3. Any optimism for the defense?: Brian Knorr brought in a new 3-4 scheme in his first year as defensive coordinator, but the Hoosiers mostly had the same, sorry results on defense. Once again, they allowed more than 30 points per game (which Indiana has done every year since 2007) and had a hard time stopping anybody in the conference. Nearly half the starters from last year are gone, including some key contributors in the secondary. Maybe that's not such a bad thing, as Wilson has been recruiting better athletes for that side of the ball of late. It would be nice to exit the spring with some optimism for the defense, but seeing will be believing in the fall for such a consistently poor unit.
I found this to be a bit hostile to the D. In my mind (and I had thought statistically) the D improved pretty significantly last year. Am I wrong?
I found this to be a bit hostile to the D. In my mind (and I had thought statistically) the D improved pretty significantly last year. Am I wrong?
