Former USC running back Reggie Bush will lose his 2005 Heisman Memorial Trophy amid an investigation as to whether he received improper benefits while in school, according to Yahoo Sports.
Something has to be done about the cupcake tour that is the first week of the college football season, football columnist Justin Albers says.
It’s sometimes difficult to evaluate a team’s performance in an opener — especially against a team such as Towson — but several themes from Thursday night’s game promise to persist.
Senior quarterback Ben Chappell and sophomore running back Darius Willis took a well-deserved early shower Thursday night. Chappell and Willis’ near-perfect first half gave the Hoosiers all they needed to defeat Towson 51-17.
Senior linebacker Tyler Replogle intercepted a third-down pass from Towson quarterback Chris Hart to put Chappell and an explosive IU offense back on track, leading them to a 51-17 win against the Tigers.
IU preserved its rivalry with Purdue in the finalization of the new Big Ten football subdivisions. The decision to realign the conference into two divisions came after Nebraska, which officially becomes a part of the Big Ten on July 1, 2011, decided to leave the Big 12.
The IU football team will look to extend its streak of six straight opening game wins when it takes on Towson at 7:30 today at Memorial Stadium.
Just four of the 22 projected offensive and defensive starters listed on the team depth chart for today’s season-opener with Towson will have previously not been a redshirt.
Big Ten conference commissioner Jim Delany presented the divisions and conference schedules for the 2011-12 football seasons Wednesday, less than three months after announcing Nebraska’s acceptance of its invitation to the Big Ten.
IU Athletics will be utilizing a Twitter page this year to provide updated traffic information for football fans.
The IU football team already has a lot of new faces on defense. Now, those new faces must also master a new defensive scheme, the 3-4.
Here’s a shout-out to the little guys out there that could be making some noise this college football season and next spring when the NFL draft comes around.
IU football coach Bill Lynch confirmed after Monday’s team practice that junior wide receiver Tandon Doss will sit out Thursday night’s season-opener with a groin injury.
Keep running back Darius Willis healthy and the Hoosiers will win football games. Lose him to the injury bug and all bets are off. It’s that simple.
IU junior wide receiver Tandon Doss will likely miss Thursday’s football opener against Towson due to injury.
The single day of a preseason camp, more than anything, screams that football is not just about who can hit whom the hardest, as the IDS learns while spending a day with the IU football team.
IU will make a bowl game this season — that is a guarantee (Yes, the Kentucky Fried Chicken Bowl and The Mott’s Fruit Bowl do count).
Just after losing much of his sophomore season to an elbow injury, junior safety Chris Adkins could miss a significant portion of the 2010 campaign because of an injured ankle.
IU Athletics Director Fred Glass is working hard to make people excited about the university’s football program. At this point, that’s all he can do.
IU football coach Bill Lynch is confident about the upcoming season. He thinks he has a team that can compete with — and beat — many of its Big Ten opponents.
