After starting the season 4-0, the Hoosiers have fallen back to .500 amidst injuries and near-misses. Now they'll have four games to get from 'What Could've Been" to a bowl game.
I'm not going to lie, or hand-wring, or call for a coach's head. For Indiana football, close is at least fun.
After so many years of leave-early beatdowns from the power programs in the conference, Indiana has solidified its reputation as #CHAOSTEAM -- the mercurial, high-scoring defensive sieve that can beat or lose to any team in America. In its last three network television apperances, the Hoosiers have had held or had opportunity to take a lead in the fourth quarter against a top ten opponent.