Coaches, players take responsibility for defense
The Badgers have won the past six matchups with the Hoosiers by an average of 30.5 points per game, averaging 312.2 rushing yards per game in the past five meetings.
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The Badgers have won the past six matchups with the Hoosiers by an average of 30.5 points per game, averaging 312.2 rushing yards per game in the past five meetings.
For the second time this season, a Hoosier earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors. Running back D'Angelo Roberts collected the award after a 38-21 win against South Carolina State, and wide receiver Shane Wynn won the award after Saturday's 41-20 loss to Illinois.
From Co-Defensive Coordinator Mike Ekeler to senior middle linebacker Jeff Thomas, the IU football team is frustrated with its performance.
Beat reporters Max McCombs and Alex McCarthy and columnist Justin Albers are joined by special guest Nathan Hart to discuss Indiana's 41-20 loss at the hands of Illinois Saturday.
Following a 99-yard kickoff return from freshman Shane Wynn, IU led for the first 13 minutes of Saturday's game against Illinois. The Illini grabbed a 14-10 lead with 1:34 remaining in the first quarter and never looked back, eventually defeating IU 41-20.
Quarterback play has been a factor in the last two clashes between Indiana and Illinois, which might not bode well for the Hoosiers when they square off against Illinois at 2:30 Saturday at home. While IU’s Ben Chappell had 333 yards and three touchdowns in the 2009 contest, the quarterback situation for both schools has gone in opposite directions.
The Nittany Lions turned the ball over twice in the red zone and having to settle for three field goals in five trips inside IU’s 20-yard line. Even though Penn State eventually defeated IU 16-10, sophomore cornerback Lawrence Barnett said the defense fought to the end.
First Quarter, 8:42
In last year’s season and the one before, the IU football team was undefeated entering Big Ten conference play. While that was the aim this year for Co-Defensive Coordinator Doug Mallory and the Hoosiers, this season has begun differently.
Coach Kevin Wilson is now in his first season as IU's football coach and with him comes an entire culture change for the program.
A three-year starter at IU, Sniadecki garnered All-Big Ten, AP All-America and UPI All-America honors.Sniadecki was a junior on the 1967 team that shared a Big Ten title with Minnesota and Purdue and faced off against USC in the Rose Bowl. Fourty-four years after that season began, Sniadecki will be inducted into the Indiana Athletics Hall of Fame on Friday.
A 21-point rally in the fourth quarter Saturday couldn’t win the game for the Hoosiers (1-3), and they fell to North Texas (1-3), 24-21. They also scored 21 in the fourth quarter against Virginia on Sept. 10 and lost 34-31.
When Hoosiers like redshirt freshman running back Matt Perez step onto the new field in Denton, Texas, on Saturday, they will look to get on top early and send a message to fans.
Senior safety Chris Adkins received a call from Co-Defensive Coordinator Doug Mallory after South Carolina State wide receiver Tyler McDonald scampered 69 yards for a touchdown Saturday. Since his Co-Defensive Coordinator Mike Ekeler is on the field, Mallory has to ring the field to speak to his players after such plays. The play against South Carolina State was the longest play against IU since Wisconsin wide receiver Jared Abbrederis caught a 74-yard touchdown on Nov. 13, 2010. Mallory pointed out that 130 of the Bulldogs’ 216 passing yards came on three plays (of 69, 23 and 38 yards) — all of which were to McDonald, a stat that Mallory said “just kills you.”
After losses to Ball State and Virginia, IU Coach Kevin Wilson and the Hoosiers defeated Football Championship Subdivision opponent South Carolina State 38-21 Saturday.
Even before redshirt sophomore wide receiver Duwyce Wilson made a leaping touchdown grab to give IU a 31-23 lead against Virginia last Saturday, it was clear to many that No. 81 was a valuable asset to the team.
In 2008, the University of Richmond Spiders played the Bulldogs of South Carolina State during the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. In a Spiders uniform was a freshman linebacker from Charlotte, N.C. named Lee Rose. Now a redshirt junior at IU, Rose remembers the game fondly, as it was en route to the Spiders winning the FCS Championship.
Senior linebacker Leon Beckum serves as an example of how close the linebackers are as a unit. Senior middle linebacker Jeff Thomas and Beckum have been good friends for a while, but younger players like freshman linebacker Chase Hoobler became fast friends with the older players.
Virginia’s senior defensive end Cam Johnson sacked Wright-Baker and forced a fumble with 1:13 remaining in the game. The Cavaliers recovered at the IU 14-yard line. They ran down the clock and kicked a game-winning field goal as time expired to secure a 34-31 victory, spoiling a 21-point fourth-quarter IU comeback.
A 24-yard field goal in the final two seconds of the game helped the University of Virginia edge IU.