Kevin Wilson Has a Big Honey-Do List to Lift Indiana Hoosier Football

My wife would be the first to tell you she knows little about college football, but at the same time she has a way of grasping just enough to ask some tough questions. For example, I casually mentioned last night that Indiana (where our son went) won just one game this season.

"How are they going to recruit," she asked. "What do they have to offer? What are they going to say when some kid asks about their record?'

Good questions all. Indiana head coach Kevin Wilson has one season and now must travel the hustings looking for talent. Truth be told when he took the job there was a not a surplus of D1 players chomping at the bit.

Derek Dooley at Tennessee can at least tell recruits they will run out at home games to a massive sea of Volunteer orange. The joke at Indiana is 50,000 tailgate—30,000 see the game.

So what does Wilson's to-do list look like today? Glad you asked:

1—You can't allow football to be treated like the little brother to the basketball team. I'm not saying have an MMA showdown with Tom Crean, but publicly the message needs to be Indiana football is serious business and better days are ahead.

2—You know right know you're not going to get the 5-Star guys so make sure you are finding every player that missed out on being recruited by established powers by a hair. Tell them they will have every reason to expect to start -- or at least get a lot of minutes.

3—Let the current players know they better show up next spring in the best shape they have ever been in.

4—Get yourself in front of every booster club, civic club -- wherever you can get an audience. I've heard you're not smooth in front of a crowd. Get smooth. It's not hard.

5—Do the same on campus. You don't have to be a cartoon character, but be visible and known.

You're a one-win team. Trust me—everyone is overlooking you. Use that while you can.