After picking up win number eight and reclaiming the Old Oaken Bucket, a wave of bad beats hit the IU football program. From transfers, to coaching staff turnover to the literal bad beat at the Gator Bowl against Tennessee, the hits just seemed to keep coming for head coach Tom Allen and his program. Perhaps some of it could be chalked up to the price of success? Much of it was just ordinary offseason football stuff. And that was all really just the beginning. What has followed has been decidedly not just ordinary football stuff. Not by any stretch of…
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Former Indiana football defensive lineman Chris Beaty was tragically murdered over the weekend in downtown Indianapolis. Beaty was a pillar of the Indianapolis community and closely involved alum of both IU in general and the football program. Beaty’s family released a statement on Wednesday morning and established a memorial fund that will benefit both IU and Indianapolis Cathedral High School in his name. A link to contribute to the fund is included below in the family’s statement. Official Statement from the family of Chris Beaty We have been overwhelmed with the outpouring of love and support for Chris since his murder over…
The first concrete sign of the return of IU athletics came on Wednesday when the school announced plans for a limited return beginning on June 15. The first group to start voluntary workouts will be members of the football team beginning June 15, subject to a series of pre-participation protocols along with ongoing evaluations. The second group will consist of the men’s and women’s basketball players, who will begin voluntary workouts on June 18. The full release from IU Athletics including a comment by AD Fred Glass is below. To see Indiana’s full phase one restart plan, go here. Bloomington,…
As you have no doubt heard, former Evansville Reitz High School point guard Khristian Lander has reclassified and will join the IU basketball program for the 2020-21 season. Lander was averaging 21 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.6 assists for his junior season at Reitz. The Panthers (17-7) had advanced to the Class 4A Seymour Regional before the 2019-20 campaign was canceled. Below are Lander’s junior season highlights, courtesy of Hudl. https://youtu.be/xP0OVaFcixg 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…
Several players and coaches from the IU basketball team joined forces in a short video to address the ongoing racial tension in the United States after the murder of George Floyd. With the message “Racism, in no way, shape or form, can be tolerated,” the program published the video on its various social media platforms. While most of the statements from sports coaches have been unilateral and in written form, Indiana’s video is unique in that it was delivered by several members from the team, and from both players and coaches of various races. Redshirt junior forward Race Thompson begins…
This wasn’t the spring that IU basketball head coach Archie Miller imagined. Of course this wasn’t the spring that anyone imagined. What does an ordinary spring look like for Miller? The NCAA men’s basketball national championship game, typically on the first Monday in April, serves as a starting gun. “As soon as that national championship game ends, it’s over,” Miller said on a recent podcast with Don Fischer. “You’re on the road recruiting in April, you’re hitting weekend events for the first time in the AAU season, you’re doing your home visits basically sitting in front of families finishing up…
Indiana head football coach Tom Allen joined the Everybody Pulls the Tarp podcast recently to go in depth on a number of topics. Allen discussed his transition from high school to college, building a culture at IU, player driven leadership, and much more. A native of New Castle, Ind., the 50-year-old Allen is 18-20 in three plus seasons at IU. https://youtu.be/321iW7bu-fc Video credit – Andrew Moses / Everybody Pulls the Tarp 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…
IU athletic director Fred Glass and Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren both addressed the murder of George Floyd today in separate statements. In their releases, Glass and Warren described actions being taken by IU and the Big Ten, respectively. The full statement from Glass and the open letter from Warren follow. Statement from Indiana University Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Fred Glass The Indiana University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics stands with our students in our collective devastation and outrage over the senseless and inexcusable killing of George Floyd. Ever since I first saw the video of George Floyd’s…
Indiana isn’t particularly deep on its offensive line, but one of the projected interior players in the two-deep rotation is going to be around for an extra year. Stanford graduate transfer Dylan Powell was granted an extra year of eligibility by the NCAA, giving him two fulls seasons in Bloomington. Powell broke the news on his Twitter page. https://twitter.com/Dylan_Powell74/status/1267476283824508929?s=20 Powell announced in December that he was transferring to Indiana to pursue his MBA. The Missouri native was slated to be a starting guard at Stanford for the 2019 season, but a preseason labrum tear cost Powell the entire season. The…
Indiana’s 2020-21 season opening opponent is known if college basketball returns on schedule. According to public records obtained by D1 Docket, the Hoosiers will tip things off against New Jersey Institute of Technology on Nov. 10 at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington. Hailing from Newark, N.J., the Highlanders finished the 2019-20 campaign with a 9-21 mark and they were the No. 296 team in the country according to Ken Pom. NJIT head coach Brian Kennedy is entering his fifth season with the program. Competing in the Atlantic Sun Conference, NJIT has been a Division One program since 2006. Under…