Indiana DC doubles down on response to Ty Simpson: “Bounce back better”

Jan 17, 2026; Miami Beach, Florida, USA; Indiana Hoosiers defensive coordinator Bryant Haines on the Big Ten Network stage during media day for the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship at Miami Beach Convention Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

Indiana football’s defensive coordinator Bryant Haines doubled down on his reaction to Ty Simpson’s analysis of the Rose Bowl on Saturday.

“That’s all it took to break your entire fanbase? Wow.. maybe I should’ve just said “Boo”. No apologies, no compliments. Grow up folks. He had a bad take and I said the painful truth. Bounce back better. #GoIU #NoCompliments,” Haines posted to X.

This statement is in response to Simpson appearing to give praise to Indiana for beating the Tide on the “Downs 2 Business” podcast.

“From my point of view, I was like they don’t much,” Simpson said. “I was like they do the same thing every down and so when I get the ball, I knew exactly what was going to happen. They just didn’t mess up, bro. They were in the exact same spot they were supposed to be, and they were so well coached. It was so much different than the SEC. In the SEC, they’ll play man, they’ll do these unorthodox coverages because kind of how it is. That game was crazy to me. Of course, I got hurt; that was a bummer. But I just knew what they were going to do, but we couldn’t really run the ball. We didn’t really throw it. It was so crazy to me how it happened.”

Haines initially replied by referring to Simpson’s statement as ‘adorable.’

Adorable. We also, saw everything they were doing, on every single snap… It’s just that we exploited those cues. And didn’t get frozen and crushed by them. pic.twitter.com/L3zjXB3c3I

— Bryant Haines (@Coach_BHaines) April 18, 2026