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Tom Allen paces the practice field, bull horn in hand, seeking fire under a hot August sun.
"Snap to whistle, full speed," Indiana's football coach shouts as a play is run.
The Hoosiers are padded from the waist up. This is full-speed work without full-contact implications, although the demands are the same:
Execute.
Do your best.
Full throttle.
Repeat.
"We've got to finish!" Allen shouts.
This is a passing drill for offensive and defensive skill players. On an adjoining field offensive and defensive linemen have a skill-building session under defensive line coach Mark Hagen and offensive line coach Darren Hiller.