I know there was some chatter about pulling Tronti's shirt even in the Purdue game. I know they said before the game if Lagow went down he would have to come in. Unlike bama and uga we don't have the kind of talent and depth at skill positions sitting and waiting. After Tronti I guess we could have played Johnny Pabst
IMO for us to be successful we have to play young guys and develop more young guys behind them. In year 3 or 4 after playing that youth and developing that we have a chance to make solid runs at the big boys in our conference. Its NOT going to happen every year at IU unless we started competing and recruiting at an extreme high level, but that's like a major paradigm shift and how likely is that to happen at IU regarding football?
It was the national championship game and all the stops were pulled out. If anything Saban just taught the coaching world something new last night. He pulled a 25-2 starter and replaced him with a different skillset QB TRUE FRESHMAN which was a big gamble BUT it made sense and paid off.
I'm glad we did not burn Tronti's shirt. I don't know if that could have worked OR if DeBoard had the mindset to take shots down the field like bama did with their true freshman QB. ALOT of questions regarding Tronti and DeBoard if the same situation could have happened in the purdue game? Thoughts...