The California kid gets his first career start in the cold against one of the nation’s top defenses. Indiana still has its eyes on some major prizes, but they will give the ball to quarterback Jack Tuttle for his first college football rodeo. The stakes are high for Indiana, which still has an outside shot at the Big Ten title game and the College Football Playoff. The Hoosiers have been up to the task against traditional powers Penn State, Michigan and Michigan State, but the Badgers are the best of that bunch in 2020. It’s a top-20 matchup in Madison,…
Author: Mike Schumann
Duke men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski knows something about turning around a program. And Coach K knows a little something about Indiana too. The former IU basketball assistant coach under Bob Knight interviewed IU football coach Tom Allen on Thursday on his show “Basketball and Beyond with Coach K” on Sirius XM. Known as a fiery motivator himself, Coach K was won over by Allen not long into their discussion. Here are some of the highlights from the conversation between Krzyzewski and Allen. ALLEN ON GROWING UP IN NEW CASTLE, INDIANA Allen graduated from New Castle High School in 1988,…
Former IU All-American Yogi Ferrell joined fellow All-American A.J. Guyton on the House of Hoosier podcast. The pair discussed Ferrell’s upbringing, his time at IU, and his professional career. Ferrell is Indiana’s all-time assist leader and first in three-pointers made in Big Ten games. Ferrell played in more games (137) at IU than anyone else. To find more interviews with IU players, coaches and recruits, GO HERE. PART ONE: PART TWO: To find more of Guyton’s interviews with former IU greats, GO HERE. If you prefer to watch video of the interview you can do that here. Be sure to…
Indiana head coach Tom Allen met with the media on Thursday to give final thoughts on Wisconsin. Earlier in the week Badger head coach Paul Chryst spoke with the media about this week’s contest. No. 10/11 Indiana (5-1) and No, 18/19 Wisconsin (2-1) kick off on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET in Madison. The game will be televised on ABC. See also: Allen and Sheridan discuss the transition to Tuttle | Tuttle talks preparing for first start https://youtu.be/WLpq2ViZxfA Video credit – IU Athletics https://youtu.be/Fi_7gicibrk Credit – Wisconsin Athletics Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier You can follow us on Twitter: @daily_hoosier The Daily…
We now know much more of the details for the remainder of the 2020-21 IU basketball schedule. The program released the television designations for the rest of the season and the tip times for the month of December. The update includes a unique pre-noon tip at the Crossroads Classic against Butler on Dec. 19. The full release from IU Athletics follows. December Schedule Finalized for IU Men’s Basketball, TV Designations For Season Announced The Big Ten Conference along with its TV partners, BTN, CBS, ESPN, Fox and FS1 have released game designations for the remainder of the season and also…
The Big Ten might pull a Lee Corso on its rules to qualify for the Big Ten football championship game. You say teams must play six games to participate? Not so fast my friend. With the top ranked team in the Big Ten facing the very real possibility of failing to play six games, the league is considering an amendment to the rule according to Wisconsin AD Barry Alvarez. With just two weeks remaining, Ohio State has only played four games. “I think if something were to happen to Ohio State and they’d have to cancel another game, that’s (the…
Mike Schumann of The Daily Hoosier joined TDH contributor Aidan Kunst on The Hoosier Experience podcast to discuss early impressions of IU basketball after Indiana’s third place finish at the Maui Invitational. Mike and Aidan break down all three games, review the early performance of the players, trends, and much more. 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.
Did you catch your breath yet? We went from an IU basketball virtual blackout for nearly nine months to a three day crash course. Now lying down stuffed after that ill-advised third trip to the Thanksgiving buffet, it is time to digest what we saw in Asheville. Preseason prognostications are fun, but dissecting the real thing is much more insightful. And from the team’s performance on both ends of the floor to the players, we now know plenty about these 2020-21 Hoosiers. Let’s take a look. Offense: Which games do you want to talk about Texas, or Stanford and Providence? They…
Saturday will mark the first career college start for Indiana redshirt sophomore quarterback Jack Tuttle. The 6-foot-4 Tuttle steps in for Michael Penix, Jr., who went down with a season ending torn ACL last weekend. Tuttle has seen action in six games at IU. In 2019 he made five appearances and completed 6-of-11 passes for 34 yards, and he ran 9 times for 20 yards. Tuttle went 5-for-5 for 31 yards on Saturday in his first 2020 appearance. “He has worked extremely hard and prepared at a high level,” head coach Tom Allen said of Tuttle on Monday. “He is…
Indiana head football coach Tom Allen joined IU radio voice Don Fischer on their weekly radio show to take a look back at the win over Maryland and preview the game this Saturday against Wisconsin. Defensive line coach Kevin Peoples was the special guest at the end of the show. The Hoosiers moved to 5-1 after their 27-11 win over Maryland last weekend. Wisconsin has only played three games as both the Badgers and their scheduled opponents have dealt with COVID-19. No. 10/11 Indiana (5-1) and No, 18/19 Wisconsin (2-1) kick off on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET in Madison. …