For the first time since the Big Ten introduced a conference championship game to its football season, the league calendar is starting in the same place that it will end: Lucas Oil Stadium.
That put Indiana coach Tom Allen on the field at the Indianapolis facility on Friday morning where he stood on a dais and delivered remarks as part of the league’s annual media day event, which was moved from its normal home of Chicago due to the pandemic. And as he clutched the podium and looked across the 70,000-seat stadium, Allen tried to look into the future.