Here's what Tom Allen had to say after Indiana's loss to Ohio State
It was a rough night for Indiana.
The Hoosiers welcomed No. 5 Ohio State to Bloomington and tied the game 7-7 in the 1st quarter. It was all downhill from there as the Buckeyes scored 47 straight points en route to a 54-7 victory.
Jack Tuttle started the game at quarterback for Indiana, but he was hurt on his lone touchdown pass. Donavan McCulley came in, then Grant Gamel entered the game. Tuttle came back briefly, then McCulley finished it out. All in all, Indiana threw for just 80 yards, led by 41 from Tuttle.
Defensively, the Hoosiers just didn’t have an answer for CJ Stroud, TreVeyon Henderson & Co. The Buckeyes totaled 539 yards and scored 30 or more points in the first half for an FBS- leading fourth time this year.
Indiana coach Tom Allen met the media after the game to discuss his team’s performance. Here’s what he had to say:
Tom Allen says Jack Tuttle's injury "hurt us without question." X-rays are negative, but he needs an MRI. Allen suggests it's a ligament issue.
"He's in a lot of pain right now." #iufb
— Zach Osterman (@ZachOsterman) October 24, 2021
Tom Allen: "It's not anywhere close to where any of us thought it was gonna be, but at the same time, I'm proud of our guys for staying together." #iufb
— Zach Osterman (@ZachOsterman) October 24, 2021
Allen says Indiana kept things a little bit vanilla by design with Donaven McCulley tonight, but that Tuttle's status could change that going forward.
"Based on what happens with Jack, we'll have to come up with an expanded plan for him." #iufb
— Zach Osterman (@ZachOsterman) October 24, 2021
"It was ugly. That's the best way to describe it. That was painful." #iufb
— Evan Gerike (@EvanGerike) October 24, 2021
Allen said the first-string defenders didn't want to come out. That's why he left them in as long as he did.
— Dustin Dopirak (@DustinDopirak) October 24, 2021
Allen: "Based on what happens with Jack, we'll have to come up with an expanded package for (McCulley.)"
— Dustin Dopirak (@DustinDopirak) October 24, 2021
Allen points out that McCulley wasn't even on campus in the spring: "He just didn't have enough reps, to be honest with you."
— Dustin Dopirak (@DustinDopirak) October 24, 2021
Allen asked why McCulley didn't throw more: "We didn't want to put him back there and ask him to make some complex reads. You have a plan going in to have him focus on those small things. Then when Jack goes out so early, it really put is in a position that we didn't…
— Dustin Dopirak (@DustinDopirak) October 24, 2021
