Respect for being a Beaver fan. And that is the point.
Remember all the amazing players brought to OSU under Erickson? Guys like Chad Johnson, TJ, Steven Jackson, etc? How OSU was not just good...but VERY good under that regime?
(OSU got screwed. Killing the Pac-12 sucked....)
Now look at where CFB was going. The SEC was trying to argue it needed a full half of its conference in the playoffs. Bigger conferences were trying to push out the others, turning the playoffs into a glorified SEC championship with some invites for the Big 10 and maybe a few others.
But IU showed that you don't need that crap. That hiring a great coach (like OSU did with Erickson) can make a big difference. Now, sure, IU is IN a bigger conference...but the tide is turning because the argument is now made that anyone can win it.
And as for the special teams thing? That was the IU thing all year. They forced and capitalized on the other team's mistakes. That wasn't a fluke. It's a feature.
You are welcome to your opinion. Just confused why you don't see how IU winning isn't better for CFB and even maybe good for fans like at OSU.