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Indiana Football: 5 reasons why IU will make a bowl game in 2019

By Zacarias Olvera

Indiana players greet fans as they head into the stadium prior to action between the Michigan Wolverines and Indiana Hoosiers at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana on November 11, 2006. Michigan won 34-3. (Photo by G. N. Lowrance/Getty Images)
Indiana players greet fans as they head into the stadium prior to action between the Michigan Wolverines and Indiana Hoosiers at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana on November 11, 2006. Michigan won 34-3. (Photo by G. N. Lowrance/Getty Images) /
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Indiana players greet fans as they head into the stadium prior to action between the Michigan Wolverines and Indiana Hoosiers at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana on November 11, 2006. Michigan won 34-3. (Photo by G. N. Lowrance/Getty Images)
Indiana players greet fans as they head into the stadium prior to action between the Michigan Wolverines and Indiana Hoosiers at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana on November 11, 2006. Michigan won 34-3. (Photo by G. N. Lowrance/Getty Images) /

The Indiana football program has high expectations for this season, and one of them includes to go back to a bowl game.

The Hoosiers have improved tremendously in many areas this past offseason, thus leaving many hopeful for the team’s first bowl game appearance since 2016. However, many obstacles will test the Indiana football program in their journey back into bowl game contention.

Despite being in the dreadfully difficult Big Ten East Division, Indiana will have opportunities to pick up many wins in the non-conference to set themselves up for success come conference play.

Not only do the Hoosiers return a lot of talent from a season ago, they also bring in their top ranked recruiting class in program history, and the talk of the offseason is how close Indiana is to breaking through. Well, this year they should.

No matter how you want to spin it, the season and bowl game potential all comes down to whether the Hoosiers can pull off at least one or two upsets on the season.

Tom Allen predicted a bowl game appearance back at Big Ten Media Day, and that’s exactly what fans will expect.

Here are five reasons why we think Indiana will make it back to a bowl game.

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