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As many of you know, I was a fan of Turley at Stanford, but he unfortunately got canned so I had to go searching for guys that shared my same beliefs in what football training can look like and how it can impact on the field. I stumbled across two fellas at Indiana that Tom Allen hired in 2018 (when Frost and his staff got here) by the names of Dr Matt Rhea and Dave Ballou. I was a year late to the party seeing how they were incorporating things, but the good news is like i've said on this site before, that year 2 is where you should start seeing the results. Year 1 is so tough for S&C coaches as they have to deal with different training methods that the staff before them did (or didn't do) and correct imbalances, work ethic, and a myriad of other things that could be wrong. I was curious what would happen, because Indiana was 5-7 their first year there, but luckily they were on Nebraska's schedule so I would get to see up close just how they looked.
All of a sudden Indiana in 2019 (just two years into their S&C program) had their first top 25 ranking since 1994, first win in Lincoln since 1959, and bowl eligible before Halloween for the first time since 1993. The game in Lincoln, where the Huskers had the lead at halftime, saw our team get outscored 22-10 in the second half and spark all kinds of debate on HuskerMax. I of course brought up that Indiana only has four 4 stars on their entire team per the 247 composite, while Nebraska had 20. The counter was of course brought up, "well, how many of their guys would you take over ours? Quite a few i'm guessing." No argument from me, it was the point I was trying to make.
So how did that happen? For every recruit that chooses Indiana over Nebraska (Taiwan Mullen), I have about a dozen that chose us over them? Are we just the most unlucky team in the world? What it comes down to is development, and it happened for the Hoosiers in less than 2 years. Nick Saban took notice, and luckily got them out of our conference. It scares me because I feel Alabama will widen the gap, but it makes me happy that we don't have to deal with these guys behind the scenes anymore.
Article here;
All of a sudden Indiana in 2019 (just two years into their S&C program) had their first top 25 ranking since 1994, first win in Lincoln since 1959, and bowl eligible before Halloween for the first time since 1993. The game in Lincoln, where the Huskers had the lead at halftime, saw our team get outscored 22-10 in the second half and spark all kinds of debate on HuskerMax. I of course brought up that Indiana only has four 4 stars on their entire team per the 247 composite, while Nebraska had 20. The counter was of course brought up, "well, how many of their guys would you take over ours? Quite a few i'm guessing." No argument from me, it was the point I was trying to make.
So how did that happen? For every recruit that chooses Indiana over Nebraska (Taiwan Mullen), I have about a dozen that chose us over them? Are we just the most unlucky team in the world? What it comes down to is development, and it happened for the Hoosiers in less than 2 years. Nick Saban took notice, and luckily got them out of our conference. It scares me because I feel Alabama will widen the gap, but it makes me happy that we don't have to deal with these guys behind the scenes anymore.
Article here;
How a Unique Speed Training Program Flipped the Fortunes of Indiana Football
Individualized training has led to prodigious improvements in speed, helping the long-hapless Hoosiers earn their first top 25 ranking since 1994.
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