Author: Mike Schumann

With the BTN Tailgate on campus, Indiana will host Western Kentucky in a non-conference tilt on Saturday. The Hoosiers will look to eclipse their 2021 season win total just three weeks into the 2022 campaign. But to do that, they’ll need to knock off an upstart bunch from Bowling Green, Ky. that presents major challenges on both sides of the football. Here’s everything you need to know about IU’s third game of the season. WESTERN KENTUCKY (2-0) at INDIANA (2-0) Kickoff:  Noon Eastern, Saturday Location:  Bloomington, Ind., Memorial Stadium (52,656; field turf) Television: Big Ten Network — Lisa Byington (pbp),…

The IU basketball staff continued to jet around the country during week two of the fall recruiting period. And their visits to high school prospects over the last week provided more clues as to both the staff priorities and new names worth a mention. Here are some of the prospects the IU staff saw this week. The fall recruiting period runs all the way through to November signing. National reporter Adam Zagoria and others said Indiana had Mike Woodson and all three assistants in Florida to see the Montverde Academy team this week.  The Hoosiers have three priority prospects on…

Indiana’s visitor list for Hoosier Hysteria continues to grow. On Thursday, Prep Hoops reporter Colby Giacubeno said 2024 wing Caleb Williams will be in Bloomington for a visit the weekend of Oct. 7.  We expect the visit to be an official visit. Indiana offered Williams at the end of July after a highly productive month on the Nike EYBL circuit playing for D.C. based Team Takeover.  He was a key part of their 16u squad that claimed a Peach Jam championship to close out the travel ball season.  He was also offered by Villanova, Michigan and Virginia in the last…

Indiana will have class of 2024 5-star forward Asa Newell on campus for an official visit this fall. Jacob Rudner of 247Sports was the first to report the news, and multiple reports followed. This will be Newell’s second trip to the IU campus.  He was in Indiana for a summer event and stopped by Bloomington for an unofficial in June.  Indiana offered Newell a scholarship during that visit. His return official visit will be in October according to the reports. The 6-foot-9 forward attended Fort Walton Beach (Fla.) Choctawhatchee as a sophomore, but he has transferred to national prep powerhouse…

Two weeks into the season, a few stars are emerging for Indiana. Of course whether he’s good or bad, the quarterback will be analyzed, but veteran wideout D.J. Matthews is posting strong numbers early on despite being less than a year removed from major knee surgery. On the defensive side, veteran Cam Jones and freshman Dasan McCullough are early standouts. Here’s a summary of the outliers against Idaho and on the season as a whole. WEEK TWO NOTES D.J. Matthews graded as IU’s top receiver and top overall offensive player for the week.  He hauled in all three passes thrown…

This may not fall into the breaking news category, but class of 2023 forward/center Arrinten Page announced a top four of Cincinnati, USC, Indiana and Miami on Wednesday. It has been widely speculated the 6-foot-9 Page has been focused on those four schools for quite some time now. In an effort to make a final push to convince him to come to Bloomington, IU head coach Mike Woodson and assistant Yasir Rosemond made a trip to Georgia to visit Page on Friday. The possibility has existed for a while Page would join his high school and AAU teammate Isaiah Collier…

Seven former IU football players made 53-man NFL rosters to open the 2022 season, and an eighth was added following the first weekend. Take a look at how they all did with our quick weekly recap of the Hoosiers in the NFL. Dan Feeney (OL) – New York Jets After starting for four years with the Chargers, Feeney is in his second season as a backup with the New York Jets.  He played on three special teams snaps in week one. Rodger Saffold (OL) – Buffalo Bills Saffold is with a new team this year, the third of his now 13-year…

National recruiting publication 247Sports updated its basketball rankings for the class of 2024 and expanded to 150 players on Wednesday. In total, IU has offered 15 of the top-50 at 247Sports, and 21 players overall who are ranked by that outlet. As always, high major offers beget rankings, so many players IU and others began pursuing recently made their debuts. Here is a look at where the players IU has offered landed in the update, along with other players they are pursuing. Click on the player name for more background. Naas Cunningham (3) – Indiana just offered the elite prospect…

Indiana extended an offer on Tuesday night to a fast-rising East Coast prospect with a frame and skillset the program clearly covets. Class of 2024 wing Tyler Betsey announced an offer from IU on his Twitter page. “Blessed to receive an offer from Indiana University,” Betsey wrote in his post. A native of Connecticut and a student at St. Thomas More there, Betsey stands 6-foot-8 with a 7-foot wingspan. The small forward hit the radar of IU and many other high majors with a strong showing at Peach Jam in July.  There he teamed with another target on the New…

The Green Bay Packers are signing rookie offensive lineman Caleb Jones from their practice squad to the 53-man roster. The transaction was announced Tuesday by General Manager Brian Gutekunst. The move comes as the Packers contend with multiple injuries on their offensive line.  Moreover, there were several significant tackle injuries across the league in week one, which could have led to Jones being signed by another team if the Packers didn’t move him up quickly. Undrafted out of IU, a slimmed-down Jones made a strong impression at Green Bay’s training camp.  The club released him to get down to 53…