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IU is set to play Western Michigan, one of the top teams in the Mid Atlantic Conference, at noon on Saturday.
From Cherry to Starr, along with about 400 former IU football players and coaches who filled the years in between, IU will celebrate its 125th football season by recognizing alumni throughout the weekend.
He was expected to be the answer for the Hoosiers’ running back problems in the post-Anthony Thompson world, and fans wrapped their proverbial arms around Willis as the first savior of the infamously dire program.
Having been outscored 208-75 in the second half of its games last season, IU entered Week 1 against Eastern Kentucky with hopes of high scoring in all four quarters.
As the rest of the Big Ten showed last weekend, you can’t judge a team by its opening act. The Hoosiers still have 11 games to show what their 2009 version is capable of doing.
Saturday, No. 4 USC travels to Columbus, Ohio to take on No. 6 Ohio State in one of the biggest matchups of the year, and it's time for OSU to prove themselves.
Tensions rose as tailgaters were told to evacuate the Hoosier Village ten minutes prior to Friday’s kick-off.
There were plenty of red flags being raised in “The Rock” on Thursday night, but very few were being waved by a burly cheerleader in the end zone.
The Hoosiers got more than they expected Thursday in a 19-13 win against the Colonels at Memorial Stadium.
With a brand new offense emphasizing the running game, Ben Chappell’s arm played an uncomfortably large role in IU’s season opener.
During his first football game as IU athletics director, the beginning of IU’s 125th-anniversary season, Glass greeted fans, walked out to the 50-yard line and pushed for more involvement from students.
There were plenty of red flags being raised in “The Rock” on Thursday night, but very few were being waved by a burly cheerleader in the end zone.
IU defeated Eastern Kentucky 19-13 in its first game of the season.
McCray was named the starter for today’s matchup against Eastern Kentucky after a tough competition this offseason for the top backfield spot.
The new u-shaped Memorial Stadium is ready to go and so are the players. The IU football team will play Eastern Kentucky at 8 p.m. today in its renovated home football stadium to open the 2009 season.
The IU football team is set to begin its 2009 campaign today at Memorial Stadium, and Athletics Director Fred Glass wants nothing more than to see his stadium filled in his first game as AD.
IU Athletic Director Fred Glass hopes the addition to Memorial Stadium will bring additional revenue to IU's athletic program as well as enhance the "game-day experience."
Two seasons ago, IU senior defensive tackle Greg Middleton led the nation in total sacks with 16 and finished fifth in the Big Ten with 17 tackles for loss. He finished 2008 with only four sacks and 18 tackles on a team that finished last in total defense in the conference.
According to the IU athletics department, IU football coach Bill Lynch has suspended defensive lineman Deonte Mack and linebacker Ian Reeves for their season opener against Eastern Kentucky for violation of team rules.
