Tom Allen was not able to accomplish the Indiana football breakthrough in 2017. The defensive mastermind undeniably led the IU defense to a breakthrough in 2016, but by just about any measure, there was no significant breakthrough in his first year as head coach in 2017. While the second year head coach may have set the standard, it may have been unrealistic to expect it to happen in year one of Allen’s tenure. Whether it is year one, year two or year five — there have been significant turnarounds in college football history. Today, we take a look at some…
Author: Mike Schumann
Things are progressing with one of Indiana’s top targets in the recruiting class of 2019. Greenwood, Indiana native Trayce Jackson-Davis announced his top six schools via Twitter on Sunday and to no one’s surprise included Indiana: https://twitter.com/TrayceJackson/status/1026165978063925248 Wake Forest and Iowa are the surprises that continue to be on the list at this point. There had been speculation of interest in Memphis and Ohio State, but clearly those schools were not included. As reported by multiple outlets, Jackson-Davis also released his visit schedule. College basketball recruits are only allowed five official visits. All visits below are reportedly official except for…
It is important to preface what I am about to say with a bit of context. You aren’t likely to find a more traditional Indiana high school basketball fan than me. Class basketball? Hate it. The growing trend of kids transferring to prep schools? Not a fan. I wish Indiana high school basketball was still like it was in the late 80’s and early 90’s when I was growing up, but it isn’t — and it never will be again. And you know what — that’s okay. Sometimes, you have to be smart enough to realize the shortcomings of your…
The 2018 Indiana University football season kicks off in four weeks. Fall camp began for the Hoosiers on Friday. Tom Allen provided an update on Saturday, two days into the fall campaign. Also below, take a look at the three quarterbacks in action competing for the starting role. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qhc5QC3-X4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUdYeSIdqUc You can follow us on Twitter: @daily_hoosier Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier Supporting FREE coverage of IU Athletics operated by an Indiana based small business has never been easier. Just do your shopping via this link to the Amazon home page or via the Amazon ad below. Anything you purchase via these links (not just what…
We are four weeks away from the start of the 2018 Indiana Hoosiers football season. As it should be — you can always find optimism inside the bubble of IU football and its fans going into just about any upcoming fall campaign. Spend a few minutes around Tom Allen, and you might just predict a Hoosier breakthrough yourself — that is after you finish running through a brick wall for him. But it is always instructive to take a step back and see what the independent prognosticators are saying about your favorite team. A number of various national outlets have…
It was one of the more anticipated Indiana University football games in years. Perhaps the most anticipated opening game in decades. Indiana. Ohio State. Memorial Stadium. ESPN College Gameday. The stage doesn’t get much bigger for IU football. It took exactly one play for controversy to ensue. It took one play for long-suffering Indiana fans to be overcome with that understandable sense of “here we go again.” Technically, it wasn’t even a play — not from scrimmage anyway, and for some, that was the problem. On the opening kickoff on August 31 last year, with Memorial Stadium buzzing, star wide…
The three Indiana quarterbacks competing for the starting job on opening day sat side-by-side and met with the media on Thursday. Senior graduate transfer Brandon Dawkins, Sophomore Peyton Ramsey and Freshman Michael Penix will officially commence one of the more interesting quarterback competitions in recent Indiana history tomorrow when IU’s fall camp opens. According to head coach Tom Allen, the competition is wide open at this point, and each player will have ample opportunity to earn the starting job on September 1 at Florida International. You can hear what each of them had to say here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Sq2fA9l924 You can follow…
Indianapolis Cathedral High School senior Armaan Franklin has narrowed his list of possible college basketball programs to three. He made the announcement via Twitter on Thursday, and one thing is clear — Franklin is going to stay close to home. https://twitter.com/unkle44artty/status/1025063951875366912 Franklin included in-state programs Indiana and Purdue in his final three along with Cincinnati-based Xavier, which was the first high-major school to offer him. 247Sports is reporting that Franklin will take official visits to all three schools in late August to mid-September and then make a decision after that. Franklin was quoted as saying the following about Indiana in…
The Indiana University football program begins fall camp on Friday and kicks off the 2018 season in 30 days at Florida International. Head coach Tom Allen and offensive coordinator Mike DeBord met with the media on Thursday in Bloomington to preview the upcoming season. HEAD COACH TOM ALLEN https://www.facebook.com/IndianaFootball/videos/1972324379491159/ OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR MIKE DEBORD https://www.facebook.com/IndianaFootball/videos/1972241336166130/ You can follow us on Twitter: @daily_hoosier Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier Supporting FREE coverage of IU Athletics operated by an Indiana based small business has never been easier. Just do your shopping via this link to the Amazon home page or via the Amazon ad below. Anything you purchase via…
It has been a while since Indiana has had a 7-foot center on its roster that had the high major talent to go with his size. In fact, Cody Zeller was the last such Hoosier in 2013. Indiana is looking to change that in the class of 2020 with Ohio center Zach Loveday. Hailing from the small town of Gallipolis, which is nestled along the Ohio River in the southeastern part of the state, there is nothing small about Loveday. Depending on which recruiting service you read, his height ranges from 6-foot-10 to 7-feet, but irrespective of the precise number,…