At this point the injuries don't explain it. This is the best built team that Indiana has had as far as how to win in the Big Ten. Even with an great offense, if you can't play defense in the Big Ten, you are good for about 1-3 wins. This Indiana team isn't as good on offense, but there defense has grown a lot. That's a better formula to keep it close. They played very good 3rd down defense vs OSU (36% against a team averaging in the mid 50%).