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00:00Don't leave out Indiana.
00:04They deserve their flowers as they continue to spear perfection.
00:08They come out on top 47 to 10, but let's just say Michigan State made it very interesting
00:13in that first quarter.
00:14They had 10 points holding off Indiana from any success in the first quarter.
00:18Then second quarter comes through and it's all Indiana from the second through the fourth.
00:21So what did we make of the continued successful performances for Indiana?
00:28Two takeaways for me.
00:30Never easy winning road conference games, by the way.
00:33Jonathan Smith has gradually been turning around Michigan State, so this was not going
00:37to be a cakewalk.
00:39My two takeaways are this.
00:40Number one, I wanted to first see Curtis Rourke.
00:44He missed last week's game, had thumb surgery a couple of weeks ago, came back extremely
00:50quickly from a surgery on his throwing hand, wanted to see if there was any rust.
00:56There wasn't.
00:57No touchdown passes, no turnovers today.
00:59The biggest storyline for me as we move through November and possibly, probably the playoffs,
01:05which is insane to say for Indiana, their defense, despite the fact that you're not
01:10going to see any All-Americans on that side of the ball, defense keeps playing better
01:16and better and better.
01:18This is more than just an offensive team.
01:21They're averaging more than 40 points a game, but they're starting to balance it with defense.
01:26So again, shame on me.
01:27I'm part of the media that tends to just dismiss a team like Indiana, 9-0, Kurt Cignetti's
01:34doing a great job.
01:36And you've got three power players right now in the conference, Oregon on top, Ohio State
01:41number two, one point loss to Oregon, and Indiana sitting there at 9-0.
01:46I think it's Michigan this week.
01:49This team at worst should be 11-1, which will be good enough for a playoff spot.
01:55Absolutely.
01:56And I'm glad that you mentioned how the defense is just continuing to elevate, kind of match
02:00the pace that the offense is putting up there for them.
02:03Because just to illuminate it a little further, they held Michigan State to 10 points, previously
02:08Washington to seven points.
02:09We know what Washington can do and deliver offensively, so that's still pretty great.
02:13Then before that, Nebraska to just a touchdown, Northwestern 24 points, and then Maryland.
02:19So ever since Northwestern, there's just been a massive turnaround to Indiana's defensive
02:23performances, which is going to put them in a pretty brave spot.