Indiana - Things to watch

The Iowa Hawkeyes will hit the road for only the third time this season, traveling to Bloomington, Indiana.  While the Hoosiers are still win less within the conference, their record is deceiving.  They have played very well at home and besides a blowout loss to Ohio State, they have been in every game.  Here are eight things to watch for on Saturday:

1. Marcus Coker - News broke today that Adam Robinson is going to miss the game on Saturday after suffering a concussion last week.  Marcus Coker figures to start the game at running back since he was listed as the backup on this week's depth chart.  Coker has seen action in two games, rushing for 100 total yards.  What is unknown is how he will perform when the game is still in question.  We haven't really seen how he does in pass protection, so you could see Brett Morse or Brad Rodgers get some playing time as well.
2. Linebacker - Iowa will be without Tyler Nielsen for the remainder of the season for sure and might be without the services of Jermiah Hunter and Jeff Tarpanian.  That leaves some holes to fill and Iowa is facing a team this week that is more of a spread team than last week when the young Iowa linebackers played so well.  How they match up against all the receivers Indiana will put on the field will be a major question.
3. 3-4 - As mentioned, Iowa has some injured linebackers and when the opponent gets into a sure passing situation, the coaches like to bring in a 3-4 defense.  When you are down so many linebackers that becomes a little bit tougher to do.  What we might see is Iowa bringing in more defensive backs at the linebacker position.
4. Offensive line - Iowa's offensive line has performed great the last five weeks, only allowing three sacks in that time.  On top of keeping Stanzi upright, they will be opening up holes for a true freshman running back.  Indiana's defense isn't very good, but when you have nothing to lose, you see teams pulling out all the stops and when you have a true freshman running backs, look for some blitzing.  The offensive line has probably known about A-Rob's injury all week and realizes they need to step their game up this week.
5. Defense - Iowa's defense finally put together a game last week that fans had been waiting for all season.  They dominated the Spartans offense and were really able to do about anything they wanted to.  This week, they are easily more talented than the Indiana offense, but Indiana has some great receivers and a solid quarterback.  Don't look for the 110th ranked rushing attack to have much success against Iowa, but their passing attack is 8th nationally.  The Indiana offense will put a lot of pressure on the Iowa secondary, who performed really good last week.
6. The century mark - Either Kirk Ferentz or Bill Lynch will end Saturday with their 100th career victory. Both coaches enter the game with 99 career victories and their teams will be playing hard to get their coach to the century mark.
7. Ben Chappell's foot - Chappell is one of the better passers in the Big Ten, but this week he was spotted with a walking boot on his foot to help his foot/ankle heal.  That isn't a good sign when you have one of the best defensive lines in the nation coming to town. Iowa figures to be able to stop the run and force Chappell to the air, where the talented front can take aim on a injured Chappell.
8. Stanzi - The season that Ricky is having is starting to garner some interest nationally in terms of Heisman buzz.  In five of the eight games this season he has thrown three or more touchdowns and on Saturday he will be facing a defense that is 105th nationally in pass efficiency defense.  With Adam Robinson being down look for Iowa to rely even more on the right arm or Stanzi to carry the offense.  Indiana's starting corners are not good, one was a receiver last year, the other one got his first career start last week.