to start the season.

02:51He's off a little bit over the last two.

02:52So you have a bit of a bounce back spot, but you do have an Indiana defense and this is

02:56kind of where it's like off the schedule solve what we points are we seeing against a soft

03:00schedule, multiple passing touchdowns for Billy Edward through three Northwestern.

03:05It puts two passing scores on the table as well.

03:07So I like Rayola through the air.

03:09I think you could play his yardage, but I'm going to play Dylan Rayola over the one and

03:13a half passing touchdowns in this game.

03:17That really does let us know who is the fourth big 10 team in this CFP race because you and

03:25I actually talked about this last week on off air.

03:28We have a ranked ranked game in the big 10 remaining.

03:31Like if Ben's top 10 extended to top 25, that would not be a ranked ranked game and he'd

03:36be doing a much better job than the eight hole.

03:38There's your compliment that you've been waiting for.

03:41This is a bigger game here in Indiana, Nebraska.

03:43It's why we're doing it first.

03:44It's why we're giving it bigger coverage than this upcoming game.

03:46Absolutely.

03:47So look at the playoff odds for these two teams.

03:50Look at where they stand in the big 10 title race.

03:52Nebraska is five and one this year.

03:55The only loss at home on that Friday night against the ranked opponent in Illinois who

04:00remains inside the AP top 25.

04:04Here's the key for Dylan Rayola and Nebraska.

04:06When you look at this corn Huskers team, they are built on the defensive side of the football

04:11Rayola in his first two big 10 games, at least 257 yards through the year.

04:17Last time they were on the field over two weeks ago against Rutgers at home, 13 of 27

04:22above 34 and an INT maybe his most true freshman F game that we have seen out of Rayola in

04:29his college career.

04:30Curtis work is not a freshman.

04:32He is very experienced and he has thrown for more than 305 yards in all three big 10 games

04:37for Indiana, multiple passing touchdowns, at least three passing scores and all three

04:43of those games.

04:44Luke Altmeyer did throw for four against the Huskers in that game about a month ago.

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