Week 4 was a statement moment for the Indiana Hoosiers . Indiana tore the Illinois Fighting Illini to shreds in a way that makes you stop and ask the bigger question: is this team for real?

A 63-10 final grabs attention on its own, but the performance goes deeper than the box score.

The short end of it: this wasn't luck, it wasn't Illinois having a bad day, and it wasn't a September mirage. There's more to that score than meets the eye, and I will lay it all out.

Indiana romped Illinois, 63-10 : What it tells us

The Hoosiers' dominant win over Illinois was a confirmation of everything we thought this team could be. Indiana dismantled the Illini in every possible way.

Fernando Mendoza was nearly perfect, completing 21-of-23 passes for 267 yards and five touchdowns. The run gam

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