That was a weird one.
Indiana is, and hear me out here, pretty used to grinding teams into dust with a victory all but put away by the fourth quarter. Last week’s blowout win over Nebraska is perhaps the most extreme example of this against a non-Western Illinois team.
But this was different.
The Hoosiers were without starting quarterback Kurtis Rourke, who left said blowout win with a thumb injury and has been ruled day-to-day as he recovers. That left Indiana’s high-powered passing offense in the hands of the relatively inexperienced Tayven Jackson.
Which, let’s speak on that for a minute.