There will be no quarterback controversy on the IU football team. \nNot this week, anyway. \nWhen asked at his weekly press conference Tuesday if backup quarterback Graeme McFarland might get into a series of downs in IU's game at Minnesota Saturday, coach Gerry DiNardo was clear and direct.\n"No," was all he said.\nDiNardo also said senior quarterback Matt LoVecchio, who left the Ohio State game Saturday feeling dizzy, is fine and isn't showing any lingering effects from the injury.\nThe IU faithful won't get a chance to see how McFarland fares against a starting defense. The freshman subbed for LoVecchio in the closing minutes of the OSU game and was a perfect six-for-six, including a 17-yard touchdown pass to sophomore tailback Chris Taylor on a screen. That touchdown was half as many as the two LoVecchio has thrown all season. \nStill, McFarland said that doesn't mean he should get an opportunity to play.\n"It doesn't mean anything like that," he said. "Ohio State had their second defense in, and the DBs were kind of playing back and prevent. It's not like I went in there in the middle of the game where they had all their starters in. It's an honor to get (a touchdown pass), but it doesn't really mean anything that we've had two and we got one (Saturday)."
Moore to be re-evaluated this week\nIU's third-leading tackler, linebacker Josh Moore, missed the OSU game after suffering a torn meniscus in his knee earlier in the week. Moore said after the game he's been progressing and hopes to be back in the lineup soon.\n"I'm day to day with it," he said. "I'm trying to get back as soon as possible to help out the team."\nDiNardo said Moore would test his knee this week in practice to determine if he's healthy enough to play Saturday.
Freshmen put up numbers vs. OSU\nAlthough IU's defense struggled against the Buckeyes, there were bright spots in the play of some of IU's freshmen defenders. True freshman Jake Powers, starting in place of Moore, led the team with 13 tackles, 11 of them solo.\n"He just has to get bigger and stronger, but it's real important to him," DiNardo said. "He's a student of the game, he studies the game a lot, he studies tape. He's a good player."\nFirst-year players safety Will Meyers and cornerback Cedric Henry each had seven tackles. Henry also forced a fumble and intercepted OSU quarterback Craig Krenzel. \nHenry's interception came at the goal line, preventing an OSU field goal attempt.\n"That interception came off (cornerback) Duane Stone," Henry said. "He tipped the pass, and I was just at the right place at the right time to make the play. It was just being alert." \n-- Contact staff writer Gavin Lesnick at glesnick@indiana.edu.
