Follow me here. Rope-a-Dope in full effect.
Step 1 - IU lands a quick decisive early blow on the 4 play first drive to show themselves what they are capable of with Dexter.
Step 2. -. IU proceeds to allow MSU to score 24 straight, and give up 3 TDs in the second quarter to tire out the Sparty offense and give MSU an over abundance of confidence and complacency in a pending blowout going into the half.
Hoosiers allow themselves to be hit with punches from everywhere and are on the ropes going into the half.
Fans are calling for the white towel be thrown as embarrassment mounts in another knockout/beatdown.
Step 3 -. IU turns on their turbo jets and gets a second wind from the start of the second half, playing pretty good football and catching Sparty asleep, lethargic, and cold.
IU proceeds to outscore the sleepy Sparty 32-7 after the Half, delivering a final knockout punch in the second OT catching MSU off guard with a completed pass.
A perfectly executed rope-a-dope strategy by our cornerman CTA and Hoosier football to lead to the underdog comeback victory.
The rope-a-dope is a boxing fighting technique in which one contender leans against the ropes of the boxing ring and draws non-injuring offensive punches (while to let the opponent tire themselves out.) This gives the former the opportunity to then execute devastating offensive punches to help them win. The rope-a-dope is most famously associated with Muhammad Ali in his October 1974 Rumble in the Jungle match against world heavyweight champion George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire.
Step 1 - IU lands a quick decisive early blow on the 4 play first drive to show themselves what they are capable of with Dexter.
Step 2. -. IU proceeds to allow MSU to score 24 straight, and give up 3 TDs in the second quarter to tire out the Sparty offense and give MSU an over abundance of confidence and complacency in a pending blowout going into the half.
Hoosiers allow themselves to be hit with punches from everywhere and are on the ropes going into the half.
Fans are calling for the white towel be thrown as embarrassment mounts in another knockout/beatdown.
Step 3 -. IU turns on their turbo jets and gets a second wind from the start of the second half, playing pretty good football and catching Sparty asleep, lethargic, and cold.
IU proceeds to outscore the sleepy Sparty 32-7 after the Half, delivering a final knockout punch in the second OT catching MSU off guard with a completed pass.
A perfectly executed rope-a-dope strategy by our cornerman CTA and Hoosier football to lead to the underdog comeback victory.
The rope-a-dope is a boxing fighting technique in which one contender leans against the ropes of the boxing ring and draws non-injuring offensive punches (while to let the opponent tire themselves out.) This gives the former the opportunity to then execute devastating offensive punches to help them win. The rope-a-dope is most famously associated with Muhammad Ali in his October 1974 Rumble in the Jungle match against world heavyweight champion George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire.
