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Tom Allen confirms Indiana’s offensive play-caller for Gator Bowl against Tennessee
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The 2019 Gator Bowl features Indiana and Tennessee. Big Ten vs. SEC. What more can you ask for?
The Hoosiers, like a lot of football programs at the moment, are undergoing change among their coaching staff. In particular, former Hoosiers offensive coordinator Kalen DeBoer took the head coaching job at Fresno State. Would DeBoer come back to Indiana and call plays against the Volunteers?
That was the hope.
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On Monday, Hoosiers head coach Tom Allen confirmed it:
“Something we’ve been working towards and were hoping to have done and both sides worked together to make that a possibility,” Allen said. “Really appreciate that, and he wants to finish well here and finish what we started.”
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“Both ADs were supportive,” Allen said. “It’s obviously a great thing for him, a great opportunity for him, but, selfishly, you’d like to keep him for the remainder of our time. But I’ve been in those situations with other staffs. I’ve been in it with my own self, not as the head coach but going to another staff and we’re having to not coach in a bowl game in the past because of that, because of the demands of a new job, and you don’t want to take away from that, either.”
The Gator Bowl is set to begin at 7 p.m. ET on Thursday, Jan. 2 on ESPN.
Kevin covers Big Ten football for Saturday Tradition.