Author: Mike Schumann

College basketball and all winter sports appear to be on the same path as football and the other fall sports. The NCAA is targeting an extra year of eligibility for everyone on the winter sport rosters due to the unusual set of circumstances brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Multiple national reports have indicated that the NCAA could formalize the ruling for winter athletes next week. “Winter sport Division I NCAA athletes should find out next week if they can get an extra year of eligibility, regardless of how many games they play this season,” Andy Katz wrote on Twitter.…

Below is the updated IU basketball roster for the 2021-22 season. Look for some information such as players weights to be updated in the late summer or early fall. IU has foreign tour games in the Bahamas on Aug. 13 and 15.  The 2021-22 campaign is expected to begin on Nov. 9. (Note:  this post has been added to our IU basketball drop down menu for future reference) You can follow us on Twitter:  @daily_hoosier Find us on Facebook:  thedailyhoosier 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…

Week four had a little bit of everything for former Hoosiers in the NFL. A COVID-19 postponement, a relief job to face one of the league’s top defensive linemen, and for the fourth straight week a Hoosier scored. Four weeks of the 2020 season are already complete for 11 former IU stars with teams in the league. Take a look at how they did in week four with our quick weekly recap of the Hoosiers in the NFL. Tevin Coleman (RB) – San Francisco 49ers Coleman did not play on Sunday.  He was placed on the 49ers’ injured reserve list as…

Indiana head football coach Tom Allen met with the media on Monday to discuss the team’s first scrimmage on Saturday. Allen also addressed the early play of Javon Swinton and Ty Wise, the team’s readiness to vote, and much more. IU opens the 2020 season on the weekend of Oct. 24 at home against Penn State. https://youtu.be/BQEA0sIf3hY 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.

Our names to know series is a quick snapshot of young prospects on Indiana’s radar. Indiana’s coaching staff puts a premium on length and versatility, and class of 2023 prospect Taylor Bol Bowen can check both of those boxes. A 6-foot-8 point forward from the east coast, Bowen has been hearing from IU for several months. Born as a refugee in Egypt, Bolen’s journey has taken him to his small town home in Vermont and to high school in Rhode Island. Where will he got next?  Bowen isn’t sure, but he knows what factors will be important when the time…

Indiana head football coach Tom Allen gave his weekly Monday press conference today. Here are some noteworthy Monday items from Allen and the program. IU opens the season the weekend of Oct. 24 at home against Penn State.  The date and time for that game is still to be determined. Two positive COVID-19 cases on football roster The program gave an update on its COVID-19 testing since it began daily testing on Sept. 17. Overall there have been 2,102 negatives and four positives.  The positives involve two players and two members of the staff. While the overall percentages are favorable,…

October 5, 2013 — Bloomington, Ind. IU was 0-for-the-series against Penn State.  0-16. But under head coach Kevin Wilson, by 2013 the Hoosiers were turning a corner. And in a Big Ten opener on Oct. 5, 2013, the Hoosiers kicked down a barrier with a convincing 44-24 win over the Nittany Lions. Indiana scored first when Nate Sudfeld found Isaiah Roundtree for a 5-yard touchdown connection with 3:05 left in the opening period. A pair of field goals by Mitch Ewald gave IU a 13-7 halftime advantage. Penn State took its first lead of the game, 14-13, on a 26-yard…

The linebacker position has always been a featured part of Indiana’s defense since Tom Allen arrived in 2016. During his first two years in Bloomington, Allen had two of his best at the position, with Tegray Scales and Chris Covington solidifying the defense. Four freshmen linebackers came in the door in 2018 as Scales and Covington exited.  Now those four are third year veterans, and once again IU hopes to have the linebacker position become a centerpiece of the defense. McFADDEN AND JONES BECOMING LEADERS Two of the four linebackers from the class of 2018 have emerged as Indiana’s starters…

Defensive coordinator Kane Wommack provided an update with fall camp now well underway. Wommack begins his second season in charge of the defense after taking over for head coach Tom Allen. IU finished 36th nationally in 2019 in total defense, including 43rd in rushing defense, 46th in passing defense, and 45th in scoring defense. Indiana returns most of its contributors on the defensive side of the football from 2019, although it has already suffered injuries to Marcelino Ball and Raheem Layne. https://youtu.be/qnoeiBr5_A4 Video credit – IU Athletics Find us on Facebook:  thedailyhoosier You can follow us on Twitter:  @daily_hoosier The Daily…

It was the game Nebraska’s administration wanted. And they got it. Playing against 90,000 hostile fans and Nebraska in their famous “black shirt” uniforms, Indiana put together the signature win of its memorable 2019 season in Lincoln. IU clinched bowl eligibility behind a career best effort from Peyton Ramsey.  The Hoosier quarterback threw for 351 yards and rushed for another 42 while accounting for a total of three touchdowns. Former athletic director Fred Glass talked after the game about the significance of the win and achieving bowl eligibility against the Cornhuskers. “To hit both of those things today at Nebraska…