Quoted: Week Nine vs. Iowa
11/2/2015 4:23:00 PM | Football
By: Sam Beishuizen | Twitter
IUHoosiers.com
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - After a week away from game action, Indiana football returns Saturday to play No. 10 Iowa at 3:30 p.m. at Memorial Stadium.
Indiana players and coaches met with the media Monday to discuss the upcoming matchup with the Hawkeyes (8-0, 4-0). The Hoosiers (4-4, 0-4) will be looking to pick up their first Big Ten win of the season and snap their four-game losing streak.
As we've done every week, IUHoosiers.com complied four quotes and storylines to follow as Indiana begins its final stretch of the season.
Sophomore receiver Simmie Cobbs, Jr., on playing another ranked team: "This is the Big Ten East. When you sign up for Big Ten football, you should expect something like that. It's always exciting to play great opponents, and we're just trying to get a victory."
By now, Indiana is used to playing teams like Iowa.
The No. 10 Hawkeyes will be the third ranked undefeated team to play Indiana this year, joining No. 1 Ohio State and No. 7 Michigan State.
Combined, this marks the first time since 1991 that Indiana has played three top 10 opponents in the same season. Players like Cobbs said they were excited for another opportunity to play against a ranked opponent, but it's become the norm.
Head coach Kevin Wilson in his bye week: "I was getting my shoes shined in Columbus, Ohio, and the guy says, 'Man, that second team quarterback [Zander Diamont] scared me to death.' He didn't know who I was. I just had my logo on. I go, 'Really?' He said, 'Yeah, that second team kid, man, he's got heart. I was worried.' I just kind of played along with him there."
Wilson's story about his encounter with an Ohio State fan last week had a larger point to it—his team is garnering national attention.
That's partially thanks to television exposure and partially thanks to Indiana's success at the beginning of the season. Five of the Hoosiers first six Big Ten games will be on ABC/ESPN. Four of those games will be played during the 3:30 p.m. timeslot.
Fans are taking notice. More importantly, that means recruits are as well.
Redshirt junior offensive lineman Dimitric Camiel on the bye week: "It was a good time to rest, relax a little bit. Kind of take a little bit off the knees and the body and to self-correct. It was real nice."
Indiana will have fresh legs and a clear mind after its first and only bye week.
The Hoosiers kept things light last week, only briefly looking ahead to Iowa while focusing mostly on mental and physical recovery. Many of Indiana's starters and rotational players took the week easy, allowing backups the chance to take more reps and develop their own games.
Redshirt sophomore safety Chase Dutra on the final four games: "We just have to keep attacking each week. I tell them, it's a lot different than high school. A college season is a true commitment. You get sore. You get tired, but that's when you need to dig in the most and keep working the hardest and mentally stay focused. I think that's the biggest thing is just mentally staying in."
As the season goes on into the late weeks of the schedule, it's natural for Indiana's younger players used to high school schedules to hit a "freshman wall" of sorts in terms of tiredness and fatigue at about this time.
Wilson referenced a few of his defensive backs, by far Indiana's least experienced group on the field, getting tired in IU's recent loss to Michigan State. Wilson said it's on players like Dutra and fellow redshirt sophomore cornerback Rashard Fant—young leaders in the Hoosiers inexperienced secondary—to help motivate their teammates and keep them engaged.
IUHoosiers.com
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - After a week away from game action, Indiana football returns Saturday to play No. 10 Iowa at 3:30 p.m. at Memorial Stadium.
Indiana players and coaches met with the media Monday to discuss the upcoming matchup with the Hawkeyes (8-0, 4-0). The Hoosiers (4-4, 0-4) will be looking to pick up their first Big Ten win of the season and snap their four-game losing streak.
As we've done every week, IUHoosiers.com complied four quotes and storylines to follow as Indiana begins its final stretch of the season.
Sophomore receiver Simmie Cobbs, Jr., on playing another ranked team: "This is the Big Ten East. When you sign up for Big Ten football, you should expect something like that. It's always exciting to play great opponents, and we're just trying to get a victory."
By now, Indiana is used to playing teams like Iowa.
The No. 10 Hawkeyes will be the third ranked undefeated team to play Indiana this year, joining No. 1 Ohio State and No. 7 Michigan State.
Combined, this marks the first time since 1991 that Indiana has played three top 10 opponents in the same season. Players like Cobbs said they were excited for another opportunity to play against a ranked opponent, but it's become the norm.
Head coach Kevin Wilson in his bye week: "I was getting my shoes shined in Columbus, Ohio, and the guy says, 'Man, that second team quarterback [Zander Diamont] scared me to death.' He didn't know who I was. I just had my logo on. I go, 'Really?' He said, 'Yeah, that second team kid, man, he's got heart. I was worried.' I just kind of played along with him there."
Wilson's story about his encounter with an Ohio State fan last week had a larger point to it—his team is garnering national attention.
That's partially thanks to television exposure and partially thanks to Indiana's success at the beginning of the season. Five of the Hoosiers first six Big Ten games will be on ABC/ESPN. Four of those games will be played during the 3:30 p.m. timeslot.
Fans are taking notice. More importantly, that means recruits are as well.
Redshirt junior offensive lineman Dimitric Camiel on the bye week: "It was a good time to rest, relax a little bit. Kind of take a little bit off the knees and the body and to self-correct. It was real nice."
Indiana will have fresh legs and a clear mind after its first and only bye week.
The Hoosiers kept things light last week, only briefly looking ahead to Iowa while focusing mostly on mental and physical recovery. Many of Indiana's starters and rotational players took the week easy, allowing backups the chance to take more reps and develop their own games.
Redshirt sophomore safety Chase Dutra on the final four games: "We just have to keep attacking each week. I tell them, it's a lot different than high school. A college season is a true commitment. You get sore. You get tired, but that's when you need to dig in the most and keep working the hardest and mentally stay focused. I think that's the biggest thing is just mentally staying in."
As the season goes on into the late weeks of the schedule, it's natural for Indiana's younger players used to high school schedules to hit a "freshman wall" of sorts in terms of tiredness and fatigue at about this time.
Wilson referenced a few of his defensive backs, by far Indiana's least experienced group on the field, getting tired in IU's recent loss to Michigan State. Wilson said it's on players like Dutra and fellow redshirt sophomore cornerback Rashard Fant—young leaders in the Hoosiers inexperienced secondary—to help motivate their teammates and keep them engaged.
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