Author: Seth Tow

Indiana football hung with No. 10 Penn State for much of the afternoon, but couldn’t seal the deal. The Hoosiers tied the game at 24 with just under three minutes to play in the fourth quarter on a 35-yard field goal by Chris Freeman, after Josh Sanguinetti came up with Drew Allar’s first career interception. But Penn State answered back quickly, as Allar hit KeAndre Lambert-Smith for a 57-yard touchdown to take a 31-24 lead. Penn State (7-1, 4-1 Big Ten) sealed it one play later. IU quarterback Brendan Sorsby fumbled at the 25 yard line, and it bounced all…

Indiana men’s basketball is nearly back. The Hoosiers will take the court at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Sunday for their first of two exhibition games ahead of the 2023-24 season. IU head coach Mike Woodson met with the media over Zoom on Friday to discuss the upcoming game and his team at large near the end of preseason practice. Here are a few key points that came up in the media session. Exhibition games approaching Sunday’s matchup with UIndy will be Indiana’s first opportunity to face a different opponent this season, as opposed to intrasquad scrimmages. This, as always,…

As Indiana football’s season has gone downhill, head coach Tom Allen is trying different approaches to keep his team together and focused. The Hoosiers have lost three straight games to fall to 2-5 overall. They remain winless in Big Ten play, and really only have one win to feel good about this season. And things won’t get easier this week, as IU will face No. 10 Penn State at Beaver Stadium on Saturday. With the Nittany Lions coming off their first loss of the season against Ohio State and looking to bounce back this week, Allen has emphasized a resilient…

With the dust settled on rosters for the 2023-24 season, we’re going team-by-team in the Big Ten to assess where everyone stands and how things could shake out this year. Next up is Nebraska, who enters year five under Fred Hoiberg still searching for its first postseason appearance under the former Chicago Bulls head coach. Nebraska closed the regular season on a strong run last year, with six wins in its last eight games, including upsets over Penn State, Rutgers, Maryland, and Iowa. But the Cornhuskers still finished just 9-11 in Big Ten play and 16-16 overall, and they underwent…

Add another accolade to the long list Mackenzie Holmes has accrued throughout her storied IU career. Holmes was named a preseason All-American by the Associated Press on Tuesday. She’s one of six players on the All-American team, along with Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, LSU’s Angel Reese, Virginia Tech’s Elizabeth Kitley, UConn’s Paige Bueckers, and Stanford’s Cameron Brink. Clark was the lone unanimous selection. Holmes is Indiana’s first-ever AP preseason All-American. She was also the program’s first postseason AP All-American back in 2021, and she became IU’s first-ever first-team selection last year. She’s coming off a huge season, with 22.3 points and…

Trent Howland tries to do it both ways. The burly Indiana running back is well aware of his size, at 6-foot-3 and 240 pounds. He was big enough to temporarily fill a need for linebacker depth last season. His strength and power can be a real weapon in the backfield. He hasn’t always weaponized those attributes to their full potential, thinking of his style more akin to a smaller player. But Howland is coming around on that, and is earning an increased role in the IU offense. “I know I’m big and I know I can run through people and…

The Indiana football quarterback carousel is rotating rapidly. It’s turning so fast, and the seats are so greased up, that nobody can hang on. After IU rotated between redshirt freshmen Brendan Sorsby and Tayven Jackson against Michigan last week, head coach Tom Allen acknowledged the constant back-and-forth has made things harder for both players and said the team would pick one as the starter moving forward. This was after the preseason quarterback battle extended into the first two weeks of the regular season, after which point Jackson was named the starter. The Hoosiers went with Sorsby on Saturday against Rutgers…

When Mackenzie Holmes suited up for her first game in an Indiana uniform, she looked unrecognizable compared to the career that would follow. The forward joined the Hoosiers in 2019, as they looked to build on their first NCAA Tournament win in four years. At 6-foot-3, Holmes was taller than most of her competition growing up, and developed into a five-star recruit at Gorham (Maine) High School. She had immense potential entering college. But her bright future wasn’t always clearly evident. Holmes’ first IU appearance came in an exhibition game against McKendree (Ill.) University in early November. And even before…

With the dust mostly settled on rosters for the 2023-24 season, we’re going team-by-team in the Big Ten to assess where everyone stands and how things could shake out next year. Next up is Rutgers, which has developed some consistency under Steve Pikiell in the last several years, but is still looking to take the next step. The Scarlet Knights finished in a tie for ninth in the Big Ten last year with a 10-10 league record, and a 19-15 overall mark. And they finished just short of a third consecutive NCAA Tournament bid — Rutgers was the second team…

Following its first Big Ten championship in 40 years, Indiana women’s basketball is back among the top teams in the country. The Hoosiers open the season ranked No. 9 in both the preseason AP Poll and coaches poll, which both came out on Tuesday. This is the second time in program history that Indiana earned a top-10 ranking in the preseason AP poll, and this is the 17th consecutive AP Poll in which IU has placed in the top 10, dating back to week 2 of last season. Overall, it’s the 36th top-10 AP Poll ranking in program history. And…