There was that two-year stretch where Indiana was 14-7. The Hoosiers won at least 5 games 6 years in a row. A Bowl Game 4 out of 6 seasons. Recruiting classes were better. It seemed like Indiana had turned the corner. No more being a laughing stock at the bottom of the standings every single year. No longer the worst Power 5 football program. No longer being a punch line.
I knew there was still work to do but I never dreamed that in just two-and-a-half seasons the bottom would drop out.
We can't even be competitive against Rutgers? rutger? I am totally dejected. I stopped watching during the DiNardo era and I'm about that point again. Call me fairweather if you want but there comes a point where I can no longer abide. I do not like losing and if the product is not even romotely competitive I feel no obligation to feign interest. If you can abide losing 10 games year in and year out congratulations to you I guess. 🏅
I like Tom Allen personally and have been a pretty outspoken supporter. That said I'm not going to pretend he is not flawed. I definitely have things I wonder about. The evidence shows that 2020 was a flash in the pan. DeBoer, Womack, Penix, Covid Year. A sustainable long-term trend it was not. But the 30 wins in the five seasons before that...that was real. What I can't answer is how we don't at least fall back to that baseline? No, instead we plumet like a tungsten rod fired from space back to the whale excrement.
I do think there is truth to the idea that at a university level Indiana is not committed to a winning football program. We can debate who the next head coach will be or should be but really if the apathetic approach by IU continues then does it really matter much? I mean with the right coach we might get 2 Bowls in 12 years instead of one. Oh joy.
But but but Crimson Cast says IU has shown good commitment...
Go ahead and light me up...free red meat. 🍖
I knew there was still work to do but I never dreamed that in just two-and-a-half seasons the bottom would drop out.
We can't even be competitive against Rutgers? rutger? I am totally dejected. I stopped watching during the DiNardo era and I'm about that point again. Call me fairweather if you want but there comes a point where I can no longer abide. I do not like losing and if the product is not even romotely competitive I feel no obligation to feign interest. If you can abide losing 10 games year in and year out congratulations to you I guess. 🏅
I like Tom Allen personally and have been a pretty outspoken supporter. That said I'm not going to pretend he is not flawed. I definitely have things I wonder about. The evidence shows that 2020 was a flash in the pan. DeBoer, Womack, Penix, Covid Year. A sustainable long-term trend it was not. But the 30 wins in the five seasons before that...that was real. What I can't answer is how we don't at least fall back to that baseline? No, instead we plumet like a tungsten rod fired from space back to the whale excrement.
I do think there is truth to the idea that at a university level Indiana is not committed to a winning football program. We can debate who the next head coach will be or should be but really if the apathetic approach by IU continues then does it really matter much? I mean with the right coach we might get 2 Bowls in 12 years instead of one. Oh joy.
But but but Crimson Cast says IU has shown good commitment...
Go ahead and light me up...free red meat. 🍖
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