It is difficult to believe, but the 2020 high school football season in Indiana is already halfway complete. Below is a mid-season highlight reel from class of 2021 commit Josh Sales. Sales is a 6-foot-6 and 305 pound tackle from Brownsburg High School on the west side suburbs of Indianapolis. The No. 50 ranked tackle in the country in the 2021 class according to the 247Sports Composite, Sales has helped lead the Bulldogs to a 5-0 start. 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”…
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Somewhere IU offensive line coach Darren Hiller was smiling. Four former IU offensive linemen started in NFL games on Sunday, and in total 6 former IU offensive linemen are with NFL teams right now. 11 former Hoosiers are in the league in various capacities. Take a look at how they did in week two with our quick weekly recap of the Hoosiers in the NFL. Tevin Coleman (RB) – San Francisco 49ers Coleman rushed 14 times for 12 yards, and caught 2 passes for 28 yards. Starting running back Raheem Mostert left the game with an injury. That gave Coleman a…
One of the top in-state players in the class of 2023 is Indianapolis based forward Jalen Hooks. Below is a look at the 6-foot-7 Crispus Attucks product during a recent summer run with some of the top area 2023 talent. Playing with Hooks on this particular day were two more class of 2023 stars that you will be hearing more about in the coming years. Gabe Cupps (Dayton, Ohio point guard) and Reed Sheppard (London, Kentucky combo guard) both played on the top 2023 Indy Heat (Nike EYBL) team for the class of 2023 this summer. At an August event,…
Big Ten football, take three. For the third time in just over a month, Indiana football has a different schedule for the 2020 season. The entire conference slate was announced on the FOX network on Saturday morning. The announcement follows the news that the Big Ten will resume the 2020 season beginning on the weekend of Oct. 23-24. Each team will play eight games, four home and four away. The schedule is comprised of six games against division foes, and two cross-divisional games. Each team will play a ninth game during a newly created Big Ten Champions Week the weekend…
Indiana fans typically know the names of the top players in the state, but one of the best juniors might be relatively unknown to this point. Transferring in from Clarkston, Michigan, top-150 guard Fletcher Loyer has ties all over the Big Ten, and he has found a new home in Indiana. Brother Foster is a guard at Michigan State, while mother Katie played volleyball at IU and coached at Purdue. Oh, and if Clarkston sounds familiar, yes, that’s the home of former IU star Dane Fife. Foster Loyer played there for Dane’s dad Dan Fife and together they won back-to-back…
Pack the hula skirts and leis and head for…North Carolina? The reconstruction of the 2020-21 IU basketball schedule begins with news that there will be no trip to Hawaii in late November. Few locations can match Maui when it comes to winter destinations, but Asheville, N.C. will have to suffice in 2020. CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein appears to have been the first to report that the 2020 Maui Invitational has been relocated to Asheville, N.C. Other accounts confirmed Rothstein’s report. The event is expected to held at the Harrah’s Cherokee Center from Nov. 30 to Dec. 2. The 7,654 seat…
Things appear to be trending towards a decision. The top five schools have been named. The visits are complete. A high school season is approaching, and the recruiting dead period was just extended to January 1. For class of 2021 top-40 forward Trey Kaufman, there likely isn’t much more to do at this point but think. A 4.0 student, Kaufman can think with the best of them. And the Silver Creek High School product has been doing that for a long time — longer than he ever intended. “With recruiting I think a lot of people think you just go…
IU head football coach Tom Allen joined the Zach Gelb Show following the news that the 2020 Big Ten football season had been resurrected. Allen talks about the challenges of the last six months, preparing for the upcoming season, what caused the Big Ten to change its mind, why IU was successful in 2019, and much more. See also: No fans at 2020 games | 8+1 schedule format | Full Big Ten release | Full BTN press conference | Tom Allen BTN interview Want us to share your interview with a current or former IU athlete, coach or recruit on our platform? Message us. Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier…
NCAA Senior Vice President of Basketball Dan Gavitt spoke with Andy Katz soon after the organization’s Wednesday night announcement regarding the start of the 2020-21 men’s and women’s college basketball season. As it stands, Division One college basketball will start on Nov. 25. Gavitt and Katz discuss the rationale for the Nov. 25 start date, the key dates and rules until then, non-conference games, timing of NCAA Tournament, and much more. To see the NCAA’s full release on the Nov. 25 start, GO HERE. https://youtu.be/cpcHfDy8Klw Video credit – NCAA Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier You can follow us on Twitter: @daily_hoosier…
Class of 2021 offensive line commit Vinny Fiacable is off to a nice start to his senior season. Fiacable’s Fort Wayne Dwenger squad is 3-1 so far, with wins over Fort Wayne Wayne, North and South, and a heartbreaking 35-34 3 OT loss at Homestead. Playing on both sides of the ball, Fiacable had an interception and sack over the weekend. The 6-foot-4 and 300 pound Fiacable is a three-star prospect according to the 247Sports Composite. Fiacable committed to IU in April. IU runs in the family. His brother Mike Fiacable was a quarterback for IU from 2015-18, and brother…