Tom Allen was having trouble with his headset.
The over-the-ear headphones that ABC producers gave the Indiana football coach for his postgame sideline interview on Saturday didn’t quite fit, so Allen was already in a battle against technology by the time his players ran over. And at that point, the fight was as good as lost.
Jonathan King knocked them loose with a playful tackle. A Stevie Scott-Jamar Johnson sandwich didn’t help matters. The flying hug from Tiawan Mullen? Those cans didn’t stand a chance of staying put.
Not that Allen seemed to mind. And why would he?