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What if I were to tell you that Texas is 108th in yards per play offense? That's blowing your mind right now. Let's say USC was the defending national champion and in the middle of a 21 game win streak. Would they be ranked outside of the top five? I don't think that they would disrespect them at your own peril.

Hey, welcome into the Joel Klatt Show. I'm Joel Klatt, this show is sponsored by Hilton. Hilton for the stay and we thank them for their support. We've got picks and previews. Another big weekend of college football coming straight up. Cannot wait for it. Gus, Jenny and I are going to be in Lincoln, Nebraska as Indiana rolls into Lincoln to take on the undefeated Nebraska Cornhuskers. Maybe a little disrespect, just not a lot of love going on for the five and oh Nebraska Cornhuskers. What do we make of Matt Ruhl and his bunch? Hey, by the way, the picks and previews, they've been going pretty well this year. I mean, I don't want to speak too soon, but we are 15 and 13 after a three and two week a week ago. And remember, we don't cherry pick like best lines. We just talk about the best games of the day. We give you a prediction. There's a line there. If you just want the preview, you can take the preview. If you want the pick, you can take the pick as well. But like I said, Gus, Jenny and I will be there big noon Saturday in Lincoln, Nebraska. Indiana rolls in on a 21 game winning streak. Speaking of disrespect, I'll just throw this out there.

Any other logo in college football? Maybe not any other logo. Just think of like a brand name, some blue blood brand name. Let's just say, sake of argument, USC.

Let's say USC was the defending national champion and in the middle of a 21 game win streak.

Would they be ranked outside of the top five?

I don't think that they would.

I really don't think that they would. And I understand, listen, I understand this ranking. And part of it is that the people that cover college football, and I think I have to put my hand up in this as well, the people that cover college football are starting to get incredibly annoyed at the soft schedules. And I think that their ranking, Indiana's ranking, is in direct response to their non-conference schedule, but disrespect them at your own peril. Because we saw what happened a year ago. They ran off 16 straight wins. They won the national championship, and this team is starting to find their mojo a little bit. I called this game actually two years ago. No one knew who Signeady was. No one was talking about Indiana. Everyone was talking about Dylan Royola and Matt Rule, and was like, hey, is this going to work? At Nebraska, he was a freshman. They rolled into Bloomington, and they got promptly beat 56 to 7 And that was really the day that everyone was like, hold on a second. Is Indiana actually a good football team? And from that day forward, all they've done is prove that yes, yes, they are.

Indiana is running the ball incredibly well right now. And that's really always where their offense at least starts. They've got to run the football to get to the RPOs, to get to the passing game. It's a domino style of offense. They want to run it, and they've got guys that can do that. Turbo Richard, he's in there. They can throw it on the outside. Charlie Becker, one of the best wide receivers of college football, you've got Lee Beebe. So Richard and Beebe went over 100 yards last week against Rutgers. Marsh on the outside and Becker on the outside went over 100 yards receiving in that game. And lo and behold, look at their quarterback. Now, I don't think anybody would sit here and start pounding the table and say, hey, Josh Hoover is a Heisman candidate. I don't think he's played to that level. However, one of the big questions surrounding Josh Hoover coming into this season for Indiana and going in filling Fernando Mendoza's shoes was about the turnovers because he had so many turnovers at TCU. Even Sonny Dykes was bringing that up during the course of the off season. Kurt Signetti said to us in one of those press conferences, I'm going to introduce him to his two best friends, a run game and a great defense. Guess what? Guess what that has done? Josh Hoover hasn't turned the ball over. Fifteen touchdowns, no interceptions. He's playing very well. Then on the Nebraska side, I would just say, I actually think this team is quite good. I would say that they're scrappy and that is, I think, embodied by their quarterback. Kalandria is a guy that comes in from the Mountain West. He was a Mountain West Conference Player of the Year. Now, he's short in stature, and I think that that could present some problems against the really good defensive line that Indiana brings, in particular, the upfield nature that Indiana likes to play those defensive linemen. But this guy can run the football, and their defense is outstanding. Nebraska's defense has been really good. They're top 10 in the country in sacks right now, and their big goal, I think, in this game is to stop the run. If you go back and look at any game that Indiana has struggled or had to win late or it's been a close game in the second half, it's because that defense was able to, at least to some degree, control their run game so they don't have all of their offense at their disposal. If they just sit in a drop back game, that's not where they want to be. They want to be able to run it, get to the RPO, and then throw the ball down the field to their excellent wide receivers. It should be a good one, and I can't wait for the environment. I know I played at Colorado, and technically our biggest rival was Nebraska, but I will say this, and Colorado fans get so mad at me. I think Nebraska fans are probably the best fans in the country. I mean, they've had no success for decades, and they just keep showing up. They keep showing up with their balloons. They're ready to let their balloons go. When I played there, we beat them twice in Lincoln. When I was a player at Colorado, they were always like, polite. Hey, nicely done, well done.