Indiana Football – After the Old Oaken Bucket Game, What’s Next for Kevin Wilson and Hoosiers?
by Kent Sterling If Indiana wins Saturday against Purdue, the case can be made that another step toward the building of a winning culture will have been taken. The Hoosiers will be 5-7, a red zone turnover against Minnesota from a trip to a bowl. There was also a close Navy game, but no sane […]
Kevin Wilson Knows Importance of Old Oaken Bucket Game for Both Hoosiers and Boilermakers
by Kent Sterling A guy who cut his teeth on the Oklahoma vs. Texas game at the Cotton Bowl knows rivalries, and Kevin Wilson sees the Indiana vs. Purdue game this Saturday as very important for state bragging rights. From a national perspective, this game hasn’t meant much for a very long time, but football […]
by Kent Sterling Reporting on a story like the sexual assault investigation of Florida State quarterback and Heisman Trophy hopeful Jameis Winston is one of the many things the media does not do very well these days. We want the truth and we want it right the hell now! But the truth doesn’t always emerge […]
by Kent Sterling When I have a question about football, I ask Rick Venturi, who . I had a lot of questions this morning on “Ahead of the Curve” on 1070 the Fan. The Colts seem incapable of playing good football in the first half, but somehow continue to win because the brief periods of […]
by Kent Sterling The NCAA has reversed field on two decisions to ban eligibility of athletes because of media pressure, so it might make some sense to have a media member evaluate decisions on the front end of the process so they don’t appear incompetent once the rulings are questioned and reversed. The latest couple […]
Indiana Football – Kevin Wilson Knows and Respects Wisconsin Plenty
by Kent Sterling Listening to Indiana University Football Coach Kevin Wilson talk about the Wisconsin Badgers today gave the impression that his next opponent is right where he would like the Hoosiers to be one day. The Badgers are consistent, well-drilled, mature, and deep. They are everything Indiana aspires to be, and Wilson knows that […]
by Bert Beiswanger “Big Willie Style,” that’s the nickname I now use to describe Ball State wide receiver Willie Snead. Yes, I stole it from the title of Will Smith’s popular 1997 album, Big Willie Style, so I’m not exactly being uniquely creative. But I’ve seen enough of Snead’s catches the past few seasons to […]
by Kent Sterling It was homecoming at Indiana yesterday, meaning I “enjoyed” the game as a fan and didn’t cover it, so my anger over the bizarre decision to go for two twice rather than take extra points and then throw a backwards pass at the end of regulation simmered overnight. This morning, my anger […]
by Kent Sterling This is the week. This is THE week. The NFL hit the halfway mark of the regular season, the NBA is ready for opening night. The World Series is now a best two-of-three series. College football is heating up as teams are halfway through the conference schedule. The NHL is about ten […]
by Bert Beiswanger College football activity in the state was sparse at the FBS level yesterday. Indiana and Purdue were on bye weeks and Notre Dame was tucked away on the CBS Sports Network. But with RTV6 picking up the ESPN3 broadcast of Ball State at Akron, folks locally had a great opportunity to see […]