Nine and a half sacks, and seven games into the season, sophomore defensive lineman Greg Middleton is getting some recognition.
Dollinger has spoken..... IU WILL WIN Kirby is speaking: IU will NOT win. Penn State has too many playmakers.
This week's segment of the "funny but unrelated segment of the blog" goes to senior cornerback, and team captain, Tracy Porter.
We are running a story in tomorrow's paper about the Sampson press conference held today, but there were two quotes which I wanted to put up now. Q: Do you ever take time to make phone calls to Rod when he gets cut or something like that Sampson: "You be careful with that word." The room erupted with laughter after that comment from Sampson.
For a limited time, Hoosier fans can purchase a ticket package for only $68. The package includes tickets to the Nov.
If I posted everything I have read and heard about the Sampson situation, I could make 50 posts a day.
Adam Zagoria (who works for the Herald News in West Patterson, NJ) has been doing a good job staying on top of the East Coast recruits in his blog.
Some quick facts about IU's homecoming foe...some are probably important, others are probably useless.
Hoosier nation is certainly divided after the second round of violations for coach Kelvin Sampson and the men's basketball team.
IU isn't the only one with a homecoming this weekend. Penn State reserve defensive Tom Golarz will have a homecoming of his own this weekend, when the Bloomington natives comes home to take on the Hoosiers. Golarz played at Bloomington North before electing to walk-on with the Nittany Lions.
Just got off the phone with Tyler Zeller. He said the sanctions won't affect his decision. here is a short write-up: Tyler Zeller, arguably the state's top high school basketball prospect, said IU men's basketball coach Kelvin Sampson's recently announced recruiting violations will not affect his decision on where to attend college.
Just got off the phone with Darrell Elston, former UNC basketball player and 2008 IU recruit Derek Elston's father, and he said his son's commitment is firm, even with the new sanctions. "I don't know a lot about the situation," Darrell Elston said.
After a little more than a week of deliberating whether the IU/Penn State game will be on ESPN or ESPN2, the good folks in Bristol, Conn.
There have been numerous reaction stories already about the sanctions handed down to Coach Kelvin Sampson by the athletic department yesterday.
I've already put my two cents in on Sampson's latest recruiting violations, but this issue isn't going to go away anytime soon.
The Hoosiers went from the cusp of being ranked to not being on anyones radar. In both the AP and Coaches RANKINGS IU received NO votes. IU also dropped three spots in the Big Ten Network's POWER RANKINGS, going from 6th to 9th.
- Sophomore safety Austin Thomas finished the day with 22 tackles, just four tackles short of the all-time IU record.
The teleconference is just wrapping up, so we wanted to get you some information we found out this afternoon. Coach Sampson, Athletic Director Rick Greenspan and Associate Athletic Director of Student Development and Compliance Grace Calhoun were on the phone today talking about the investigation conducted by Indianapolis law firm Ice Miller. During a yearly routine check of compliance in July, some phone records showed that three-way calling occurred.
Hey folks. This is somewhat unrelated, but I got to have a conversation with University Chancellor Ken Gros Louis Thursday afternoon.
This just in from the IU Media Relations Department... not good news for the Hoosiers. There will be a 1 p.m.
