I have been sickened by the way that the past three seasons have gone. I have written angry messages, called the postgame show, and wasted a ton of mental energy on all the things that have gone wrong with this program the past few years. At the end of the day, whatever SD decides is completely out of my control. So, I am going to operate under the assumption that this will be CTA's last game and choose to highlight the positive and root like hell for the Hoosiers to win Saturday in WL.
I want to thank Coach Allen for burying "first Hoosiers team since 1993." That was SO annoying after two-plus decades. I think about the game at Michigan State in 2018, where MP completed 20ish passes in a row, only for us to lose at the very end...and then the team going up there in 2020 and absolutely finishing the job! I am so grateful that CTA did what the last FIVE head coaches before him could not do...BEAT MICHIGAN for the first time since 1987! He broke through the seven win ceiling and actually made me believe the IU defense was going to get a timely stop!
Thank you, Coach! You clearly love the kids and you worked really, really hard to bring us a winner. Ultimately, your loyalty (and complete lack of time management, lol) and commitment to keeping up promises you made to kids in the transfer portal era were probably your downfalls. Maybe you had too much heart for the job? If this is your last game, I wish you absolutely all the best.
If you're back next year...this is going to get really ugly.
I want to thank Coach Allen for burying "first Hoosiers team since 1993." That was SO annoying after two-plus decades. I think about the game at Michigan State in 2018, where MP completed 20ish passes in a row, only for us to lose at the very end...and then the team going up there in 2020 and absolutely finishing the job! I am so grateful that CTA did what the last FIVE head coaches before him could not do...BEAT MICHIGAN for the first time since 1987! He broke through the seven win ceiling and actually made me believe the IU defense was going to get a timely stop!
Thank you, Coach! You clearly love the kids and you worked really, really hard to bring us a winner. Ultimately, your loyalty (and complete lack of time management, lol) and commitment to keeping up promises you made to kids in the transfer portal era were probably your downfalls. Maybe you had too much heart for the job? If this is your last game, I wish you absolutely all the best.
If you're back next year...this is going to get really ugly.