Author: Seth Tow

Throughout Indiana football’s bye week, much of the attention has been on the offense. The Hoosiers (2-3, 0-2 Big Ten) relieved offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Walt Bell of his duties on Sunday, after a dismal performance at Maryland highlighted the plethora of issues with IU’s offense. Rod Carey is taking over the position on a permanent basis. But IU’s frustrating season thus far is not only an offensive issue. Indiana’s defense — the team’s calling card earlier in the Tom Allen era — has struggled mightily after a good start to the year. In the season-opener, the Hoosiers held…

The Big Ten released its new football scheduling model back in June, along with conference opponent slates for 2024 and 2025. Indiana drew a 2024 schedule to be excited about, with Michigan and Ohio State absent. And the “Flex Protect Plus” model meant IU would play Purdue every year, and would see Maryland and Michigan State in both 2024 and 2025. But the conference — and college sports at large — has undergone drastic change since then. The Big Ten added Oregon and Washington to its western expansion beginning next year, and that necessitated revisiting the football schedules. The updated…

Around a quarter of the way through the 2023 NFL season, several Hoosiers have been active. 14 players are on rosters across the league, though some of them are on practice squads. Here are updates on six players who have seen action early in the season. Micah McFadden The linebacker has gotten off to a strong start to the season. He’s started all four games for the New York Giants, and is playing well despite the team’s disappointing 1-3 record. He’s second on the team with 31 tackles. McFadden has also recorded a team-high five tackles for loss. Peyton Hendershot…

The Big Ten’s new media rights deal that began this season means Indiana will have several more men’s basketball games on streaming services than before. Indiana has five games on Peacock, all during the conference slate. The most notable game of those five is the IU-Purdue game in Bloomington on January 16. The Hoosiers are also on Peacock for the December 5 game at Michigan, at Rutgers on January 9, at Ohio State on February 6, and against Wisconsin at home on February 27. A regular Peacock subscription costs $5.99 per month, or $59.99 per year, plus tax. That comes…

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Heading into a bye week, one thing is clear about the 2023 Indiana Hoosiers offense. Change is needed. IU is returning to Bloomington after a complete thumping, 44-17, against Maryland at SECU Stadium Saturday. And don’t let those 17 points deceive you: 14 came in the fourth quarter, after a quarterback change, when the game was already well out of reach. The Hoosiers (2-3, 0-2 Big Ten) are averaging 15.75 points per game against FBS opponents this season. Dating back to the start of the 2022 season, Walt Bell’s first as IU’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks…

Indiana men’s basketball began official practices this week for the 2023-24 season. The Hoosiers saw a lot of roster turnover from last season, but have high hopes for the upcoming campaign. But with so many new faces, some questions persist. Here, in no particular order, are six questions about IU men’s basketball with the season around six weeks away. How different will IU’s play style look from past years, in reality? IU head coach Mike Woodson talked during the offseason, after completing this team’s roster, about adapting to a more modern style of basketball. He came to Indiana in 2021…

After last week’s rough performance, Tom Allen set clear expectations for his Indiana football team this week. The Hoosiers got to 2-2 with a win over Akron, but they were outplayed by an inferior MAC team. After that quadruple-overtime escape, Allen expressed disappointment in the focus his team showed in the week leading up to the game. He felt his team was not properly respecting its opponent. And so Allen, at Monday’s press conference, said he expected much stronger focus in practice this week as IU gets ready to take on Maryland. “What I expect is a very highly focused,…

Indiana women’s basketball saw its historic 2022-23 season end in heartbreak, with a bitterly narrow home loss to Miami in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Hoosiers were a No. 1 seed for the first time in program history, but fell short of reaching a third consecutive Sweet 16. And as the program gears up to avenge that disappointment and defend its Big Ten title, the players haven’t forgotten that feeling. Senior guard Sydney Parrish, at IU’s media day, said she’s still not over it, and is using the sour memory as fuel for the upcoming season. Graduate…

After a win that felt more like a loss, Indiana’s offense has to figure out what it really is. Between dropped passes, unspotted open receivers, bad play-calling, and letdowns in big moments, the 29-27 final score masked a poor showing by IU’s offense. The Hoosiers were significantly out-gained (474-282) by an Akron team with the third-worst total offense in FBS entering the game. IU head coach Tom Allen spent Sunday reviewing game film with his staff, meeting with the team, and diagnosing some of the problems that arose on Saturday. “Without question, didn’t play to our standard,” Allen said at…

As Indiana football progressed through fall camp, special teams coordinator Kasey Teegardin brought Chris Freeman in for a meeting. Freeman had a bad day of practice, and Teegardin thought that was a good time to review his performance to that point. He slid a spreadsheet printout across the table to his kicker, showing every kick he’d attempted during preseason, with distances, hash-mark locations, and results. Teegardin asked Freeman what he observed from the chart. Freeman said he was missing too much from the left hash. That wasn’t what Teegardin was getting at. He told the redshirt sophomore he was converting…