The IU football team added two players to their 2012 recruiting class with commitments from defensive end Shawn Heffern Aug. 8, and safety Sebastian Smith Aug. 9.
While new head IU football coach Kevin Wilson was not allowed to have any on-field contact with players during the summer months, his influence still reverberated through the summer program run by strength and conditioning coach Mark Hill.
The music echoing across the practice field might as well be an alarm to the rest of the Big Ten, warning them IU football is doing things differently this year.
A day after bolstering their defensive line of the future, the IU football team received more good news for their defense with the commitment of safety Sebastian Smith on Tuesday. Smith, from Central High School in Pickerington, Ohio, is the Hoosiers’ 17th commit for the class of 2012 and second in as many days.
Defensive end Shawn Heffern committed to IU on Monday, becoming the 16th member of the football recruiting class of 2012.
IU senior defensive back Andre Kates will not return to IU in the fall and is seeking a transfer, Kates told the Indiana Daily Student Thursday, Aug. 4.
IU senior defensive back Andre Kates won’t return to school and is seeking a transfer, he told the IDS Thursday.
In case you haven’t heard, “The Movement” is coming. The self-given moniker represents the impending arrival of Indiana’s hyped 2012 basketball recruiting class and its desire to revive the once-proud program. But, quite surprisingly, “The Movement” has now been extended to the traditionally underwhelming football program, which just pulled a major recruiting upset.
The upcoming season has several changes in the works for the Big Ten Conference.
IU surrendered 40 or more points four times last year, giving up an average of 34 points per game. Wilson, along with co-defensive coordinators Mike Ekeler and Doug Mallory, seeks to change that.
Wilson said he believes a confident team begins with confident coaches. He said he has learned over the years that if coaches call a great deal of meetings and cram sessions before games, that sends a message to the players that coaches lack confidence in the team.
Though perhaps overshadowed by the commitment of quarterback Gunner Kiel days earlier, Jason Spriggs become the 15th member of the IU 2012 football recruiting class Thursday.
Senior wide receiver Damarlo Belcher was one of 12 players named to the Big Ten’s inaugural Players to Watch List Thursday.
In the minds of many, the IU football program has taken a backseat to basketball for as long as most can remember. At the Big Ten Media Days in Chicago on Thursday and Friday, both Athletic Director Fred Glass and new head football coach Kevin Wilson made it clear that Hoosier football is not to be overlooked.
The IU Athletics Department announced revised schedules for the 2012-14 football seasons Wednesday to reflect the recent Big Ten expansion.
Gunner Kiel is the top-ranked pro-style quarterback in the country for the 2012 recruiting class, according to Rivals.com. And on July 27, he committed to the IU football team while visiting the campus with his family.
The Big Ten Media Days begin Thursday in Chicago and signal that another season of Big Ten football is not far off.
Gunner Kiel, the top-ranked pro-style quarterback in the country for the 2012 recruiting class according to Rivals.com, has committed to the IU football team.
For several years, quarterback Ben Chappell and wide receiver Terrance Turner were teammates. Now the pair are division rivals.
IU added its 13th member for the 2012 recruiting class Friday when Hutchinson (Kan.) Community College outside linebacker Darrius Stroud offered a verbal commitment.
