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#2 HOOSIERS ROLL PURDUE 56-3: TURN EYES TOWARDS OHIO STATE

12by: CoachGriff559 hours agoX.com/HoosierTailgate

Shannon Griffith Lead Football Analyst TheHoosier.com

Friday night in West Lafayette wasn’t rivalry chatter — it was rivalry shock therapy. A 56–3 statement didn’t just close a game, it closed a narrative. Indiana now stands 12–0 for the first time in school history, riding momentum that’s been built on identity, execution, and sideline composure.

🟥 Rivalry Advantage: 122–3 in the Last Two

Outscoring Purdue 122–3 over the last two meetings speaks to exactly what this staff has restored: trench leverage, perimeter angles, and a cultural mindset that refuses to shrink in the moment.

🎥 Offense Identity That Travels

When you build a unit on eyes, rhythm, tempo, and intention, the game stops being reactionary and starts being leverage in space. The Hoosiers have become a team that plays through pressure, not at it. Their RPO game is crisp because the quarterback decisions are crisp. Their perimeter stress works because their slot leverage works. Zone run concepts are devastating when you force a defensive front to play laterally, but when you face penetration-first fronts, your answers have to come faster than their questions. Indiana’s creativity doesn’t need replaced — it needs expanded. The Hoosiers finished the game with 355 yards rushing and lead by Roman Hemby, who finally broke loose on a 83 yard rushing TD, and finished with 152 yards on the ground.

✍️ National Signing Day: Wednesday Ink

Wednesday is signing day, and this 2025–26 recruiting class has been evaluated like a coach would evaluate it: size up front with positional versatility, dynamic juice on the edges, disruptive length on defense, and athletic return value on the perimeter.

🌀 Coaching Carousel: Why Stability Wins December

The coaching carousel is spinning around the sport right now — head coaches change, assistants get pulled off their territories, and recruiting boards wobble. But Indiana’s edge right now is continuity. Continuity is a recruiting flex. Continuity is an evaluation advantage. And continuity is oxygen when you’re staring down a top-tier opponent like Ohio State next Saturday.

🏁 Final Thought

History was earned at 12–0. The rivalry shook at 56–3. The future inks Wednesday. The test comes Saturday. This program isn’t done evaluating. It isn’t done recruiting. It isn’t done shaking narratives.

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