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Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Indiana Defeats Northwestern 29-23

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Northwestern 0 0 7 16 23
Indiana 2 10 3 14 29
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u/MySabonerRunsOladipo Indiana Hoosiers • Billable Hours 22d ago

What's really annoying is that he'll just airmail like 3 straight passes and then throw 3 absolute dots. He legit seems to mix great and awful plays in bunches. It's bizarre.

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u/OwnWalrus1752 Indiana Hoosiers 22d ago

It feels like a chemistry problem. I can tell he’s an experienced QB but he doesn’t seem comfortable with his very good receivers yet.

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u/Ssweetness1985 Indiana Hoosiers 22d ago

Part chemistry and part he just missed guys sometimes. I’m not deep enough in the weeds to see if it’s a mechanics issue or what but every game he just has some pretty inexcusable sprays. We’re pretty lucky none of them have become turnovers yet

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u/OwnWalrus1752 Indiana Hoosiers 22d ago

As a Bears fan, it feels like Season 1 Caleb Williams. Just missing throws despite his undeniable talent.

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u/Smash-Bros-Melee Indiana Hoosiers • Butler Bulldogs 22d ago

I think it’s this. Come back in a couple weeks and if it’s still an issue, we’ve got a real problem on our hands.

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u/jmlinden7 Hateful 8 • Boise State Broncos 22d ago

TCU fans have been warning you lol

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u/Worth-Frosting-2917 Indiana Hoosiers 22d ago

Yeah he is just the most consistently inconsistent out of the 3 QBs we have had under Cig. You know there are at least three drives where he looks unstoppable and three drives where he looks like he has never played QB before.

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u/OwnWalrus1752 Indiana Hoosiers 22d ago

IMO so far he hasn’t really looked unstoppable. He’s had a few good throws but not a consistently great drive.

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u/goblue2354 Michigan Wolverines 22d ago

I didn’t watch a ton of TCU over the years but enough that that was exactly my impression of Hoover. One drive he looks like a 1st round pick, the next he looks like he doesn’t even deserve to be a walk-on. At least those wtf moments have not resulted in turnovers so that’s seemed to improve at least.

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u/TehTugboat Indiana Hoosiers 19d ago

What I’ve taken from his play is exactly this. 

What I’ve also noticed is when taking shots at receivers it’s like he picks the wrong shoulder. It should be an outside shoulder, he throws it inside. And vice versa of course 

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u/tall_pale_and_meh TCU Horned Frogs • Texas Tech Red Raiders 21d ago

Lmao glad to see he hasnt changed a bit.