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We calculated the perfect length of an IU football game

This is a blog idea that I’ve had for over a year now and since it’s roughly the – checks watch – 138th day of March 2020, I don’t see a better time than now to put my passing grade in BUS-K 201 to the test and crank out some Excel formulas.

Here’s the premise: Approximately two to four times per fall, since the dawn of time, the Indiana Football Hoosiers have built an unlikely lead against a usually superior opponent, only to fumble it away, sometimes quite literally, often in dumb, excruciating, only-Indiana fashion.

There could never be another down of FBS football played and the Hoosiers have already provided enough material for an “Images that precede unfortunate events in Indiana football history” Twitter account to exist and post a different screenshot once a week until the time when the fault lines out West eventually crumble and turn Los Angeles and San Francisco into neighboring cities that are just a short Lime scooter ride away from one another.