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Sharing The Running Back Load – ‘Whoever Can Make Plays Will Get The Ball’


IUHoosiers.com

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Mike Hart is hot. Indiana's running backs coach has just seen what he couldn't see, not with this kind of talent, not with this much opportunity, not when he has had made it clear that full-throttle effort is expected on every play, every drill, every sprint, every breath.

"You've got to go!" he shouts.

A running back has taken a swing pass and run down the practice field sideline at, perhaps, 60-percent speed. It's part of a non-contact drill that, on the surface, means nothing.

But in the big-picture world of Hoosier football, with turn-it-around-now stakes everywhere you look, it means everything.