Tag Archives: Tom Allen

IU Football coach Tom Allen shares narrow-minded and sloppily crafted moral advice
January 23, 2020

Indiana University football coach Tom Allen tweeted the image to the left on Sunday, and I don’t agree with a word of it. Many responded to the comment I attached to a retweet of Allen’s message with indictments of our soft society and calls for people to read the right books, listen to the right music, […]

Tom Allen chooses prudence over fighting against Michigan
November 25, 2019

Indiana ran out the clock on a brilliant 13-play drive that ate the final eight minutes of the game against Michigan.  Of the 13 plays, IU ran the ball 12 times. If Indiana had been ahead by 25 instead of behind by that many at the time, fans would be thrilled.  To sit in the […]

Indiana Football – bowl eligible and deserving of a heartfelt apology
October 28, 2019

I’m sorry.  I was wrong. My evaluation of Tom Allen as Indiana’s football coach has been proven wrong by the 6-2 record the Hoosiers have put together this season.  There is still work to be done, but 6-2 gives the Hoosiers bowl eligibility before Halloween for the first time since 1993. If Indiana can beat […]

This might be the year fans who doubt Tom Allen eat their words #iufb
October 20, 2019

Indiana beat Maryland 34-28 yesterday, putting its season win total at five. For those IU grads who had trouble getting through M-014 (a non-credit basic math course), that leaves the Hoosiers one win shy of bowl eligibility. With games remaining against Nebraska, Northwestern and Purdue – games Indiana has at least a 52.3% chance of […]