A few comments from someone who's more of an IU fan than a soccer fan overall---
Wasn't able to see the game. Sounds like SH may have been physical with us, ala Marquette? I base that on 8 fouls to 3 as of the time of the lightening strike.....I haven't watched enough action this year to know.....do we struggle against physical teams?
One thing that bugs me about soccer is how random some of the outcomes can be. From reading about Marquette & SH, it sounds like we have been very fortunate in this tourney.......I know we've had some great teams that got knocked off before the FF and in the FF. Soccer is just so unpredictable that I feel like we could have anywhere from 6 to 12 titles at this point. It seems like with the 8 championship teams you could point to 8 others that were just as good or better. I know all sports are somewhat unpredictable, but I feel that it's easier for teams who get dominated overall to pull it out in the end.
Rant over, I do think it's cool that IU soccer has to be ranked as one of the top 10 dynasties in the 'minor' collegiate sports. Most FFs is a nice stat, but we need this one to be one away from SL in NTs.