By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Every time I watch Indiana play, I come away impressed with something different. This time, it was the Hoosiers’ ability to pull away from a talented team by simply sticking with the game plan. There were no major shifts in approach that took a close game and […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor As North Carolina prepares to play IU tonight in Assembly in one of the biggest games of the young college basketball season, you have to wonder if we’ll see the Tar Heels more frequently in Big Ten country in the very near future. There’s plenty of legit talk circulating […]
From Indiana Sports Information BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana senior defensive tackle Adam Replogle and sophomore wide receiver Cody Latimer earned second team All-Big Ten honors, the conference announced Monday evening. Seven additional Hoosiers received honorable mention recognition. The nine honorees are the most for the IU program since 2001, when 12 Hoosiers collected league laurels. […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — After all the ups and downs, Purdue is bowl-bound. Akeem Shavers scored three touchdowns during a furious five-minute stretch in the fourth quarter to help the Boilermakers pull away for a 56-35 win over Indiana on Saturday and retain the Old Oaken Bucket. “It always feels good,” […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor I saw IU for the first time Thursday night and came away with my head spinning. What a complete basketball team Tom Crean has put together. I searched and searched for a weakness during the Hoosiers’ 99-45 win over Sam Houston State and came away with little. Of course, the team the Hoosiers […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Breathe, Danny Hope. The perfect storm is over. The Boilermakers finally won their first Big Ten game of the season with a 27-24 win over Iowa on Saturday. Then, all the talk about Indiana possibly going to the Big Ten title game was washed away with Wisconsin’s 62-14 win in Bloomington on […]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana started the day with dreams of clearing a path to the Rose Bowl. Instead, Wisconsin ran all over those hopes in a historic performance. Montee Ball and James White combined for 359 of Wisconsin’s school-record 564 rushing yards and the Badgers held Indiana to less than […]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Athletic director Fred Glass stood at center court and announced that Indiana basketball was back. He cited Tom Crean as the reason – and revealed the terms of a two-year contract extension for the coach through the 2019-2020 season. Crean then took the sideline and proved his worth, […]
From Indiana Sports Information BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Right before the tip-off of tonight’s men’s basketball game against Bryant, Indiana University Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Fred Glass announced to the capacity crowd that he and Tom Crean had reached agreement on the terms of a new contract, including a two-year extension, that Glass […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent The nightmare scenario that many feared this summer could become reality in the Big Ten. Once Ohio State and Penn State were both declared ineligible for the post-season, people who follow the Big Ten began to ponder the possibility of which remaining four teams from the Leaders Division had a shot […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor There was only one way Purdue’s epic flop against Minnesota could have been worse, and guess what? It happened. Indiana won. What a double-whammy for Purdue coach Danny Hope. Purdue, which entered the season with all the returning starters and all the hype, fell behind 44-7 against Minnesota and eventually […]
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