COLUMN: Indiana football continues making easy things hard in loss to Rutgers
Indiana junior punter James Evans caught the snap, took two steps forward and vaulted the football off his right foot.
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Indiana junior punter James Evans caught the snap, took two steps forward and vaulted the football off his right foot.
Indiana football has reached the season’s halfway point and currently holds a 2-4 record following a 52-7 blowout defeat Oct. 14 to Michigan in Ann Arbor.
It’s Sept. 2022, and Matthew Bedford is mindlessly scrolling through social media, just days after suffering a season-ending torn ACL in the first half of Indiana football’s opener against Illinois.
ANN ARBOR – As rain fell and wind blew, Indiana football’s proverbial ship sunk speedily in Saturday afternoon’s 52-7 loss to Michigan inside ‘The Big House.’
The last time Indiana football took the field – Sept. 30 against Maryland in College Park – it suffered a 27-point loss, prompting questions about the direction of the program while falling to 2-3 on the season.
Rod Carey hopped off an exercise bike and walked into Indiana football’s team room just shy of 11:30 a.m. Wednesday Oct. 4, water in hand and towel around shoulder.
You never get a second chance to make a first impression – but Indiana sophomore safety Phillip Dunnam is proof there’s often more than meets the eye.
Same song, different verse.
All Mackenzie Mgbako could do was extend his left arm and hope.
Indiana football entered Saturday night’s blackout-themed game against the University of Akron littered with optimism, but by the time the final whistle blew, the only darkness inside Memorial Stadium was the Hoosiers’ seasonal outlook.
Much like AC/DC, Indiana football is “Back in Black.”
INDIANAPOLIS – Tayven Jackson stood in the North endzone, eyes locked on redshirt freshman left tackle Carter Smith, voice booming with excitement. Suddenly, Indiana football’s redshirt freshman quarterback was soaring through the air, lifted off the ground by Smith.
When Indiana football sophomore defensive back Phillip Dunnam and sixth-year senior linebacker Aaron Casey were told the stat, they were stunned.
In one moment, Tayven Jackson was on the ground, writhing in pain with his left leg lifted. The next, he was leading a touchdown drive.
With just under 90 minutes before Saturday’s kickoff against then-No. 3 Ohio State, Indiana football freshmen quarterbacks Tayven Jackson and Brendan Sorsby trotted onto the field together before splitting their separate ways.
The biggest question leading into Indiana football’s season opener against No. 3 Ohio State was who the Hoosiers would anoint as their starting quarterback --- and the same question remains following Saturday’s 23-3 loss at Memorial Stadium.
The Indiana football team is seeking to bounce back from a disappointing 4-8 record last season. Its season starts Saturday with a tough test against an Ohio State team Hoosier’s head coach Tom Allen called “the very, very best.”
With controversy at quarterback and a bevy of newcomers in the fold, Indiana football is clouded by uncertainty heading into the 2023 season. After a promising 3-0 start to the 2022 campaign, the Hoosiers stumbled and finished just 2-7 in conference play and 4-8 overall.