2. Indiana loses another rough bowl game
The 1991 Indiana Hoosiers closed out a strong year with a decisive 24-0 Copper Bowl win over Baylor. It was just the third bowl win in IU history in in seven tries, but at least the program became a regular on the bowl circuit in the mid-to-late 1980s to the early 1990s.
It’s 2021, and Indiana is still stuck on three bowl wins.
The Hoosiers have gone 0-6 in their last six tries, including a brutally painful collapse to Tennessee in last year’s Gator Bowl, an overtime loss to Duke in your 2015 Pinstripe, and a 26-24 fight against Utah in the 2016 Foster Farms.
Under Tom Allen, IU has gone 0-3 losing b a total of nine points.
It’s a sour end to an otherwise amazing year. IU pushed Ohio State better than Clemson did, it beat Wisconsin in Madison, took down Penn State and Michigan, shut out Michigan State, and deserved a New Year’s Six bowl – probably the Fiesta Bowl – based on how good it was and the big-name teams it beat.
And it lost to a mediocre Ole Miss team in the bowl.
On the flip side …