Dude, just stop.I think if you followed the Big ten then you’d maybe have a better feel for how difficult it was for teams to prepare that year. Paul Chryst said they went nearly three weeks without being able to practice much at all. And, since our Covid hit was mostly before the abbreviated season, we weren’t as impeded by it. Couple that with TA and KW’s extremely wise strategy to exploit one of the toughest parts of the game to prepare for (pass protection), we created a huge advantage for ourselves. It doesn’t diminish what we accomplished at all, but it does help explain why, when teams could adequately prep for us, we came back to earth last year.
Once again, this was smart football and great defensive coaching by Tom Allen. If you’re still not convinced, you should watch some of the games if you can find them and you’ll see what we were able to do. I think you’ll be impressed.
I’ve followed the Big Ten all my life. Everybody on this board knows that.
My first IU team was 1966.
I haven’t missed an IU home game for years.
I travel to as many road games as I can.
Your misinformed back handed insults that I don’t watch games are not support for your position that IU‘s 2020 defense was aided by Covid and so Warren’s 2021 defense was not as bad as people saw. It was a dumb assertion. You could have just owned it. But you just want to be a curmudgeon.
I knew you were trolling. I gave you a chance to genuinely support your position. You responded with meaningless BS.
Enjoy the season.