Tom Allen has made the Indiana football program ‘relevant’ again. And by relevant I mean just good enough to get all of this attention from fellow Big Ten coaches, but not good enough to break through.
Despite two straight 5-7 seasons, Indiana is winning on the recruiting trail. Now, they just need that success to spill over onto the field.
After Jim Harbaugh had praise for Allen and the Hoosiers, another Big Ten coach took to the mics to speak about the upswing Indiana is on.
Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald sees a lot of himself and the Wildcats in Allen and Indiana a couple of years back, right before making their most recent successful run.