Coach Griff’s Film Room: Blitz Recognition: How Hoover Escapes on Third-and-11
Northwestern pressures the protection and closes the quick answer. Coach Griff breaks down how Josh Hoover finds an interior escape lane for a first down.
Coach Griff’s Film Room: The Triangle Read: Hoover’s Boundary Throw to Marsh
Coach Griff maps the options in Indiana’s dropback concept and highlights Josh Hoover’s precise boundary completion to Nick Marsh.
Coach Griff’s Film Room: Reading the RPO: Indiana’s Outside Hitch
Coach Griff studies the defensive movement and outside throwing window on Indiana’s RPO hitch, separating visible clues from the offense’s unconfirmed read rules.
Coach Griff’s Film Room: Hoover to Becker: The Back-Shoulder RPO
A safety’s reaction opens an outside matchup. Coach Griff explains how Josh Hoover and Charlie Becker turn the RPO look into a back-shoulder completion.
Coach Griff’s Film Room: Hoover to Marsh: The Red-Zone RPO Read
Coach Griff breaks down the safety read, disrupted route timing and precise ball placement behind Josh Hoover’s red-zone touchdown to Nick Marsh.
Indiana vs. Rutgers by the Numbers: What the First Four Games Tell Us
Indiana is 4-0 and Rutgers is 1-3, but the records don’t tell the entire story. Coach Griff compares four games of official statistics and identifies the matchups that matter Friday night.
The Protect College Sports Act: Can Washington Fix College Sports Without Changing What Makes It Great?
The Senate has passed the Protect College Sports Act. Coach Griff examines the protections it offers—and whether federal rules could unintentionally change the competitive opportunity making college football so compelling.
Coach Griff’s Film Room: Indiana’s Goal-Line Zone Read vs Northwestern
Coach Griff breaks down Indiana’s goal-line Zone Read against Northwestern, Josh Hoover’s decision, Nick Marsh’s perimeter opportunity and the case for more power inside the five.
Josh Hoover vs. Fernando Mendoza: Are We Comparing the Same Four Games?
Josh Hoover’s first four games stack up surprisingly well with Fernando Mendoza’s 2025 start. Coach Griff compares explosive production—and the clutch test Hoover has not yet faced.
First Look at Rutgers: The Record Says 1–3, but Indiana Should Look Deeper
Indiana heads to Rutgers for its first road test of 2026. A First Look examines the Scarlet Knights, series history, advanced metrics, quarterback efficiency and the debut of the Coach Bot Metric Line.
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