Spring Game Recap

Here is a Spring Recap from Scout.com's John Decker. The crimson team ended up pulling away late to win 17-10 on a somewhat controversial no call. Here are a couple of tidbits. Here is the link to read the rest of the article.

Re-inserted into the game in the fourth quarter, No. 1 quarterback Ben Chappell hoisted a 21-yard touchdown strike to Charles Love to give the Crimson the go-ahead and ultimately decisively score in its 17-10 win.

Truth be told, that play may have come down to one call. With the quarterbacks dressed in orange jerseys and off limits for defensive players, officials were quick to whistle plays dead when a defender had a quarterback within his grasp. But Chappell managed to back pedal away from pressure on the winning play and dropped the ball in over the back of a Hoosier defensive back to Love.

IU Coach Bill Lynch said he didn’t have a good view of the play and couldn’t offer much of an opinion about whether or not Chappell could have been ruled down, but the quarterback said he heard from some that they weren’t so sure his touchdown should have counted.

While Chappell and Love turned in solid evenings of work, the rest of the offense had its share of struggles. Freshmen quarterbacks Dusty Kiel and Ed Wright-Baker split the reps with the Cream squad and both had some struggles. Kiel completed just 4-of-10 throws for 29 yards and was both intercepted and sacked twice. Wright-Baker didn’t turn the ball over, but he was only 8-of-20 for 54 yards and was sacked two times.

there were also some positives from some new faces. Playing out of the Hoosiers’ new 3-4 defense, outside linebacker Kevin Bush had six tackles, two tackles for loss and a sack. Junior college defensive back Lenyatta Kiles added six tackles, two interceptions and two passes broken up, and true freshman running back Antonio Banks finished with a team-high 49 rushing yards.

RUSHING Cream – Burgess 12-29, Covington 5-3, Wright-Baker 4-(-4), Pines 1-(-7), Kiel 2-(-8), Creevey 2-(-13).
Crimson – Banks 11-49, Turner 10-12, Chappell 1-0, Schell 3-(-24).
PASSING Cream- Wright Baker 20-8-0 54, Kiel 10-4-2 29, Creevey 8-3-0 33.
Crimson – Chappell 23-15-0 142, Schell 11-8-0 79, Follett 5-2-2 19.
RECEIVING Cream – Doss 6-67, Adetona 3-26, Martin 2-18, Dedmond 2-9, Burgess 2-(-4). Crimson – Wilson 5-65, Muhammad 5-52, Love 5-46, Chester 5-37, Turner 2-13, Lanning 1-12, Dahlstrom 1-9, Banks 1-6.