Indiana is in an unusual spot heading into Thursday's Rose Bowl against Alabama. The No. 1 seed is expected to beat the mighty Crimson Tide. That sentence seems like it would've been unfathomable to type for much of the 100-plus years of both programs, but college football in 2025 is different.
And even former SEC legend David Pollack knows that. Pollack, a three-time All-American linebacker at Georgia in the early 2000s, has always pumped up the physicality of SEC football. But even he has to admit that the Hoosiers might be more than the Crimson Tide can handle.