Column: Duwyce Wilson could be future top receiver for IU
Few people were talking about Wilson before the season. I know I wasn’t.
Few people were talking about Wilson before the season. I know I wasn’t.
Even before redshirt sophomore wide receiver Duwyce Wilson made a leaping touchdown grab to give IU a 31-23 lead against Virginia last Saturday, it was clear to many that No. 81 was a valuable asset to the team.
The Hoosiers need only to look within their conference’s recent history for a reminder to not overlook Football Championship Subdivision teams such as South Carolina State.
Several players on the men’s soccer team haven’t had to make the transition to IU’s campus and soccer program alone. Eleven of the 28 players on this year’s roster played at least part of their high school careers with someone else on the team.
Peyton Manning — the heart, leader and quarterback of the team — will be out for at least two months, but the possibility of him being done for the season is very real. The four-time league MVP was replaced by backup Kerry Collins, who performed below expectations in the opener.
The team, which fell to both Stanford and California while visiting the West Coast last week, will continue its road trip at 4 p.m. today against UC Davis in Oxford, Ohio.
After coming to a scoreless tie with Notre Dame, the No. 10 Hoosiers have won four games in a row and have scored 14 goals in that span. Half of those goals came from senior Alec Purdie and freshman Eriq Zavaleta.
After roughly half the men’s soccer team’s scoring was lost to the MLS when former Hoosier Will Bruin was drafted by the Houston Dynamo, one concern was, simply, who would score?
Last season, IU finished 23-12 and had a record-setting run to the NCAA Regional. The strong finish set the expectations high for this season.
The dual-meet record holder, former Big Ten diver of the year and three-time high school state champion recently added a fourth-place finish in the world championships.
MVP of the week - Matt Perez - Running Back, Redshirt Freshman Unsung player of the week - Chase Hoobler - Outside Linebacker, Redshirt Freshman
We knew Victor Oladipo could make it onto a highlight reel easier than a freshman with five dollars getting into a Villas party. This season, the Maryland native needs to improve on his decision making and the diversification of his game.
During the weekend, senior libero Caitlin Cox passed Juli Pierce to become IU’s all-time digs leader with a total of 1,569 digs. To add to her new record, Cox also earned the Co-Defensive Big Ten Player of the Week and Hoosier Classic MVP honors this weekend.
Indiana’s new 4-1-4-1 has led to four fewer goals scored on them than this time last season. They also played one more non-conference game last season.
Senior linebacker Leon Beckum serves as an example of how close the linebackers are as a unit. Senior middle linebacker Jeff Thomas and Beckum have been good friends for a while, but younger players like freshman linebacker Chase Hoobler became fast friends with the older players.
The IU women’s golf team had a goal Sunday — make up the two strokes that kept them behind first-round leader IU-Purdue University Indianapolis.
The Hoosiers finished third in the Northern Intercollegiate, their first event of the season. They ended with a tournament total of 888, eight strokes short of second place Tulsa and 18 strokes behind first place Central Florida.
The IU field hockey team faltered for the first time this season, falling in back-to-back away games on a West Coast road trip. On Friday, they fell to No. 16 Stanford 3-2, then lost two days later to California 3-1.
The Hoosiers showed up at the Indiana Open ready to run, with a calm and controlled approach in preparation for bigger, more important races.
Members of the IU men’s and women’s golf teams were positioned at every par-three and par-five tee boxes to help the amateurs at the Spikes for Speakers Golf Classic, which benefitted the Delta Gamma Lectureship in Values and Ethics.