Author: Mike Schumann

Indiana University has a rich history of its student athletes serving in the military.  On this Memorial Day weekend we take a look back at some of the more well-known Hoosiers that served their country and risked their lives during times of war. War time often had a significant impact on the ability to field a team, and often impacted the outcome of seasons.  The 1917 football team struggled to maintain enough players on its roster due to World War I, but they still managed to be one of the highest scoring teams in IU history, scoring more than 32…

With the sad news that former Indiana University football coach passed away on Friday, memories began to flood in from all over the internet.  While Hoosier fans are well acquainted with Mallory’s successful run at the helm of the IU program, not as many are familiar with his many accomplishments along his path that led to Bloomington. How many people knew that he was an assistant coach on a national championship team, was the head coach of a perfect season, that he won a Big Eight Conference title, and that he led a program to their first ever conference title? …

Former Indiana University head football coach Bill Mallory passed away at the age of 82 on Friday.  IU released quotes from former players, coaches, and other members of the Hoosier family: “Coach Mal was respected like none other. Revered, in fact. The kind of respect and reverence that is earned through love and leadership. Not because of a title or being in a position of power. Rather it’s because he led with every fiber of his being along with his booming voice, his locked jaw and his whole heart.” — Anthony Thompson, Indiana and College Football Hall of Fame Inductee “Coach…

Indiana lost to Illinois 5-4 on Friday night and was eliminated from the Big Ten tournament.  The Hoosiers now stand at 38-17 overall. Logan Sowers and Logan Kaletha homered on the night for IU.  Kaletha had 2 hits and drove in 2 runs.  Cole Barr added 2 hits. Illinois scored the game winning run in the bottom of the 9th. IU is widely expected to receive an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament.  The brackets will be announced on Monday. You can follow us on Twitter:  @daily_hoosier Find us on Facebook:  thedailyhoosier Supporting FREE coverage of IU Athletics operated by an Indiana…

The winningest coach in the history of Indiana University football passed away on Friday. His son Curt, the head football coach at Indiana State, broke the news on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CmalryMallory/status/1000103026680651776 Mallory was the head coach at Indiana from 1984 to 1996. Mallory played football at Miami University for former Notre Dame head coach Ara Parseghian and Indiana head coach John Pont.  He coached at Miami, Colorado and Northern Illinois prior to his arrival at IU.  He compiled a 69-77-3 record with the Hoosiers and an overall career record of 168-129-4. Under Mallory’s direction, the Hoosiers had some of their more memorable seasons.  He…

Indiana fans are understandably excited about the 2018-19 college basketball season.  When Romeo Langford announced that he would be attending IU, the prospects for the upcoming season took a big lift. For Archie Miller and his coaching staff, it was about much more than just one season.  As we highlighted the next day, Langford’s commitment put the finishing touches on what Miller had described as his “inside-out” strategy.  The finishing touches for the 2018 class, that is.  The coaching staff has been hard at work since they arrived on the 2019 class as well, and beyond. The reason the strategy makes…

It looked like IU was going to be headed back to Bloomington after only 2 games in the double elimination Big Ten baseball tournament.  Trailing 5-2 in the bottom of the 9th against Michigan State, the Hoosier bats finally woke up. Scotty Bradley singled and Jeremy Houston was hit by a pitch to start the bottom of the 9th.  Michigan State got two outs against the next two batters and appeared to be on their way to the next round.  That’s when Matt Gorski hit a two-out 3-run home run in the bottom of the ninth to force the game…

Indiana baseball lost its Big Ten opener to Illinois  7-1 on Wednesday night. The Hoosiers will face Michigan State in an elimination game on Thursday.  That game will be played at 2PM EST / 1 CT at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha. IU struggled the entire game against the Illinois pitching staff, gathering just 2 hits on the night.  Starter Quinn Snarskis held the Hoosiers in check for 5 and 1/3, and then the Illini bullpen took care of the rest. Hoosier starter Jonathan Stiever was solid through 5 innings before IU’s old nemesis — fielding errors — resurfaced and…

Indiana University has released a statement on the latest Academic Progress Report released by the NCAA: BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana University student-athletes continue to excel in the classroom, according to the latest NCAA Academic Progress Report (APR) data released today.  Nine Indiana programs earned perfect 1,000 APR scores for the 2016-17 academic year while three teams earned perfect multi-year scores (2013-14 through 2016-17). The nine IU programs earning a perfect APR score for 2016-17 academic year are field hockey, men’s cross country, women’s cross country, men’s golf, women’s golf, softball, women’s swimming and diving, women’s tennis and volleyball.  The three IU…

They are right.  These rankings are way too early.  We shouldn’t even acknowledge them.  But when national folks are clearly just taking last year’s rankings and layering on some quick notes about recruits and transfers, well, we can stay silent no more! CBS Sports is the latest to take a shot at a so-called “way too early” men’s college basketball Top 25.  NBC had something similar a couple days ago.  IU was not included in either set of rankings. The main problem with even attempting rankings at this point is that there are so many question marks related to the NBA…