Author: Mike Schumann

Indiana women’s basketball announced its complete 2022-23 schedule on Wednesday afternoon. The Hoosiers non-conference slate is highlighted by seven home games including its ACC/Big Ten challenge matchup against North Carolina on Dec. 1. The season officially begins on November 8 when the team hosts Vermont. Indiana hits the road on Nov. 14 when they travel to Thompson-Boling Arena to face traditional power Tennessee.  Over the Thanksgiving holiday, Indiana will play in the inaugural Las Vegas Invitational where it meets Auburn (Nov. 25) and Memphis (Nov. 26). Big Ten action begins on Dec. 4 when IU welcomes Illinois to Bloomington before…

It was top secret a week ago, but after so much was revealed against Illinois, Indiana has now published a depth chart heading into week two. There are no major surprises, but we thought it was worth sharing since this was the first comprehensive look we’ve had at the two and in some cases three-deep since the beginning of fall camp. This latest version does illustrate what Tom Allen told us on Monday — that starting right offensive tackle Matthew Bedford was lost for the season and Parker Hanna is regarded as the starter now at that spot.  Interestingly, redshirt…

Sept. 9 is the first day college coaches can go off campus and visit recruiting targets, and we expect IU to pay a visit to class of 2023 forward Arrinten Page right away. According to sources, head coach Mike Woodson is going to visit Page on Friday. Page took an official visit to IU in July, and he also took official visits to Missouri, Cincinnati, USC and Miami (Fla.) during his junior year. While multiple reports have suggested Page’s recruitment is a five team race involving the schools he visited, things may be a bit more focused on IU, Miami…

A year ago Indiana had 32 players miss at least one game with an injury. On Friday night against Illinois, it looked like the Hoosiers might hit that number in week one. Down they went as the game progressed, and it wasn’t just any players.  Several of IU’s veteran stars and leaders had concerning moments on the field during an especially physical contest. The start of the game could not have been any more inauspicious. Starting running back Shaun Shivers was blasted on IU’s first offensive play of the season.  He dropped to the field and missed time before returning.…

Indiana received devastating injury news over the weekend to an already suspect offensive line. Starting offensive tackle Matthew Bedford is out for the season, head coach Tom Allen announced on Monday at a press conference.  The Cordova, Tenn. product was injured in the first half of IU’s Friday night season opening win against Illinois. “I feel for him and he’s an amazing young man,” Allen said.  “He has got an unbelievable attitude about it. And in talking with him, he’s going to have a great recovery and come back and play his final season a year from now.” Bedford has…

IU first introduced alcohol at football games in 2019, and the success of that pilot program has led to continuous expansion at sporting events since. The suds continue to flow inside Memorial Stadium this year, along with soccer games at Bill Armstrong Stadium, and baseball and softball games on campus as well. But when alcohol was first served in 2019, then Director of Athletics Fred Glass said he wasn’t sure if introducing a little extra juice to the up close and intense environment inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall made sense. “The way passions run in there with the intimacy of…

A total of 13 former Hoosiers are with NFL teams as the league gets set to kick off action next week. Six of them quickly got an opportunity to join practice squads after suffering the disappointment of being released as teams cut down to 53 players. Tackle Caleb Jones impressed during training camp at Green Bay, and the Packers were able to retain him on their practice squad after releasing him.  The slimmed-down Jones was on the Indiana sidelines during their 23-20 win over Illinois on Friday night. Linebacker Tegray Scales is back in his hometown on the Cincinnati Bengals…

There were several moments in the second half on Friday night when the ghosts of 2021 cast long shadows at Memorial Stadium. A 16-10 halftime IU lead quickly vanished when wide receiver Andison Coby dropped a pass that Illinois intercepted and quickly turned into 5-play, 41 yard touchdown drive. 17-16 Illinois.  Here we go again. Then the heart-and-soul of the team, linebacker Cam Jones went to the training room with an apparent leg injury.  That injury had already been preceded by his fellow captains Devon Matthews and Matthew Bedford, who left the game in the first half and never returned.…

Watch below as Indiana quarterback Connor Bazelak and head coach Tom Allen met with the media following a 23-20 season opening win over Illinois. Bazelak threw for 330 yards and led a game-winning drive in the final two minutes. Further below are highlights and stats from the game. https://youtu.be/Vzhy5Cp92oM https://youtu.be/SsKLB3qnT2s https://youtu.be/bY9TxwomP5c Video credit – BTN Find us on Facebook:  thedailyhoosier You can follow us on Twitter:  @daily_hoosier Seven ways to support completely free IU coverage at no cost to you.

“2022 is going to show you what was the outlier,” Tom Allen said last week. “Was it ‘20 or ‘21?” 2020 was the year Indiana shocked the college football world with wins over Penn State, Michigan, Michigan State and Wisconsin. And that 2020 win over Wisconsin was Indiana’s last in the Big Ten, as the Hoosiers went 0-9 in the league a year ago, even getting blown out at home by Rutgers in the process. Collectively Allen’s Hoosiers went 14-7 combined in 2019 and 2020.  They were the darlings of college football.  Now they are once again who they’ve always…