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 studies the defensive movement and outside throwing window on Indiana’s RPO hitch, separating visible clues from the offense’s unconfirmed read rules.
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 breaks down the safety read, disrupted route timing and precise ball placement behind Josh Hoover’s red-zone touchdown to Nick Marsh.

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’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.

Watch Hoosier Football Tailgate tonight at 7:30 PM ET. Coach Griff previews Northwestern, breaks down the matchups and sets Indiana’s Game Goals for Big Ten play.

Northwestern comes to Bloomington 2-0 with an experienced roster, Aidan Chiles at quarterback, Chip Kelly calling the offense and a defense creating takeaways. Coach Griff breaks down why Friday night’s Big Ten opener deserves Indiana’s full attention.

Indiana and Northwestern enter Friday night unbeaten. A closer look at the running games, passing efficiency, turnover margin, points off turnovers and explosive plays shows where the Hoosiers have an edge — and where the Wildcats are more dangerous than their 2-0 record suggests.

Josh Hoover has 10 touchdown passes and no interceptions through three games. Friday against Northwestern, Indiana’s quarterback gets his first Big Ten test.

Hoosier Football Tailgate with Coach Griff is live tonight at 7:30 PM ET. We’ll recap Indiana’s 38-0 win over WKU, go inside the film room and turn the page to Northwestern and Big Ten play.
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