Indiana University Athletics
Quoted: Indiana vs. Rutgers
10/9/2019 9:00:00 AM | Football
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana Hoosiers will host Rutgers on Bicentennial Homecoming at Memorial Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 12, at noon EDT. The game will be televised on BTN.
Each week, we compile quotes and storylines from the past week and preview the upcoming one.
Head Coach Tom Allen
"Excited to be able to be back home and have a great homecoming crowd. And I know our players came back, and one of the goals was to get them back mentally and physically refreshed and rested. And in fact, we actually practiced a little more today than we usually do on a Monday. I thought it was extremely productive. And got another lift in today. So just like where we are as a team. Get some guys back and get a chance to focus our attention on Rutgers, the next Big Ten opportunity for this program."
QB Michael Penix Jr.
"Put in a lot of work, a lot of hours in the film room, especially with Coach DeBoer. We go through everything. It's not one thing that we miss I don't think. In the quarterback room, we push each other to be great, make sure we all know everything that's going to be coming at us that upcoming week and what we need to do to be great in that situation. That's something we really stress a lot in the quarterback room, stay positive and execute the plays how they are supposed to be."
DL Demarcus Elliott
"It's been great. (Coach Hagen) knows what he's talking about. He's been here at this level for a long time, so he really knows what he's doing. Everything he says is going to happen, ends up happening, so it's great to have him here to help me out and all of us out."
OL Simon Stepaniak
"Offensive line-wise, they (Rutgers) are bringing a lot of stuff at you on defense. They're trying to do a lot of twists, they rarely base-down, so it's going to be a good week of prep out at the practice fields making sure we all see everything coming."
DB Tiawan Mullen
"I go out there and compete. Coach (Wommack) makes the right calls and Coach Shelby has taught me the right technique to play, so I just listen and then go out there and execute. Do my job."
WR Whop Philyor
"I think we are doing really great (offensively) right now. It's going to get better for us. I think we're doing really good and it's going to get better."
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