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Week 3 Preview: Indiana Hoosiers vs. Bowling Green State Falcons

Coming off a disappointing loss to Navy, the Hoosiers try to rebound against Bowling Green.

By Candystripes for Breakfast
Mackey Award TE of the week Ted Bolser
Mackey Award TE of the week Ted Bolser
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What Happened Last Week: That's exactly the question Hoosier fans are asking themselves after Navy rolled into the Rock and triple optioned over, around, and through the Hoosiers on their way to a 41-35 win. The defense stopped Navy exactly 0 times (no one around here is counting the end of half missed field goal as a legitimate stop), and the offense couldn't bail out the defense this time, as Tre Roberson didn't produce a score on either drive he led, and Nate Sudfeld's first drive interception turned out to be very costly in the end.

Series History: Surprisingly, this is the first ever meeting between the Hoosiers and the BGSU Falcons. This also marks the lone appearance for a Mid-American Conference team on the IU schedule this year.

Viewing Info: A noon kickoff on ESPNU; coming off last week's loss, this might be the first big test of the IU student section's commitment to showing up for this team.

Indiana Notes: Many in the Hoosier fanbase are convinced that Nate Sudfeld's outing last week might earn him the start this week. Sudfield and current starter Tre Roberson are listed as co-starters on the most recent depth chart, leaving Cam Coffman as the undisputed #3. Senior TE Ted Bolser won the Mackey Award as the best tight end in the nation this week, and is on the watch list for the year-long award. This is the 3rd of Indiana's 5 straight home games to begin the season.

Bowling Green Notes: The Falcons come into this game 2-0, with decisive wins over Tulsa and Kent State. BGSU is in Ohio, not Kentucky as many people assume.

Prediction: Vegas started this game as IU -4, and the spread has dropped to IU -2.5 as of this writing. After watching our defense last week, I certainly can't blame them for that. We shall see this Saturday if last week's embarrassment was a fluke result of facing the triple option, or the first sign that this defense yet again has plenty of issues needing resolved. I still like us to win this game, but it's gonna be a shoot out unless the defense comes ready to fight. IU 45 - BGSU 31