For Immediate Release September 17, 2007 -------------------- BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - After rushing for a career-high 199 yards against Akron \0xAD the third-highest total ever for an IU quarterback Kellen Lewis was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week, the conference office announced Monday morning.
Hoosier Hysteria, the annual kick-off practice for the men's and women's basketball teams, will take place Friday October 12th.
The talk of the town is to 'Play 13.' While that certainly is a fine goal to have, what is the ceiling for IU?
-- Indiana 41, Akron 24 [FINAL] -- Tracy Porter intercepted a hail mary attempt at the two-yard line and returned the ball 49 yards to Akron's 49 to seal the victory for IU. And in less than four hours, the Hoosiers were able to hold off Akron, 41-24, and improve their record to 3-0. The IDS game ball goes to Kellen Lewis, who had Hoosier fans having Randle El flashbacks this afternoon.
After their practice on Thursday Coach Lynch had an interesting take on why his team is leading the nation in sacks through the first two weeks. He credited the offense's ability to jump ahead to large leads, which forced both Western Michigan and Indiana State to throw the ball the majority of the game.
Hey guys, I'd like to briefly apologize for a use of word that I had put down about Teddy Schell. As a journalist, I regret using that word as it harshly conveyed what I had viewed.
In the coming weeks leading up to the season, we will give a preview of each of the Big Ten team. Let's go alphabetically, starting with Illinois. Coach In his first four years at the helm, no coach has more victories than Bruce Weber's 112 wins (Coach K and Billy Donovan are tied). In Weber's first year, Illinois went 37-2 en route to a second place finish in the NCAA tournament.
Having been to practice quite a few times this year, I think it's safe to talk about the depth of the IU quarterback chart.
I got a little bored today and decided to check where the IU football team ranked statistically in the NCAA and the Big Ten through its first two games.
The television schedule for the 2007-08 basketball season was released earlier today and the Big Ten Network is slotted to broadcast 15 of the Hoosiers' 31 regular season games plus two exhibition games. The first game of the season not to appear on the BTN will be on Nov.
A few stats about Indiana's next opponent - the Akron Zips. (In case your curious what exactly a Zip is, CLICK HERE.) * Their record is 1-1.
Junior Derek Elston from Tipton, Indiana committed to Kelvin Sampson and the Hoosiers last evening according to reports on recruiting service website, www.peegs.com. The 6 foot, 8 inch forward is currently ranked 97th nationally in the class of 2009 according to recruiting service www.rivals.com.
-- Indiana 37, Western Michigan 27 -- [FINAL] It took over four hours, but the Hoosiers pulled out a win in Kalamazoo, defeating Western Michigan, 37-27. The Hoosiers got ahead early in the first half and didn't succumb to Western Michigan's strong push in the second half.
After an eventful ride down that included a monsoon, a gas station that looked like it came from the set of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and a surly Kalamazoo Sheriff - We have arrived at Waldo Satdium. Some quick notes with an hour before game time: * This is the first time ever that a Big Ten team will play at Western Michigan.
So, when we went to write the IU will win if, IU will lose if article for Friday's paper, I really wanted to put Western Michigan wide receiver Jamarko Simmons as the 'player to watch.' Unfortunately, we couldn't do that because we had to focus on an IU athlete.
In case you can't make the trip to Kalamazoo this weekend, like myself, Under The Rock will feature a live blog Saturday night with frequent game updates. It won't be a play-by-play breakdown, but I'll provide constant score updates, analysis and anything else I deem relatively relevant. The Hoosiers game against Western Michigan begins at 8 p.m.
Junior guard D.J. Byrd committed to Purdue's class of 2009 according to Brian Neubert of www.GoldandBlack.com.
Junior Wideout James Hardy has been named to the 2007 Biletnikoff Award watch list. The Biletnikoff Award is named for College and Pro Football Hall of Fame receiver Fred Biletnikoff and is presented by the Tallahassee (Fla.) Quarterback Club Foundation.
We made some earlier mentions of the 2007-2008 men's basketball schedule, but I wanted to follow up on it. A lot of IU fans are stoked to play the rival Kentucky Wildcats in Assembly Hall this year -- payback for last year when the Hoosiers had to play in Rupp Arena.
Apparently the Hoosiers 48 point victory wasn't enough to spare them from doing wind sprints in full pads on Tuesday.
