Who wins?

6 AM is a little too early for drugs

lol, everytime with the comparison

Indiana has the average age of a nfl team. So maybe them lol

LSU - not even close

Miami game will surprise a few

My initial is LSU by a few scores, but I've under estimated this IU all year.

With how they're playing right now, they feel like I did about our team in 2012. It didn't matter who you put in front of us or where you played the game, we were going to win and it wasn't going to be close.

What's really fascinating is that this is a legit question considering the talent disparity between those 2 teams.

Legit question? IU isn't staying within 2 scores of that team.

Don't even look at the differences in the strength of opponents each had to play

This is almost as bad as the comparisons between Burrow and Mendoza

magnolia tiger said:

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Legit question? IU (with a loss) isn't staying within 2 scores of that team.

Don't even look at the differences in the strength of opponents each had to play

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As a clearly unbiased observer, I see no fault in your argument.

If Mendoza throws for 2300 yds and 23 TD's next game he'll be close

magnolia tiger said:

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If Mendoza throws for 2300 yds and 23 TD's next game he'll be close

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Had forgotten Burrow's stats until I saw your post and thought it was a joke. Then I googled Burrow's numbers.

Did I hear correctly we're trying to compare Mendoza's season to Burrow's? As in they were similar for the QBs? pic.twitter.com/iQbaHdedId

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That graphic is dishonestly showing Burrow's numbers after the entire season while only showing Fernando's numbers before the CFP. He's up to 41 TD passes now and 3,349 yards.

For additional context though, Burrow threw the ball 527 times that year, Fernando has now thrown the ball 352 times. While I still think the comparison is kind of silly, the gulf between them is not quite as extreme as that graphic tries to portray considering the huge disparity in volume. Give Mendoza 175 more times throwing the ball and he'd be up around 50 TDs and 4800 yds passing assuming a similar level of production on additional attempts.

It'd also must have been nice for Burrow to have Justin Jefferson and Jamarr Chase to throw to. Mendoza is doing all of this with Omar Cooper, Elijah Surratt and Charlie Becker.

AggieEP said:

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That graphic is dishonestly showing Burrow's numbers after the entire season while only showing Fernando's numbers before the CFP. He's up to 41 TD passes now and 3,349 yards.

For additional context though, Burrow threw the ball 527 times that year, Fernando has now thrown the ball 352 times. While I still think the comparison is kind of silly, the gulf between them is not quite as extreme as that graphic tries to portray considering the huge disparity in volume. Give Mendoza 175 more times throwing the ball and he'd be up around 50 TDs and 4800 yds passing assuming a similar level of production on additional attempts.

It'd also must have been nice for Burrow to have Justin Jefferson and Jamarr Chase to throw to. Mendoza is doing all of this with Omar Cooper, Elijah Surratt and Charlie Becker.

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Not only that, but 2025 Indiana rushed for 50% more yards than 2019 LSU and the Indiana defense gave up half as many points (166 vs. 328) in the SAME number of games. Mendoza didn't need to throw for 5xxx yards.

AggieEP said:

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That graphic is dishonestly showing Burrow's numbers after the entire season while only showing Fernando's numbers before the CFP. He's up to 41 TD passes now and 3,349 yards.

For additional context though, Burrow threw the ball 527 times that year, Fernando has now thrown the ball 352 times. While I still think the comparison is kind of silly, the gulf between them is not quite as extreme as that graphic tries to portray considering the huge disparity in volume. Give Mendoza 175 more times throwing the ball and he'd be up around 50 TDs and 4800 yds passing assuming a similar level of production on additional attempts.

It'd also must have been nice for Burrow to have Justin Jefferson and Jamarr Chase to throw to. Mendoza is doing all of this with Omar Cooper, Elijah Surratt and Charlie Becker.

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If he gets 20 TDs and 2,000 yards in this next game they'll be comparable. Long shot but it's not over

Mendoza's also got one extra game played this season compared to 2019 LSU due to playoff expansion

Or he will when it's all said and done

Knew LSU fans would be furiously typing up stats and creating graphics as soon as it was mentioned during the game broadcast.

2019 LSU and 2020 Bama destroy this Indiana team.

LSU fans reading this thread:

Mr.Milkshake said:

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AggieEP said:

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That graphic is dishonestly showing Burrow's numbers after the entire season while only showing Fernando's numbers before the CFP. He's up to 41 TD passes now and 3,349 yards.

For additional context though, Burrow threw the ball 527 times that year, Fernando has now thrown the ball 352 times. While I still think the comparison is kind of silly, the gulf between them is not quite as extreme as that graphic tries to portray considering the huge disparity in volume. Give Mendoza 175 more times throwing the ball and he'd be up around 50 TDs and 4800 yds passing assuming a similar level of production on additional attempts.

It'd also must have been nice for Burrow to have Justin Jefferson and Jamarr Chase to throw to. Mendoza is doing all of this with Omar Cooper, Elijah Surratt and Charlie Becker.

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If he gets 20 TDs and 2,000 yards in this next game they'll be comparable. Long shot but it's not over

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I'm not sure you understood my post.

Burrow threw the ball 175 more times than Mendoza has so far this year.

If you give Mendoza an additional 175 throws at his current rate of production, their numbers would look much more comparable.

I still would take 2019 Burrow over 2025 Mendoza, but that graphic is a bit misleading in making it seem like Mendoza is a chump compared to Burrow.