Football

Crimson wins error-filled spring game vs. Cream, 17-10

By Ryan Winn · Sunday, April 18,2010 6:12 p.m.

A record 5,325 fans traveled to Memorial Stadium for the annual Cream and Crimson Spring Game on Saturday. But if they were looking for mistake-free football, they went to the wrong place.

Glass, IU Athletics changing spring game culture

By Ryan Winn · Thursday, April 15,2010 11:13 p.m.

If you are looking for attendance numbers from previous IU spring games, don’t bother — they aren’t there. But Athletics Director Fred Glass can give you a pretty good idea of the scene.

Hoosiers close 'great' spring with intra-team duel Saturday

By Ryan Winn · Thursday, April 15,2010 11:10 p.m.

Throughout spring practice, IU coach Bill Lynch has been looking for his top 50 players. He’ll get a more finalized list after the Hoosiers’ annual Cream and Crimson Spring Game at 6 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Stadium.

Banks takes advantage of increased role in spring scrimmage

By Ryan Winn · Sunday, April 11,2010 11:33 p.m.

For someone who should be in high school, Antonio Banks is measuring up well on a college field.

Chappell, Replogle taking reins of younger squad

By Ryan Winn · Thursday, April 8,2010 11:33 p.m.

Having lost 20 seniors and returning only four defensive starters from last season, IU coach Bill Lynch ended 2009 with a hazy view of his team’s on-field leadership. Entering the spring, things have become much clearer.

Football student section to become ‘The Quarry’

Monday, April 5,2010 12:21 a.m.

For the second-straight season, the IU Athletics Department is asking Hoosier football fans to design a T-shirt for the Memorial Stadium student section. This year, though, they have an official name to work with.

Top Notre Dame recruit dies from fall off Fla. hotel balcony

Monday, April 5,2010 12:19 a.m.

CINCINNATI — A 17-year-old Notre Dame football recruit was killed in a fall from a fifth-floor hotel balcony during his senior-year spring break in Florida, authorities said Saturday.

Notre Dame recruit dies from drunken fall

By Joe Kay · Sunday, April 4,2010 3:18 p.m.

A “drunk and belligerent” 17-year-old Notre Dame football recruit was killed in a fall from a fifth-floor hotel balcony during his senior-year spring break in Florida, authorities said Saturday.

New-look Hoosiers begin spring practice

By Ryan Winn · Monday, March 22,2010 11:47 p.m.

When the IU football team trains before and during the 2010 season, the players will wear workout shirts with the word “finish” scrawled in large letters across the back. But before the Hoosiers can finish, they’ll have to start. With spring practice kicking off today, IU coach Bill Lynch said at his press conference he is excited for new beginnings at Memorial Stadium.

Off-field problems persist for Michigan State football team

Monday, March 22,2010 10:05 p.m.

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Former Michigan State running back Glenn Winston has been sentenced to 180 days in jail and a year of probation for his role in a Nov. 22 fight with members of a campus fraternity.

Attendance increase major step for IU

By Sean Morrison · Tuesday, March 2,2010 11:10 p.m.

By the end of the 2009 season, the IU football team had only won one more game than it had in the previous year, going 4-8. The team lost to Purdue again. It finished at the bottom of the Big Ten again. It was the second-worst team in at-home attendance in the Big Ten again. But maybe that last fact isn’t as clear-cut as it seems. Home attendance increased by an average of more than 10,051 fans per game, the third-largest increase in the nation.

10 is bigger than 12

By Sean Morrison · Wednesday, Feb. 17,2010 7:30 p.m.

There is one certainty amongst the rumors of Big Ten expansion across the nation and, in particular, the blog-o-sphere — while very few officials are willing to talk about the possibility, many are willing to listen.

Bobby Johnson to join Buffalo Bills staff

Thursday, Feb. 11,2010 5:14 p.m.

IU football offensive-line coach Bobby Johnson is leaving his position to take a job as assistant offensive line coach with the NFL’s Buffalo Bills, a source close to the situation confirmed.

Lynch introduces 2010 recruiting class

By Nathan Hart · Thursday, Feb. 4,2010 12:07 a.m.

Recruiting is a matter of perspective for the IU coaching staff. While national scouting services rank IU’s 2010 signing class at the bottom of the Big Ten, Hoosier coach Bill Lynch welcomed the 25-member class on National Signing Day on Wednesday saying he felt very comfortable with his new recruits.

Gentle Giant

By Greg Rosenstein · Tuesday, Jan. 12,2010 10:50 p.m.

As the final whistle blew in IU’s 31-20 loss to Penn State on Nov. 14, the players walked out of Beaver Stadium knowing any shot of going to a bowl game was gone. Well, except for senior defensive end Jammie Kirlew.

To Saban, it's all about winning

By Frank Therber · Monday, Jan. 11,2010 10:10 p.m.

Alabama football coach Nick Saban is known as arrogant, snobby, short-spoken and, after his appearance in “The Blind Side,” even as a movie star. But the fiery coach’s Belichick-like demeanor, succinct responses to the media, and track record suggest one thing above all others. The guy is a winner.

Reports: Brian Kelly is next Notre Dame coach

Thursday, Dec. 10,2009 6 p.m.

CINCINNATI — The South Bend Tribune is reporting that Brian Kelly is leaving Cincinnati to become the next coach at Notre Dame.

Kelly says he'll talk to Notre Dame

By Joe Kay · Monday, Dec. 7,2009 9:43 p.m.

Coach Brian Kelly confirmed Monday that he will meet with Notre Dame officials about their open job, leaving No. 4 Cincinnati with a lot of uncertainty heading into its first Sugar Bowl appearance.

Notre Dame job demanding, still appealing

By Frank Therber · Thursday, Dec. 3,2009 12:13 a.m.

When it comes to college football, there are coaching positions, and then there is the position. Or so it used to be.

Hoosiers' crystal ball hazy

By Ryan Winn · Wednesday, Dec. 2,2009 12:18 a.m.

Fresh off a more than disappointing 4-8 season, the Hoosiers can officially pack up 2009 and prepare to unfurl 2010. Returning next season are the figure heads of IU football in junior quarterback Ben Chappell, sophomore wide receiver Tandon Doss, and, of course, IU coach Bill Lynch. But past that, the Hoosiers will enter their first season this decade with questions all around the board.

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