Column: Passing game will be key to IU offense in 2012
IU football columnist Connor Killoren says sophomore quarterback Tre Roberson will have to carry IU's offense this season.
IU football columnist Connor Killoren says sophomore quarterback Tre Roberson will have to carry IU's offense this season.
The Indiana State Sycamores, a member of the Football Championship Subdivision and the Missouri Valley Conference, were supposed to be a proverbial punching bag for Wilson’s Hoosiers, a tune-up for the grind of conference play.
The IU football team earned its first win of the season Saturday against Indiana State 24-17, IU Coach Kevin Wilson said he wasn’t terribly impressed by the season-opening victory.
In their first game of the year Saturday night, the Hoosiers defeated in-state Football Championship Subdivision opponent Indiana State 24-17 to open the 2012 season 1-0.
In their first game of the year on Saturday night, the Hoosiers defeated in-state Football Championship Subdivision opponent Indiana State 24-17 to open the 2012 season 1-0.
As the leaves begin to fall and the mercury on the thermostat initiates its inevitable plummet from the 80s to the 50s and lower, the sound of shoulder pads and helmets cracking can be heard from stadiums across the country.
A new season means new beginnings for IU’s football team. After going 1-11 in IU Coach Kevin Wilson’s first year as head coach, this season marks a clean slate.
It’s a new start for IU’s football program. Following the team’s worst season since 1984, the Hoosier squad will make its 2012 season debut Saturday night against Indiana State.
Since last year, there have been three changes in the wide receiver position.
IU football columnist Connor Killoren says Nick Stoner is one of the few bright spots in college football.
In 2008, Matte was a freshman center on the scout team, looking up to teammates and current NFL offensive linemen Rodger Saffold and James Brewer. Now heading into the 2012 season, Matte is the oldest member of IU’s offense as a redshirt senior, and is ready to have his swan song campaign as a Hoosier football player.
The IU football team gained it's ninth recruit for its 2013 class Sunday night after Cypress Falls' (Texas) Jacobi Hunter announced he would be joining IU Coach Kevin Wilson's squad next fall.
When he came to IU in July 2011 from Independence Community College in Kansas, Houston said he thought everything would be handed to him.
After camp, sophomore Tre Roberson leads the IU quarterback competition.
IU football columnist Connor Killoren names his three candidates to break out in 2012
Only two weeks ago, junior walk-on running back David Blackwell was called into the office of IU Coach Kevin Wilson. He was pulled out of a lunch line and was ushered into a one-on-one meeting with the second-year head coach, who was about to tell him about a life-changing proposition.
Highlights from IU's football camp
After three weeks of football camp, the Hoosiers are less than two weeks from the first game of the 2012 season. IDS football beat writer Jordan Littman recaps the highlights of camp from his past posts on the IDS's Hoosier Hype blog
Even with only one win last season in IU Coach Kevin Wilson's first season in Bloomington, Hoosier football columnist Connor Killoren has hope for a possible bowl run this fall in Wilson's second season.
After a season that saw the IU football team low in several defensive categories nationwide, including pass defense, IU Coach Kevin Wilson and his staff have been focusing much of the team's summer practice time with its cornerbacks.