Author: Mike Schumann

Will they or won’t they play this fall? That of course is the elephant in the room right now when it comes to Big Ten football. As we told you weeks ago, the Big Ten university presidents and chancellors are the decision makers here, not Commissioner Kevin Warren. The presidents and chancellors voted 11-3 to not play back in August, and if the league is going to reverse course and play in the fall, another vote will be needed to reverse that decision. Nebraska president Ted Carter was one of the three that voted to play in August. Since that…

IU head football coach Tom Allen likes to say that you “control what you can control.” When it comes to recruiting, Allen can’t control what other teams in the Big Ten are doing.  He also can’t control for the most part the amount scholarships he has available in a given cycle. If you simply look at the team recruiting rankings, you might conclude that IU is falling behind its peers. The Hoosiers are No. 53 nationally in the class of 2021, and No. 11 in the Big Ten according to the 247Sports Composite as of this writing.  Those are rankings…

“This one is for all the small schools that never had a chance.” Many in Indiana still long for the old high school basketball format. Single class, every team makes the tournament field, with the finals in downtown Indianapolis. A single-class tournament that includes every team might be held in 2021, with the finals in Indianapolis, but it won’t be the Indiana high school variety. Multiple reports emerged on Wednesday morning indicating that there is a push underway to include every Division One team in the 2021 NCAA Tournament.  The 2021 Final Four will be held at Lucas Oil Stadium…

After spending a long weekend taking self-guided tours of two out-of-state campuses, class of 2021 forward Trey Kaufman is ready to narrow things down. The 6-foot-8 Sellersburg, Ind. product announced his top five schools on Tuesday afternoon, naming Indiana, Virginia, North Carolina, Purdue and Indiana State. Kaufman made the announcement on his Instagram page. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Trey Kaufman-Renn (@trey_renn) on Sep 8, 2020 at 2:02pm PDT Indiana, Virginia, North Carolina and Purdue have been thought to be Kaufman’s top schools for a while.  The addition of Indiana State is somewhat of…

IU class of 2021 commit Logan Duncomb is scheduled to play a game in central Indiana in December. It remains to be seen, however, whether Indiana fans will be allowed to watch him live. The slate of games is set for the eighth annual Forum Tipoff Classic at Southport High School in Indianapolis. https://twitter.com/FORUMTipoff/status/1303363265729265664?s=20 The event is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 12 at the 7,000 plus seat Southport High School Fieldhouse. Ticket information is not available at this time, as it is unknown if fans will be able to attend due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Below is the schedule of…

Bloomington was one of the areas hardest hit when the remnants of Tropical Storm Gordon rolled through central Indiana two years ago today. The storm also helped catapult the career of then true freshman running back Stevie Scott as Indiana defeated Virginia 20-16. The Daily Hoosier’s Sept. 8, 2018 game story is followed below by a full replay of the memorable contest, courtesy of the Big Ten Network. After two weeks, Indiana has found its sweet spot — falling behind early. For the second week in a row the Hoosiers responded to an early deficit with a quick touchdown, and…

The Daily Hoosier is teaming up with the Hoosier Experience podcast to bring you interviews with IU players, coaches and recruits. Class of 2022 wing Masai Troutman is one of the latest IU basketball recruiting targets to receive an offer from the Hoosiers.  He answered a wide range of questions with host Aidan Kunst. For more background on Troutman, GO HERE. For more IU related podcasts, GO HERE.  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 You can follow us on Twitter:  @daily_hoosier…

Indiana continues to emphasize the state of Indiana first under head coach Archie Miller. IU’s first class of 2023 offer goes to one of the best sophomore point guards in the country in Lafayette’s Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn. He announced the offer from IU today on his Twitter page. https://twitter.com/DravynGibbs/status/1303015607043063811?s=20 Gibbs-Lawhorn is a product of the same high school (McCutcheon) that sent Rob Phinisee to IU.  He also plays for the same AAU program (Indiana Elite – Adidas) that has delivered several players to Bloomington in recent years. “I like the IU basketball team, Gibbs-Lawhorn said a few weeks ago on The…

When you go to Mackey Arena, you had better be ready for a street fight. In recent years, Indiana hasn’t had enough of those kind of guys. Playing against a tough-minded opponent, and with a boisterous crowd spewing hateful venom at your every move, you need guys just like this to survive: “Having that fire, wanting to win every possession, and also being ultra-competitive.” Indiana has at least one of those guys. That is exactly what IU freshman guard Trey Galloway said he thinks he could bring to the team as a first year player when we spoke to him…

Sometimes a name to know is a name you already know. Could Indiana have a pair of Mullen islands on the field for one season? While there is still a long way to go in his high school career, class of 2022 cornerback Trevell Mullen has IU on his radar.  The youngest brother of a football family that includes brother Trayvon Mullen of the Oakland Raiders, cousin Lamar Jackson of the Baltimore Ravens, brother Tiawan Mullen of IU, Trevell is one of the top corners in his class. Trevell Mullen is a four-star cornerback prospect out of Pompano Beach, Florida.…