(Editor’s note: This is part of an ongoing series previewing each position of Indiana’s football team.)
Let’s take a look at the future of IU’s quarterback position.
With redshirt sophomore Michael Penix Jr. under center, IU football and its fan base is in a position that the Hoosiers have almost never been in, regarding their relationship with a potentially generational talent – short of the best of the Anthony Thompson, Antwaan Randle El and Tevin Coleman years. Despite IU fans being as ready as ever to quench their Big Ten East thirst with an elusive win over Ohio State or Michigan, to have their team win a bowl game, and to check off other historic achievements that would remove IU football from as many Aflac trivia questions as possible, it might be impossible for them to overrate Penix, even after throwing on their favorite Homefield shirt and drinking five or six Busch Lights and a pull of Skrewball in the middle of a muddy field.