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How to watch Indiana Football’s Week 11 game against Michigan

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Michigan football is an example of why stability at the quarterback position is so important.

The Wolverines are currently enjoying a 5-4 season and have lost three of their last four games. A major reason for the Wolverines’ misery is a revolving door at the quarterback spot.

Davis Warren, Alex Orji and (retired) Jack Tuttle all received playing time and the results were mediocre for the Wolverines. They combined for 1,209 yards, 10 touchdowns and 9 interceptions.

Their struggles have a cascading effect on the rest of the offense. While Kalel Mullings (710 yards, 5.4 per carry) and Donovan Edwards (467 yards, 4.7 per carry) didn’t have bad seasons, they would be more effective with a better passing game.

It’s no coincidence that Michigan went 40-3 in 2021-23 because it had stability at the quarterback spot. Cade McNamara (now at Iowa) and JJ McCarthy retained the role and were both successful.

Warren is expected to start today against Indiana. For Michigan to be competitive, it must achieve stability at the quarterback position. When Indiana’s defense puts good pressure on opposing quarterbacks? This will not be an easy task.

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Here’s how to watch Indiana vs. Michigan

WHO: Indiana Hoosiers (9-0, 6-0) vs. Michigan Wolverines (5-4, 3-3)

What: Indiana, ranked No. 8 in the College Football Playoff rankings, will look to maintain its undefeated record and its spot in the CFP. Michigan will practice to earn bowl eligibility with a win.

When: 3:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, November 9th.

Where: Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, Ind.

TV: CBS.

Announcer: Brad Nessler (play-by-play), Gary Danielson (analyst), Jenny Dell (sideline).

Radio: Indiana Hoosiers Sports Network, Sirius XM (channel 119 or 195)

Radio announcer: Don Fischer (play-by-play), Buck Suhr (analyst), John Herrick

Distribution of points: According to FanDuel Sportsbook, Indiana is the favorite by 14.5 points and the over/under is 53.5 points.

Current results: Indiana beat Michigan State 47-10 and Michigan lost 38-17 to No. 1 Oregon last week.

Series history: Michigan leads 62-10. Indiana last won the series in 2020. It is the only win for the Hoosiers in the series since 1987.

• Quarterback Matchup: After missing a game with a thumb injury, Kurtis Rourke returned to the Hoosiers’ starting lineup and thrived against Michigan State. He completed 19 of 29 passes for 263 yards and 4 touchdown passes. This season, Rourke has completed 73.3% of his passes for 2,204 yards, 19 touchdowns and just 3 interceptions.

Michigan had a revolving door at its quarterback spot, using three different signal-callers, including former Indiana player Jack Tuttle, who has since left the Wolverines. Alex Orji and Davis Warren also started this season.

Warren was back in the starting lineup in Michigan’s loss to Oregon last week and will likely start against Indiana. The senior completed 13 of 23 passes for 165 yards and 2 touchdowns against the Ducks.

• Weather: According to Weather.com, it will be 62 degrees and cloudy in Bloomington at 3 p.m., with a 2% chance of rain and an east-southeast wind at 8 mph.

Meet the trainers

• Sherrone Moore, Michigan: Moore is in his first year at Michigan and has a record of 5-4. This is the first head coaching job for Moore, who played two seasons as an offensive lineman at Oklahoma. Before being named head coach, he was part of Jim Harbaugh’s Michigan staff as offensive line and offensive coordinator from 2021 to 2023. Moore served as co-offensive coordinator in 2021-22. From 2018 to 2020, Moore was Michigan’s tight ends coach. Before coming to Michigan, Moore spent time at Central Michigan as tight ends coach (2014-17) and associate head coach (2017). Moore spent the remainder of his coaching career at Louisville (2009-13), where he started as a graduate assistant and later became tight ends coach.

• Curt Cignetti, Indiana: Cignetti, 9-0 at Indiana, enters his first season at Indiana with an overall record of 52-9 after five years at James Madison. During his first three seasons at James Madison, the Dukes reached the FCS national championship once and the semifinals twice. After promotion to the FBS, they went 19-4 under Cignetti. Before JMU, he had a 14-9 record in two seasons at Elon and a 53-17 record in six seasons at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Prior to becoming head coach, he was wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator at Alabama under Nick Saban from 2007 to 2010 and held various assistant coaching positions at NC State from 2000 to 2006. Other previous stops include Pittsburgh, Temple, Rice and Davidson. Cignetti played quarterback at West Virginia from 1979 to 1982. His father, Frank, is in the College Football Hall of Fame.

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