Week 8 Review
#17 Indiana Hoosiers (5-0) at Michigan State Spartans (4-1)
coaches poll: Indiana #17, Michigan State #31
the betting man says: Indiana by 6
attendance: 61,300 (72,000)
weather: 57 degrees and fair
TV coverage: TV4
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Pre-exisiting Injuries
WR Russ Sailer out torn calf muscle 11 weeks
WR J.B. Blades out severe wrist sprain 6 weeks
LB Barry Fleming out pulled quad muscle 4 weeks
QB Devin Spellman probable sprained neck 3 weeks
QB Allen Salinas out pulled quad muscle 3 weeks
the game
We came into the game knowing that our injuries at WR could drastically change our offense. Would we have enough to hold off the Spartans?
WR Deion Erickson returned the opening kickoff 30 yards to our 45 yard line, giving us excellent field position. Devon Spellman was hot, and tossing 3 passes of 10 yards or more, moved us inside the Michigan State 20. Our running game stalled, but we settled for a field goal. 3-0.
Michigan State roared downfield on long passes of their own, and a 24 yard touchdown run gave them the lead before we could even enjoy ours. A missed extra point made things 6-3.
A B.J. Konrad fumble on the first play of our next posession didn't help matters. A 30 yard field goal put Michigan up 9-3. Devin Spellman went back to work. On the opening play of the next drive he hit WR Chad Hemmingway for 41 yards. Just when we thought we'd get stopped on 4th and 20 at the Spartan 40, a miracle "unnecessary roughness" penalty gave us a first down. Spellman didn't waste any time and hit Deion Erickson for a 25 yard touchdown! 10-9
Our defense finally settled down, and we force Michigan State to punt after 3 plays. Chad Hemmingwy grabbed the punt at our 42, dodged 2 tackles and zipped all the way for a 58 yard touchdown! Wow! Our backup recievers were
really coming through!
Michigan State went 3 and out again. A slow drive by us led to another score. A B.J. Konrad 25 yard run was the highlight, but ultimately the touchdown went to QB Devon Spellman. He ran a draw up the gut for a 7 yard touchdown. 24-9. Running their two minute-drill to try to pull a little closer, the Spartans attack back-fired. Safely within field goal range, Michigan State went for more. Their next pass found it's way into the hands of starting CB Ed Buchanan. Ed took it 78 yards to the house for a enormous score! 31-9 at the half!
The third quarter so both teams settle down, and the defenses up their level of play. After an exchange of punts, we put together a 60 yard drive, attempting to put the nail in the coffin. QB Devin Spellman found FB Charles Lyle for a 5 yard touchdown, and we appeared to be out of reach at 38-9. When that score held until the end of the 3rd quarter, we were confident we had locked up the victory. The 4th quarter was strictly mop-up duty. Our defense and offense played quite conservatively, but it was more than enough to hold off the Spartans. A few meaningless points were put on the board for both teams, but it never became a contest again.
Final Score: Indiana 44, Michigan State 19
Stat Rundown
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Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
20 Konrad 20 98 4.9 25 0 6 0
6 Spellman 6 -18 -3.0 7 1 0 4
27 Addison 3 18 6.0 10 0 0 0
39 Lyle 2 24 12.0 15 0 0 0
Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
6 Spellman 28 16 213 7.6 41 2 0
Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
20 Konrad 5 44 8.8 24 15 0
8 Erickson 4 64 16.0 37 25 1
39 Lyle 2 15 7.5 6 10 1
83 Hemingway 2 52 26.0 3 41 0
2 Kaplan 2 28 14.0 4 19 0
Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
83 Hemingway 3 75 25.0 1
Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
8 Erickson 3 68 22.6 0
Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
95 Slay 5 2 1.0 0 0 0
56 Shanahan 5 0 0.0 1 0 0
77 Humphrey 4 0 2.0 0 0 0
52 Whalen 3 3 0.0 0 0 0
93 Taylor 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
49 Banks 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
34 Jarvis 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
31 Nellums 2 1 0.0 1 6 0
Player of the Week Nominees
QB Devin Spellman - 16-for-28 for 213 yards, 2 touchdowns, no interceptions. 1 rushing touchdown.
RB B.J. Konrad - 20 carries for 98 yards. 5 catches for 44 yards.
DE Jerald Humphery - 4 tackles, 2 sacks
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Injury Report
WR Russ Sailer out torn calf muscle 10 weeks
LB Winfred Prescott question. stretched knee ligament 8 weeks
WR J.B. Blades out severe wrist sprain 5 weeks
LB Barry Fleming out pulled quad muscle 3 weeks
QB Devin Spellman probable sprained neck 2 weeks
QB Allen Salinas quesionable pulled quad muscle 2 weeks
Recruiting
10 of these 13 are visiting, and I have a handful of second-level guys I'm ready to offer scholarships to when people start falling through. This is a tense week, as many players should make up their mind!
Current scholarship offers:
QB Kurt Vallery - #2 QB, #2 player nationally. scouted 99-
OLB Robert Jeans - #20 OLB, #363 player nationally. scouted 75-
WR Jim Sherman - #10 WR, #154 player nationally. scouted 91+
K Howard Cash - #18 kicker, #565 player nationally. scouted 85++
S Chad Dorrough - #13 safety, #328 player nationally. scouted 84+
RB Luther Rose - #28 RB, #348 player nationally. scouted 65+
G Gilbert Alston - #30 Guard, #323 nationally. scouted 86--
C Mitchell Godfrey - #7 Center, #122 player nationally. scouted 85+
DE Donnell Horoszowski - #11 DE, #74 player nationally. scouted 73-
OLB Buddy Beaudry - #14 OLB, #251 player nationally. scouted 82-
DT Geoff Thorkleson - #17 DT, #203 player nationally. scouted 89+
CB James Turner - #4 CB, #97 player nationally. scouted 100-
RB Jermaine Lattimore - #15 RB, #239 player nationally. scouted 75
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commitments!blue color indicates new committment
OLB Robert Jeans Burlington, Ill
C Mitchell Godfrey Greenwood, Ind
QB Kurt Vallery Suffolk, VA
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rejections!red color indicates new rejection
CB Byron Hannam Clemson
P J.B. McClintock Arkansas State
RB Luther Rose Ball State
CB Corey Ackerman Kentucky
DE Rich Markley Wisconsin
DE Leonard Maxwell Northwestern
FB Lamont McConnell Virginia
DT Vince Amaya Cincinnati
DE Cedric Estell Wisconsin
OT George Ball Michigan State
WR Louis Reier Virginia Tech
DT Archie Lavan Marshall
Week 8 Results
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#3 WISCONSIN 48, Illinois 7
#17 Indiana 44, MICHIGAN STATE 19
MICHIGAN 24, Iowa 8
MINNESOTA 45, Purdue 0
Overall Conference
School W L PF PA W L
Wisconsin 6 0 287 34 3 0
Indiana 6 0 206 98 3 0
Minnesota 3 3 128 129 3 1
Northwestern 5 1 212 113 2 1
Michigan 4 2 133 156 2 2
Michigan State 4 2 205 121 1 2
Ohio State 3 3 116 180 1 2
Penn State 1 4 105 109 1 2
Iowa 3 4 113 170 1 3
Purdue 2 5 107 232 1 3
Illinois 1 6 98 211 1 3
We have illinois next week, and it should be a nice tune-up for our game against Northwester after it. Northwestern and Wisconsin are both eager to get a shot at us.