Most Things Are Fine isn’t here to tell you not to be mad about a sports loss. That would be stupid. Fandom is fandom, and losing sucks. Advocating otherwise would be foolish.
But if you’re more interested in the true quality of this Indiana football team and how it projects through the balance of the 2016 season, the loss to Wake Forest on Saturday should change very little about how you feel about Richard Lagow, Kevin Wilson, and this particular Indiana football team.
The curious paradox of Indiana football, and most of the media coverage and punditry surrounding it, is that most looks at the team are cursory.