After playing stereotypical Tom Allen defense over the first three weeks of the 2018 campaign, all of the questions about how the Hoosiers would replace eight defensive starters and not lose a beat on that side of the ball went away, and expectations rose to expecting Allen to field another suburb defense in his third year in Bloomington.
However, it has not exactly gone to script for the Hoosier defense over the last four weeks. While husky Marcelino Ball did miss roughly three quarters due to a targeting penalty against Michigan State, and Jacob Robinson missed a little bit of time, the Indiana defense has remained pretty healthy during this tough stretch.