There are 120 guys on some college football teams, and most of them are just guys.
For months, Stephen Daley believed he knew how his college football story ended.
Indiana's coach said the Big Ten doesn't need an SEC-style "hype machine" after winning the past 3 national titles.
Last summer, Indiana spent media days answering questions about whether it belonged. This summer, it will answer questions about whether it can stay.
Curt Cignetti also seems to view public discourse itself as a potential waste of competitive energy.
The road from Indiana football oblivion to the White House was not supposed to exist.
The Hoosiers went 16-0 to capture the first national championship in program history.
When the Las Vegas Raiders made him the No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft on Thursday night, the most anticipated moment of his football life played out not on the league's stage, but in a crowded home in Miami, surrounded by family, friends and the people he says "poured into" his journey.
He could have stood at Indiana football's Pro Day off to the side in a hoodie, smiled for the cameras, shaken hands with the men from Las Vegas and New York and every other NFL city, and nobody would have held it against him.
The first correction of Indiana's spring did not wait for a whistle.