History made to be broken in Bucket game
With both teams suffering defeats last weekend, IU and Purdue will meet for their annual contest with nothing to play for but the Old Oaken Bucket.
With both teams suffering defeats last weekend, IU and Purdue will meet for their annual contest with nothing to play for but the Old Oaken Bucket.
For the 15th time in 16 seasons, the IU football team will not be participating in a bowl game.
With more than 40,000 tickets already sold for this week’s Old Oaken Bucket game against Purdue, IU will exceed a 40,000 average game attendance for the first time since 1992.
IU senior running back Bryan Payton couldn’t help but be disappointed in his own offense that turned four Penn State turnovers into just one score during the first half.
IU lost to Penn State 31-20 in State College, Pa., and fell to 4-7 on the season. The defeat eliminates any chance of a bowl game berth for IU.
As if football wasn’t a complex enough game with the rules in the book, the unwritten rules – generally accepted ways of the game – come into play throughout an entire contest.
The story is all too familiar for IU football this season: an early lead, a failure to capitalize on opportunities and a second-half struggle. Saturday’s game against Penn State was no different.
The story is all too familiar for IU football this season: an early lead, a failure to capitalize on opportunities and a second-half struggle. Saturday’s game against Penn State was no different.
The terms “must-win,” “do or die” and “win or go home” will have their place in every preview of Saturday’s game, but they aren’t points of emphasis within the Memorial Stadium walls.
As coach of Penn State for the past 43 seasons, Joe Paterno has been around football long enough to understand the importance of never looking past an opponent.
Late in the second quarter against Wisconsin, IU’s offense was struggling with only 55 yards the entire half. So it turned to a group that’s paced the offense all season – the wide receivers.
The Bowl Championship Series is going to oust deserving teams again, and this time there is a possibility that the damage might extend to multiple schools.
Saturday’s football game at Memorial Stadium provided a different storyline for the Hoosiers.
Going into its matchup with No. 24 Wisconsin on Saturday, IU knew exactly what to expect from the Badgers’ top rushing attack. But it didn’t matter.
While their season may be dying, there will be no white flags raised on the IU sideline in the final stretch.
After two weeks of giving up leads in the fourth quarter, IU played the comeback role today. But it wasn’t enough.
A main issue plaguing IU this season has been a lack of production in the fourth quarter. But despite scoring 14 points in the final period against Wisconsin, it was still not enough to earn the victory.
John Clay, the big, bruising 248-pound Badger running back who anchors the Wisconsin offense, averages 104.9 rushing yards per game and has scored 10 touchdowns – four more than any other running back in the Big Ten.
On the Thursday afternoon before IU’s matchup against Illinois, senior safety Collin Taylor ran out onto the practice field as he normally does. Except this time, he heard the voice of IU co-defensive coordinator Joe Palcic yell to him.
Before Adrian Burks could put on the pads as a starting cornerback, he had to put on a dress.