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Mendoza vs Simpson by the numbers:
Posted on 12/26/25 at 9:21 am
Posted on 12/26/25 at 9:21 am
More Indiana vs Alabama breakdown:
Indiana played 4 games against teams ranked in the Top 30 in total defense.
Ohio State (13 pts)
Oregon (30 pts)
Iowa (20 pts)
Wisconsin (31 points)
In those 4 games, Mendoza threw for 8 touchdowns and 3 interceptions. (4 of those TDs came against Wisconsin).
Against all other opponents he threw 25 tds and 3 ints.
Alabama:
They played 9 games against top 30 defenses
Georgia twice ( 24 pts / 7 pts)
Oklahoma twice ( 21 pts/ 34 pts)
Missouri (27 pts)
LSU ( 20 pts)
Wisconsin (38 pts)
Florida State (17 pts)
Auburn (27 pts)
In those 9 games , Ty Simpson threw for 19 touchdowns (also 4 against Wisconsin) and 2 interceptions.
So if you remove Wisconsin from both teams , Mendoza is 4 tds/ 3 ints against top 30 compared to Simpson at 15 tds /2 ints.
Overall Ty has thrown for 28 touchdowns and 5 interceptions.
Obviously stats don’t paint a full picture, but they do tell a story.
On a side note: Ty has been sacked 29 times.. Mendoza 18 times ??
Indiana played 4 games against teams ranked in the Top 30 in total defense.
Ohio State (13 pts)
Oregon (30 pts)
Iowa (20 pts)
Wisconsin (31 points)
In those 4 games, Mendoza threw for 8 touchdowns and 3 interceptions. (4 of those TDs came against Wisconsin).
Against all other opponents he threw 25 tds and 3 ints.
Alabama:
They played 9 games against top 30 defenses
Georgia twice ( 24 pts / 7 pts)
Oklahoma twice ( 21 pts/ 34 pts)
Missouri (27 pts)
LSU ( 20 pts)
Wisconsin (38 pts)
Florida State (17 pts)
Auburn (27 pts)
In those 9 games , Ty Simpson threw for 19 touchdowns (also 4 against Wisconsin) and 2 interceptions.
So if you remove Wisconsin from both teams , Mendoza is 4 tds/ 3 ints against top 30 compared to Simpson at 15 tds /2 ints.
Overall Ty has thrown for 28 touchdowns and 5 interceptions.
Obviously stats don’t paint a full picture, but they do tell a story.
On a side note: Ty has been sacked 29 times.. Mendoza 18 times ??
This post was edited on 12/26/25 at 9:23 am
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Posted on 12/26/25 at 9:30 am to cmayes56
I think this will boil down to which OL has a better night.
If Kane makes it a point to rush more than 4 Medoza will have a pedestrian night.
And, Ty can't hold onto the damn ball too long.
If Kane makes it a point to rush more than 4 Medoza will have a pedestrian night.
And, Ty can't hold onto the damn ball too long.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 9:32 am to bamarep
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If Kane makes it a point to rush more than 4 Medoza will have a pedestrian night.
Hopefully we play more man coverage as well. We looked much better against OU when in man, as opposed to zone. Seems like Kane has been pretty stubborn about it though.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 9:39 am to bamarep
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And, Ty can't hold onto the damn ball too long.
Yea this doesn’t account for Ty’s fumbling issues
But the overall point is correct. We are equipped to win a low/mid twenties game against them
Posted on 12/26/25 at 9:46 am to Glorious
To be fair to Ty and Mendoza:
Ty’s fumbles have mostly come from blindside pressure in the pocket when he’s being lite up..
Mendoza and Indiana are much better at running the ball, which relieves some of that pressure and stress. It also means he doesn’t have to carry the offense solely with his arm.
Ty’s fumbles have mostly come from blindside pressure in the pocket when he’s being lite up..
Mendoza and Indiana are much better at running the ball, which relieves some of that pressure and stress. It also means he doesn’t have to carry the offense solely with his arm.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 9:52 am to cmayes56
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Ty’s fumbles have mostly come from blindside pressure in the pocket when he’s being lite up..
Mendoza and Indiana are much better at running the ball, which relieves some of that pressure and stress. It also means he doesn’t have to carry the offense solely with his arm.
Ty’s performance with absolutely no running game has been undersold
Posted on 12/26/25 at 10:01 am to cmayes56
The issue has been Jam Miller being banged up for most of the season. He and Hill are probably closer to full strength right now than they have been all season. It also seems like the offensive line has gotten more cohesive since the second quarter against OU.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 10:08 am to bamarep
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If Kane makes it a point to rush more than 4 Medoza will have a pedestrian night.
It does seem like Bama starts off with relatively little pressure but starts adding it as game goes on. It seems to have been working pretty well. Mendoza not being a running threat will be a nice change
Posted on 12/26/25 at 10:19 am to cmayes56
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On a side note: Ty has been sacked 29 times.. Mendoza 18 times ??
Also largely a byproduct of playing VG/elite defensive fronts 9 times.
I’m about to do the stat rundown but there’s so little cross referential data for IU outside of OSU and Wisconsin that I’m not sure how relevant the data is for this game because IU has played what amounts to a G5 B10/non-conference schedule with two elite games (we think?) mixed in while Bama played the #1 far and away SOS in the country and did so with massive injuries down the stretch as a result.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 10:57 am to tide06
Indiana played two elite teams, two very good teams, and caught one high end roster with a bad record. They are not entirely untested in my opinion. However, their schedule was far kinder than ours.
Just using the regular season + CCG, we played an elite team twice, two great teams, two very good teams, and two teams with high end rosters but a bad record. The worst team we played in our conference schedule had some future NFL players along their defensive front.
The big problem with our schedule is that even our weaker conference opponents had really good to great defenses with at least one edge rusher who could wreck a pass play all by themselves. We also only had one bad opponent from the second weekend of September through the end of the regular season.
Indiana is not untested but they have the kind of schedule you hope for where every opponent with equal or greater talent was well spaced out on the schedule.
Just using the regular season + CCG, we played an elite team twice, two great teams, two very good teams, and two teams with high end rosters but a bad record. The worst team we played in our conference schedule had some future NFL players along their defensive front.
The big problem with our schedule is that even our weaker conference opponents had really good to great defenses with at least one edge rusher who could wreck a pass play all by themselves. We also only had one bad opponent from the second weekend of September through the end of the regular season.
Indiana is not untested but they have the kind of schedule you hope for where every opponent with equal or greater talent was well spaced out on the schedule.
This post was edited on 12/26/25 at 10:59 am
Posted on 12/26/25 at 2:25 pm to cmayes56
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Mendoza and Indiana are much better at running the ball, which relieves some of that pressure and stress. It also means he doesn’t have to carry the offense solely with his arm.
This is a media driven take. Go look at the stats against “better” front 7 units.
We rushed for 100+ 7 times this year, including:
UGA
VANDY
MIZ
AU
TN
Now granted it hasn’t been pretty down the stretch, but a lot of that can be attributed to OL, RB, and even QB health.
Now go look at Indianas rush stats against OSU, Oregon, and Iowa. They aren’t some running juggernaut, they are (again) a team that padded stats against a mostly terrible schedule. Mendoza’s passing stats against those teams and TD/INT ratio are also very underwhelming because they couldn’t run all over them.
Bama’s D will at worst be the third best front they’ve seen, and I’d argue it’s probably second behind OSU.
This post was edited on 12/26/25 at 2:46 pm
Posted on 12/26/25 at 2:55 pm to bamabenny
But they are committed to the run.. it sets up their play action and throws to their tight ends etc.
We aren’t always committed.. and honestly we don’t have a “take it the barn” tailback. Our yards after contact are pretty dismal
We aren’t always committed.. and honestly we don’t have a “take it the barn” tailback. Our yards after contact are pretty dismal
Posted on 12/26/25 at 2:59 pm to cmayes56
Sure because Jam has been banged up all season and we have been playing musical chairs on the offensive line for most of the season. Jam should be closer to full strength for this game as should Hill. We also seem to have settled on an offensive line rotation. Anyone dismissing what we did at Oklahoma the final 2.5 quarters is foolish. That was impressive.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 3:11 pm to cmayes56
That’s a silly take.
The last time Jam was healthy, he ran for 5.5 a carry against an Auburn front 7 that is right up there with some of the best in the country. Our “lack of a run game” has more to do with health of our interior line and RBs. You can’t stick to a run game in games where you’re playing third string OL, TE, and RBs.
Go back and look at what we did against UGA, Mizzou, Vandy, and UT all in a row. It’s there, we were just beat to hell and back by November.
The last time Jam was healthy, he ran for 5.5 a carry against an Auburn front 7 that is right up there with some of the best in the country. Our “lack of a run game” has more to do with health of our interior line and RBs. You can’t stick to a run game in games where you’re playing third string OL, TE, and RBs.
Go back and look at what we did against UGA, Mizzou, Vandy, and UT all in a row. It’s there, we were just beat to hell and back by November.
This post was edited on 12/26/25 at 3:15 pm
Posted on 12/26/25 at 3:24 pm to bamabenny
Exactly. Why the media won’t just outright say this makes them lose credibility.
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