Indiana offensive coordinator Nick Sheridan and defensive coordinator Kane Wommack met with the media on Monday to review the win over Michigan State and preview Ohio State. No. 10 Indiana (4-0) travels to Columbus to face No. 3 Ohio State (3-0) at noon ET on Saturday. The game will be televised on Fox. See also: News and notes from Tom Allen’s Monday Ohio State week press conference https://youtu.be/ijg1JpuK55A https://youtu.be/skTdIhUMR1Q?t=14 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…
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Indiana head coach Tom Allen met with the media on Monday afternoon along with coordinators Nick Sheridan and Kane Wommack and quarterback Michael Penix, Jr. Below are some of the more noteworthy news items and notes from the session. No. 9/10 Indiana (4-0) will travel to Columbus this weekend for a noon ET kickoff against Ohio State. The game will be televised on Fox. See also: Opportunities on the line against Buckeyes difficult to comprehend Michigan State players of the game As it does each week, IU named its top players for each phase on Monday. Allen announced the following…
The 2020-21 Indiana University men’s basketball season is right around the corner. To help get you ready, The Daily Hoosier is profiling every scholarship player on the IU roster. Indiana’s season is expected to begin on Nov. 25. A diamond in the rough? Indiana certainly believes they found one in Jordan Geronimo. A meteoric rise from Division II recruit to becoming an IU commit happened in less than a year, and it could be just the beginning for Geronimo. Already described by several of his teammates as a “freak athlete” and with an impressive physique for his age, the east…
Ty Fryfogle doesn’t say much off the field. On it, he has let his performance do the talking. On Monday, the Lucedale, Miss. product was named the Big Ten’s offensive player of the week after a career day in East Lansing on Saturday. https://twitter.com/B1Gfootball/status/1328359420624056320?s=20 Fryfogle set career-highs with 11 receptions (2nd-most in the Big Ten in 2020) for 200 yards (most), the seventh 200-yard game in program history, and reached the end zone twice, including a career-long 65-yarder. His 178 first-half yards marked the most by a Big Ten player (Roy Roundtree, Michigan) since 2010. “He is a big, strong…
You can come home after all. Former IU basketball star Calbert Cheaney is headed to Indianapolis to become an assistant coach for the NBA’s Indiana Pacers according to a report by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski “Hoosier Homecoming: Calbert Cheaney is joining the Indiana Pacers as an assistant coach, sources tell ESPN,” Wojnarowski wrote on his Twitter page. “Cheaney has been a G-League assistant with Atlanta for the past two years.” Cheaney comes to the Pacers from the NBA’s G-League where he was an assistant for the College Park Skyhawks for one season. That preceded one season in an assistant role for…
It was just a year ago that Indiana football fans were beaming over once in a generation accomplishments. First it was bowl eligibility, then a winning season, and then an eighth win and the Old Oaken Bucket. Sure, none of that is truly historic by any normal definition of college football success, but 2019 was a feel good season for the Hoosiers. And it was enough to tide over your average IU football fan for a decade or two. Once we finally got around to playing some football again, 2020 has gone from feel good to feeling, well, just plain…
Class of 2021 top-70 forward Mason Miller’s recruitment is developing quickly. On Saturday Miller announced that he was down to a final two of Indiana and Creighton. On Sunday new reports indicate that Miller will announce his commitment this Wednesday. Indiana will apparently get one last chance to speak with Miller on a Zoom call on Monday. Jake Lieberman of Zags Blog had all of the original reporting on the Sunday developments. “Four-star Mason Miller tells me that he plans on announcing his college destination next Wednesday,” Lieberman wrote on Twitter. “Miller will be taking an in-person visit to Indiana…
One of Indiana’s top 2022 guard targets is narrowing things down. Poca, W.V. based top-60 combo guard Isaac McKneely announced his top eight schools on Sunday. Making the announcement on his Twitter page, McKneely included Indiana in his list of top schools. https://twitter.com/IsaacMcKneely/status/1328050304563154946?s=20 Joining Indiana in McKneely’s top eight are Kentucky, North Carolina, West Virginia, Louisville, Illinois, Purdue, and Virginia. McKneely told 247Sports on Sunday that Indiana is a great fit. “The style of play is a great fit for me,” McKneely said. “I’ve been building a great relationship with several of the coaches since the spring. I got to…
(Update: IU moved up a spot to No. 9 in the latest AP Poll) A top ten showdown is on the slate for week five. And when it comes to the national polls, IU continues to make history. The Hoosiers are ranked inside the top 10 for the first time in more than 50 years, coming in at No. 9 in the latest AP media poll released on Sunday. It is the team’s best spot in the poll since being ranked No. 4 on Nov. 27, 1967. The Hoosiers are also ranked in the top-10 of the AP poll in…
The Love Each Other train kept rolling on Saturday afternoon as Indiana continued to stack wins against the Big Ten’s traditional power programs. Michigan State was the latest Big Ten East giant to face this reality: Indiana is for real. The Hoosiers secured their first road shutout in the Big Ten since 1993 with a convincing 24-0 triumph in East Lansing. Things won’t get any easier next weekend as 4-0 IU will travel to Columbus to face No. 3 Ohio State with the Big Ten East lead on the line. But before we move on to the Buckeyes, let’s go…