By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor How impressed were you with how the Big Ten fared in the opening weekend of college football? Not very? Don’t feel too bad because there wasn’t too much to get excited about. No. 2 Ohio State, the second-ranked team in the country, only beat dismal Buffalo by 20. Michigan […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent The Pacers are giving Rasual Butler a chance to get back into the Association. But why? One way to look at signing Butler for the minimum is they’ll have some insurance in case increasingly brittle Danny Granger gets hurt. Butler may be paid cheaply, and he could have value as […]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Cody Latimer smiles at a question he’d never been asked. Why did someone who dreamed of playing in the NBA decide to pick up football midway through high school? “That’s a good question,” Latimer said. “To tell you the truth I started playing football pretty much because […]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent The Big East released its 2013-14 conference schedule on Thursday afternoon. Each school plays 18 league games, nine at home, facing each opponent in the 10-team league twice. Below is Butler’s slate. The Bulldogs are expected to announce their nonconference schedule in the coming days. Scroll to the bottom of […]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent A team already deep on the perimeter just got a little deeper. Veteran swingman Rasual Butler has agreed to a deal with the Indiana Pacers, he announced late Tuesday on his Twitter account. Butler will sign a non-guaranteed contract, agent Joel Bell told RealGM.com. The contract is likely for the […]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent If TMZ followed basketball players this offseason, would the entertainment network have noticed Lance Stephenson’s goings-on? Did they, anyway? Less than two months remain for the Pacers to extend Paul George. Otherwise, the blossoming superstar will hit free agency next summer. Make no mistake: Indy will offer, or has offered, […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The way Notre Dame started its season opener you thought they would cover the spread in the first half. The first two times the Fighting Irish touched the ball against visiting Temple, they found the end zone, and for all practical purposes the game was […]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Each week I’ll run down what’s hot and what’s cold with Indiana football. Here’s my take from Thursday’s 73-35 win over Indiana State: HOT History – You have to go back more than 100 years to find the last time the Hoosiers scored that many points in […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Thankfully, the college football season has finally arrived! As we celebrate this Labor Day weekend, college football officially kicks off. In fact, three Big Ten teams got things going prior to Saturday. On Thursday night, Indiana destroyed Indiana State, scoring 73 points – the most for a Hoosier football […]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Maybe things really are different after all. The Indiana Hoosiers opened what they hope is a statement season with a statement victory. And their three-headed quarterback monster was right in the middle of it. The staggering numbers: 10 touchdowns, 632 total yards, 10.6 yards per pass, 5.8 […]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – At the end of last season, Kevin Wilson said the Hoosiers fell apart physically, bereft of the energy and push and strength necessary to earn a postseason berth after a 2-5 start. In May, June and July, during the period in which rules forbid coaches from participating […]
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