Coach seeks first Big Ten Championship
Coming off a season in which he won his first Big Ten Coach of the Year award, IU men's golf coach Mike Mayer is now ready to earn another personal first: a Big Ten championship.
Coming off a season in which he won his first Big Ten Coach of the Year award, IU men's golf coach Mike Mayer is now ready to earn another personal first: a Big Ten championship.
"I feel like many of the Big Ten teams this year, Indiana is very solid. They have a complete team with excellent players in all positions....
For freshman Kelly Lawrence, football was a way of life growing up. "I played football since I was 5 years old," Lawrence said. "As soon as I touched the ball, I knew this is what I wanted to do. I just kept on playing for the love of the game, and it's just gone from there."
Mick Lyon has a recipe for scoring goals. "You start with talent," the IU women's soccer coach says. "You've got to have talented players to score goals. There's no doubt about it. And then that talent has to be fit and motivated. And I think you put those three things together, and that's what we have this year that we didn't have last year."
The IU men's soccer team is the favorite to win the Big Ten conference title, according to the league's coaches. The Hoosiers edged out defending champion Penn State for the top spot with Ohio State finishing third in the voting. Wisconsin, Michigan State, Michigan and Northwestern round out the rest of the conference.
"I'm just kind of being in the right place at the right time," said the sophomore midfielder/forward. "I'm just trying to bust my ass and get to the ball. Everybody's really helping me out. "I'm playing with the best players in the nation."
First might be the worst, but the Hoosiers would disagree if you told them second was best. After finishing as the runners-up in the Big Ten regular season and conference tournament, the IU field hockey team looks to contend in this year's conference title races with new additions to its strategy.
MINNEAPOLIS -- The Chicago Bears and their defense are still in charge of the NFC North for now.
KENNER, La. -- The brother of Indianapolis Colts receiver Reggie Wayne was killed Sunday when the delivery truck he was driving crashed into a highway guardrail. Rashad Wayne was pronounced dead at the scene, said James Gallagher, a spokesman for the Kenner Police Department.
PITTSBURGH -- Carson Palmer wasn't about to lose this one. Not against the Pittsburgh Steelers, the team he says he hates -- the team he spent eight exhausting months rehabilitating his mangled knee mostly for the chance to face.
The IU women's volleyball team started Big Ten play by upsetting No. 19 Michigan Friday in Ann Arbor, Mich. The win could not carry its momentum over the weekend as Michigan State handed the Hoosiers a loss Saturday - giving them a split on their first Big Ten road trip of the season.
Coming from behind in two games this weekend, the No. 14 Hoosiers extended their winning streak to nine games, the second longest in team history. IU (9-1) needed double overtime Friday to win its Big Ten season opener 5-4 versus the Northwestern Wildcats.
Blow out those birthday candles, Hoosiers. You deserve them. Senior defender Lauren Lamping scored the lone goal for the IU women's soccer team Friday night -- her birthday -- to lead the Hoosiers to a 1-0 win against Minnesota. Senior midfielder Ali Brown followed suit Sunday -- the day after her birthday -- scoring two goals for the Hoosiers in a 2-1 victory against Ohio State.
INDIANAPOLIS -- With the Colts down 7-0 in the first half -- and unable to move the ball -- Terrence Wilkins saw his opportunity.
Senior forward Kevin Robson made the most of his fifth straight start Sunday against Michigan.
The Wolverines walked off the field and entered a joyous locker room. The Hoosiers kept their heads down. The game didn't end in a Michigan victory, but to the maize and blue it might as well have.
The game began as the rain continued. Sloppy weather conditions were exceeded only by sloppier football play as the Hoosiers played their final nonconference game against the University of Connecticut Saturday. Soon it grew clear as the skies grew cloudy that this would not be a high-scoring game. Things seemed set for doom in the gloom.
As IU interim head coach Bill Lynch knows, sometimes college football is just about good players making big plays.
The IU quarterback controversy changed Saturday afternoon against the University of Connecticut -- and not for the better. Junior Blake Powers and freshman Kellen Lewis struggled to get on track, gaining just 192 total yards of offense in a 14-7 loss to the Huskies.
INDIANAPOLIS -- NCAA Division I universities improved this year in considering minority candidates for head football coaches, but more progress is needed and resorting to civil rights laws might be necessary, the Black Coaches Association said Thursday. With only 10 minority head coaches currently among more than 200 Division I-A and I-AA schools that are not historically black institutions, universities must appoint more minority coaches and more diverse search committees for vacant positions. Evidence shows the latter leads to more minority coaches being considered, the BCA said.