Blowout is cause for concern

They're baaaaack. It's unfortunate to say, but the IU football team that has so famously self-imploded in the past made its comeback debut on Saturday against Utah 40-13. That's not even close to being a competitive game. For the Hoosiers that showed so much potential in the win against William and Mary, they certainly showed that giving IU the benefit of the doubt only causes heartache. So without further adieu, here is this week's awards.\nBest disappearing act: \nThe IU offensive line. The O-line lost one of its key members to graduation last season, and yet the line is playing like it's made up of inexperienced freshmen. The Utah defense exploited the line to a point where poor Gibran Hamdan, who replaced Tommy Jones in the third quarter, could barely walk off the field. Hamdan was taking a beating by the Utes who had no trouble rushing him on each play. IU coach Gerry DiNardo spent tons of time toning the defense, that someone forgot to remind him that he needed to work on the offense. So the question remains, where did the strong offensive line from last year vanish to? And how can we get them back?\nMost cruel reminder: \nThe Utah station broadcasting the game felt the need to dump a truckload of salt into the IU fans gaping wounds in the third quarter. While IU was down 34-6, the station showed clips of Antwaan Randle El, completing passes, running for numerous amounts of yards and having an offensive line that actually kept the defense at bay. It was almost enough to bring the ten people watching the game to tears. It was a sad, sad moment.\nBest Keith Jackson impression: \nIU announcer Don Fischer turned into the "Whoa Nelly" king himself on Saturday. When IU quarterback Tommy Jones shocked IU fans with his 53-yard touchdown pass to Glenn Johnson, Fischer described the play as Jones showing a little "Razzle-Dazzle" on the pass. Too bad Fischer used the phrase so soon in the game. Maybe Jones would've had a little bit in him to inspire Fischer to imitate Jackson some more. Oh well, at least he got one chance to praise Jones. That's one more than against William and Mary.\nMost Awww-how-adorable-inducing Moment: \nThis is obviously not anything from the IU side since nothing they did Saturday came even close to resembling anything cute. But on the sidelines, just after the start of the third quarter, Utah's Marty Johnson, who rushed 29 times for 228 yards and two touchdowns, drank from a water bottle on which he had written 1508. That is the number of yards he wants to gain in order to break a rushing record. It would be nice to see anyone on IU with that kind of drive and goal. It's called finding inspiration. Note to the IU football team, TRY IT!\nBiggest waste of time: \nWatching the game at all. That's three and a half hours that anyone who bothered to watch will never get back. And it's money that the bars who ordered the game will never get back. And it's five hours of flight time that the team will never get back; it would have been much easier just to forfeit. And it's wasting the 50 lines of paper that this column is taking up just talking about the game.\nBest reason to love Kilroy's Sports Bar:\nIn between the so-called football "game," they were broadcasting the Serena-Venus U.S. Open final. So at least the people viewing the game got to see some kind of competition Saturday night.\nScariest realization, probably of all time:\nThat IU has no consistent quarterback, no running back because there is no offensive line to open holes and an up-and-down defense. Memo to anyone reading this -- PRAY!