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Opening Statement
“I got really tired of standing in front of you all and talking how close we are and being disappointed and trying to figure out how I am going to spin it the right way when I know I was just torn up on the inside. It feels pretty stinkin’ good to stand here and answer your questions after a big-time road win for the Hoosiers. I don’t really even care what anyone else thinks. This is big. This means a whole lot to our program and changes a lot of things with our guys.”
On playing at Nebraska
“This is a pretty awesome place to play. I had never been here before, never been to Lincoln - never coached here, never played here, nothing. It was an awesome crowd and they were so stinking loud. But, it was a pretty special night.”
On what the team expected from Nebraska
“Well we felt like we really knew running was going to be hard, based on their alignments, their mass, and the strength of their defense. So, you’ll notice we didn’t really ram our heads into the wall to try and force it. We still continued to run the ball, but we found things we could take advantage of in the pass game and they proved to be true. But, you still have to execute, you still have to make catches. We felt like we could throw the football, and we were able to, but as the game comes you have to adjust and they do different things and start bringing different coverages and pressures and you have to adapt.”
On the players’ attitudes about playing Nebraska
“Some things were said before about Indiana, and us playing Nebraska. You look at the history and it is just not the same. They are just not the same. Our guys took that personal.”
On Nebraska’s offense
“They did. Trick plays, I mean tempo within the trick plays. By the time I was trying to figure out what happened in the last play, they did another one. They kind of got us on our heels and that is tough. I was frustrated, (Defensive coordinator) Kane (Wommack) was frustrated, we are all frustrated. They were trying to get that energy going fast and I knew that they had to do that to try and get some momentum going. I just said ‘guys, weather the storm, weather the storm and then lets just go play football.’ I’ll watch the film and see how we did on all that, but it was a tough start for us and not the way you want to start on the road.’
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