Indy Sports Legends photographer Ben Fahrbach’s latest slideshow captures the Wisconsin-Purdue game, which Wisconsin won 38-14. Fahrbach has taken photos at each Purdue home game this season. You can see more of his work on links below the Purdue-Wisconsin slideshow. Related: Purdue focus shifts from Rose Bowl to reaching a bowl Purdue shouldn’t get […]
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By CHUCK SAMPLES ISL Correspondent College football lessons from Week 7: 1. Jump on West Virginia by 28 points and hold the Mountaineers to a quarter-mile or less of offense and you can win. 2. LSU can outmuscle a national contender. 3. Bob Stoops has Mack Brown’s number. 4. Iowa State may have lost a […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – When Christian Watford swished an arching 3-pointer to beat Kentucky, Indiana basketball found its eight-point buck to mount on the wall. Tom Crean had won just 28 games in his first three seasons. Then, finally, the attention-getter. Something to show recruits. A message to the world. A […]
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By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent CARMEL, Ind. — This time, Carmel’s defense couldn’t save its struggling offense. Fifth-ranked Ben Davis shut out the Greyhounds in the second half of a 13-7 victory on Friday night that ended Carmel’s unbeaten season and its 16-game winning streak. It looked good for Carmel early on Senior Night. After forcing […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Notre Dame’s magical season got even more magical on Saturday evening thanks to a thrilling 20-13 overtime win over No. 17 Stanford in Notre Dame Stadium. The story was once again the Irish defense. It’s a defense that prior to the Stanford game was considered one […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Does it always have to be Wisconsin? The last time Purdue was a serious Rose Bowl contender was in 2004. Kyle Orton was a Heisman candidate when the Badgers strolled into town for a midseason battle of unbeatens. Purdue led late in their matchup back then before Scott Starks recovered […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent Notre Dame and Stanford are as good as it gets when talking about successful football programs that graduate their players. Saturday’s meeting between the Irish and Cardinal will mark the first time that schools ranked in the top 20 in the Associated Press football poll and on the U.S. News […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent This will mark the third week of Big Ten play and it likely will feature the most important game of the season in the Leaders Division. Wisconsin at Purdue. The winner of Saturday’s game in Ross-Ade Stadium will have an inside track on a ticket to the Big Ten Championship […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – Pacers fans are accustomed to scrappy second half play from a Hansbrough. In Friday’s 96-91 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves, Ben Hansbrough showed Bankers Life Fieldhouse that his brother Tyler isn’t the only one who can make a difference. Ben scored five points and dished five assists in […]
Continue ReadingBy DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent Each and every week during the Irish football season, IndySportsLegends.com interviews Notre Dame’s upcoming opponent’s radio play-by-play announcer. This week IndySportsLegends.com spoke with Dave Flemming, the Voice of the Cardinal. Flemming is also the radio voice of the San Francisco Giants (along with Jon Miller) and will soon be calling […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent This season’s Atlantic 10 conference is almost as deep as the body of water for which it is named. Swollen for a limited time to 16 teams, nearly half the league can hold legitimate NCAA tournament aspirations. Before Temple departs for the Big East and Charlotte moves to Conference USA, […]
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