UPDATE: UConn shuts down Hoosiers in 14-7 IU loss
With the rain chasing away the home crowd, IU took the field Saturday afternoon with quarterback Blake Powers back at the helm.
With the rain chasing away the home crowd, IU took the field Saturday afternoon with quarterback Blake Powers back at the helm.
MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minnesota Vikings have not won their division in six years, and to get to the top they'll have to push past the Chicago Bears.
The loss is in the past. Heading into Saturday's non-conference game against the University of Connecticut, the IU football team is focused on defeating the Huskies and putting the Southern Illinois University loss behind it.
With UConn boasting the No. 4 rush offense in the nation, IU's defense focuses on stopping the run
STORRS, Conn. -- Connecticut safety Marvin Taylor has been thrown off the football team following his arrest on larceny charges. UConn coach Randy Edsall said Thursday he was clarifying the school's position after a statement released Wednesday saying Taylor had been suspended indefinitely from the team, which plays Indiana Saturday.
With a few more days than usual between tournaments, the Hoosiers are looking to freshen up on more than just golf. IU has seen few breaks in this young season. In its first two events, the team was pitted against some difficult golf courses and equally challenging opponents. When they begin play Monday at the Virginia Commonwealth University/Mattaponi Springs Shootout in Ruther Glen, Va., it will have been eight days since the Hoosiers last competed. And there's been quite a bit on the agenda during the time off.
Two weeks ago, it was senior Carrie DeFreece netting all the goals for the IU women's soccer team. Last weekend, freshmen Christie Kotynski and Liz Holby scored both goals for the Hoosiers. "I think it's the weekend for juniors to step up and score some goals," IU head coach Mick Lyon said. "I'll be happy with that."
The Hoosiers are riding a three-game winning streak heading into Big Ten play, but IU coach Katie Weismiller knows battles in hostile environments await her team this weekend. The IU women's volleyball team will head north this weekend as it starts the Big Ten season against No. 19 Michigan and Michigan State.
The No. 14 Hoosiers (7-1) will begin their Big Ten season and look to extend their seven-game winning streak this weekend when they take on two different schools of Wildcats. Friday, IU plays against the Northwestern University Wildcats in Evanston, Ill., Friday and returns for Sunday afternoon's battle with the Wildcats of the University of New Hampshire in Mellencamp Pavilion at 1 p.m.
After a non-conference schedule full of ups and downs, the IU men's soccer team kicks off the Big Ten season against Michigan on Sunday. Inconsistent play has plagued the Hoosiers (4-3-1) so far this year. In the early going, the cream and crimson rose to No. 9 in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America's poll, but three losses in a four-game stretch dropped the Hoosiers from the rankings.
When they arrive back in Bloomington, members of the IU men's soccer team might have a little more swagger in their step. Their confidence is back.
The IU Athletics Department ended last year with a smaller budget deficit than predicted, but the department is still $7.2 million in debt, said Kathleen McNeely, IU's executive director of Financial Management Services.
Representatives of the athletics department presented a $55 million plan for new and upgraded facilities to the board of trustees Wednesday afternoon.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- When Jack Del Rio came to Jacksonville following the 2002 season, the Tennessee Titans were atop the AFC South Division and the Indianapolis Colts were trying to catch up. Now, the Colts have a stronghold on the top spot -- they've won three consecutive division titles -- and the Jaguars are trying to close the gap.
The IU women's tennis team looks to build on the momentum from last season when it takes the first strokes of the 2006-07 season Saturday at the Wake Forest Invitational in Winston-Salem, N.C.
STRAFFAN, Ireland -- Tiger Woods was outraged Wednesday at an Irish magazine and a tabloid that linked photos of his wife to various pornography sites, and his agent was studying the merits of a lawsuit.
IU Director of Athletics Rick Greenspan presented a $55 million "facility enhancement" plan to the IU board of trustees Wednesday afternoon. The plan includes four major projects that would upgrade athletics facilities, according to a news release from the IU Athletics Department.
NORMAN, Okla. -- A phone call from Oregon coach Mike Bellotti was nice, but it did absolutely nothing to soothe Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops over an incorrect officials' ruling that likely cost his team a victory over the Ducks.
It's almost impossible to walk through student neighborhoods without seeing students flinging colored beanbags through the air, trying to land them in or around a small hole carved in a wooden board.
IU's wide receivers struggled in last weekend's 35-28 loss to Southern Illinois University. The group dropped multiple passes as the sluggish IU offense struggled to maintain consistency throughout the game.