Author: Mike Schumann

It was the Big Ten’s worst nightmare when it announced the new nine-week schedule in September. An annoying upstart like Indiana lands a straight-flush on the flop, after its games against Penn State, Ohio State and Wisconsin are canceled due to COVID-19. Awash in good fortune, the lucky Hoosiers sit alone atop the Big Ten East with a 5-0 mark after the league’s financial darling, the Buckeyes, stumbled while enduring their full and unfair eight-game gauntlet. The solution was simple. Make sure Indiana, and all the other bottom-feeders that should simply be grateful to play in the Big Ten, can’t…

They had their chances. IU and Florida State played hard on both ends and put together a highly entertaining game on Wednesday night in Tallahassee. But someone had to lose, and for the Hoosiers, this one will sting for a while. IU suffered their second defeat of the season, 69-67 in overtime. Indiana (3-2) will next face North Alabama on Sunday at Noon ET in Bloomington. OVERALL (B-) This game was nip and tuck throughout. Against a good top-20 team on the road, that is exactly where Indiana wanted to be. “You want to battle, and you want to be…

Indiana head coach Archie Miller has been consistent since before the season started. Rebounding is a big area of concern. For a while on Wednesday night at Florida State, it looked like the concern had been addressed. With under a minute to go in regulation, Indiana held a 42-31 rebounding edge over the Seminoles. Less than six minutes later, at the end of overtime, the rebounding battle was deadlocked at 44. The details within that 13-2 Seminoles rebounding run was the difference in the game. “Our inability to get some scrappy ones (rebounds), our inability to get some big ones,…

Indiana basketball head coach Archie Miller met with the media after a 69-67 overtime loss to Florida State on Wednesday night in connection with the Big Ten / ACC Challenge. Joining Miller for the post-game in Tallahassee, Fla. was forward Trayce Jackson-Davis. Indiana will host North Alabama at noon ET on Sunday. See also:  Three keys, final stats and highlights. https://youtu.be/nCpIl-FBPcw Video credit – IU Athletics Find us on Facebook:  thedailyhoosier You can follow us on Twitter:  @daily_hoosier The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans assemble when they’re not at Assembly” Seven ways to support completely free IU coverage at no additional cost to you.…

It was an evenly matched defensive battle in Tallahassee. Florida State knocked off Indiana by a final score of 69-67 in overtime on Wednesday night in connection with the Big Ten / ACC Challenge. Below are the three keys highlights and expanded stats. Indiana (3-2) will host North Alabama at noon ET on Sunday. See also:  Archie Miller and Trayce Jackson-Davis discuss the game | The Report Card THREE KEYS TO THE GAME 1. Indiana controls the glass…until it doesn’t.  Indiana held a 43-32 rebounding margin late in the second half.  But in the closing seconds of regulation and throughout overtime…

It has not been a good Wednesday for Indiana football fans. Just around an hour after learning that the Hoosiers were going to be bumped out of the Big Ten championship game it has been announced that the annual battle for the Old Oaken Bucket has been canceled. Indiana and Purdue made the announcement in a joint release. “Indiana and Purdue have mutually agreed to cancel Saturday’s scheduled football game at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington due to rising COVID-19 numbers at both schools,” the schools said in the release. Athletic directors Scott Dolson and Mike Bobinski also made a joint…

SEE ALSO:  The Old Oaken Bucket Game has been canceled. Cancel those Big Ten championship game plans. Okay, who are we kidding.  This is 2020, after all.  You weren’t going to the game anyway. Instead, cancel your date with the television for the title contest. Moreover, who were we kidding? For more than a week now it has been clear that the Big Ten would break its six-game rule to give Ohio State a chance to play for the Big Ten championship game. Pete Thamel appears to have been the first to report on Wednesday that the league does in…

13 weeks of the 2020 NFL season are now complete for 13 former IU stars with teams in the league in some capacity. Week 13 marked a return to action for two of Indiana’s best running backs of the past decade. Take a look at how they did with our quick recap of the Hoosiers in the NFL. Tevin Coleman (RB) – San Francisco 49ers It was a miserable week 13 return from a knee injury for Coleman.  He carried the ball 2 times for -11 yards. For the season Coleman has 23 rushes for 39 yards while playing in just…

It is a Big Ten / ACC Challenge rematch as Indiana gets set to face its fourth consecutive high major non-conference opponent. Next up, defending ACC champion Florida State in Tallahassee. Indiana defeated the Seminoles 80-64 in connection with the event last season in Bloomington.  Senior guard Devonte Green made five three-pointers and scored 30 points in the contest.  Indiana shot 55 percent from the field and outrebounded FSU 35-25 for the game. IU is 8-11 all-time in Big Ten / ACC Challenge contests. GAME DAY ESSENTIALS Indiana (3-1) at No. 20/21 Florida State (1-0) — Big Ten / ACC…

After taking down No. 16 Wisconsin on the road over the weekend, Indiana expected to be rewarded when the College Football Playoff rankings were released on Tuesday. Instead, the Hoosiers stayed put at No. 12. As IU fans threw up their hands in disbelief, some of the players and coaches took to Twitter to vent their frustration. https://twitter.com/TheRealReese02/status/1336465661514698757?s=20 https://twitter.com/CoachTee34/status/1336463014640414721?s=20 So what exactly was the Selection Committee’s rationale for not moving Indiana up? Here is what Committee chair (and Iowa AD) Gary Barta said about the Hoosiers: “Well, the committee has really thought highly of Indiana,” Barta said.  “They only have…