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BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti saw a little bit of everything during his first fall camp in Bloomington.
“There was good, there was bad and there was ugly,” Cignetti said, this month.
That was true for both the offense and defense, but even at their lowest point the team still performed better than it had in the spring. Cignetti was also happy to see the effort and competition that were integral to James Madison University’s success on a regular basis in recent weeks.
“It was significantly prettier,” Cignetti said. “Which the goal coming into fall camp, the second time through (everything), it is more consistency of performance.”
As the Hoosiers turn their focus towards preparing for the season-opener against FIU on August 31, here’s eight takeaways from fall camp:
Indiana University’s Kurtis Rourke (9) passes during the first day of fall practice at the Mellencamp Pavilion at Indiana University on Wednesday, July 31, 2024.
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1. Kurtis Rourke is QB1*
Cignetti didn’t officially announce it, but the coach has talked about Rourke separating himself from the other quarterbacks every time the subject has come up.
He told reporters at Big Ten media days he sleeps better at night knowing he has someone with that much experience under center and one of the few details he revealed about IU’s first scrimmage of the fall was about how well Rourke played.
This was always the expected result — those 33 career starts gave Rourke a huge advantage — but his consistency throughout the process was a good sign for the Hoosiers.
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Indiana University’s D’Angelo Ponds (5) runs during fall practice at the Mellencamp Pavilion at…
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Publish date : 2024-08-21 08:03:12
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