LIVE BLOG: IU opens home season against Virginia
IU lost to Virginia Saturday.
IU lost to Virginia Saturday.

Football beat reporters Alex McCarthy and Max McCombs and columnist Justin Albers discuss last week’s loss to Ball State and preview Saturday’s home opener against Virginia in the inaugural edition of the Hoosier Hype podcast.
With conference play on the horizon, the IU women’s soccer team has little time left to ensure they are prepared for the rigors of a Big Ten season.
One week after sweeping the IU Classic at home, the IU women’s volleyball team returns this weekend to welcome Gonzaga, Niagara and Eastern Illinois at the Hoosier Classic.
In the midst of a busy golf season, 12 professionals will take a break from their usual competition Friday at the Spikes for Speakers Golf Classic, benefiting the Delta Gamma Lectureship in Values and Ethic.
After two wins last weekend in the adidas/IU Credit Union Classic against St. Louis and Dayton, the No. 10-ranked men’s soccer team is back in action this weekend in South Bend for the Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament. They will face Bucknell and Denver.
The Hoosiers will open their fall season this weekend at the Northern Intercollegiate in Aurora, Ill. Northern Illinois will have the 54-hole stroke play event at Rich Harvest Farms, a par-72 course listed among Rolex World’s Top 1000 Golf Courses.
Ranked for the first time this season, No. 19 IU travels to the west coast to face No. 16 Stanford and UC Berkeley.
Two seasons ago, the Hoosiers travelled to Charlottesville, Va., for a seemingly even matchup between two teams looking for a non-conference statement win. They left with a 47-7 loss, managing barely half as many yards on offense as the Cavaliers, a team that would go on to a 3-9 record and fire their coach following the season.
The Cardinals rushed for 210 yards while the Hoosiers ran for 103 yards. That’s a result they hope to avoid when Virginia visits Memorial Stadium to kick off IU’s home schedule at 7 p.m. Saturday.
The fact is, IU has always had a pretty good offense. The Hoosiers lose because they rarely have a defense to match it.
Yes, it’s on the schedule, but that doesn’t mean it actually matters. That is the stance IU Coach Ron Helmer is taking as his team prepares for Saturday’s Indiana Open in Bloomington.
The Hoosiers will kick off the season when they play Stony Brook at 7 p.m. Nov. 11 at Assembly Hall. IU will also get the chance to square off against other in-state foes in non-conference play.
Months and months of the offseason had millions of people hoping for a good outcome for a variety of reasons. Some may have been financially motivated, and some may have been socially motivated, but nevertheless it would have been difficult to fill the void NFL teams would have left.
IU’s experienced offensive line struggled to defend sophomore quarterback Edward Wright-Baker, allowing four sacks. But the Hoosiers’ attitude is that they are done dwelling and are considering the next task — a Virginia team that won its season opener against William & Mary, 40-3.
The 2011-12 IU men’s basketball schedule was released today.
Classes are back in full swing, and five of IU’s 24 varsity sports have begun their 2011-12 campaigns. From dominance to question marks, IU has seen it all in the early part of the semester.
The last few years have been pretty tough, considering the brand of Hoosier basketball with which you were raised.
With the least rushing yards and the most sacks allowed in the Big Ten in week one, the IU offensive line was already ailing. Then IU Coach Kevin Wilson delivered news that injuries have exacerbated the situation on the line.
True freshman wide receiver Shane Wynn stands at listed measurements of 5-foot-7 and 153 pounds. Despite that, Wynn has quickly found a niche in the IU football team in the wide receiver rotation and as part of special teams.