No undergraduate student on Indiana University’s campus was alive the last time the Hoosiers went to a bowl in consecutive seasons. Indiana remains the losingest program in college football history. So did Indiana coach Kevin Wilson lose his mind/slip a cog/have bubbles in his think tank when he boasted about the potential for his sixth IU team […]
The Power Five conferences each individually announced yesterday a new protocol for bringing balance to the lives of student-athlete. Among the new edicts – students must have eight consecutive hours off between 9p-6a, and travel days are no longer counted as off days. Good ideas all, but they don’t go nearly far enough to balance […]
Kevin Wilson has done the impossible by earning a contract extension at Indiana. After 20 years of shuttling one coach after another through Bloomington, it seems Indiana has settled on its long-term solution. Worth $2,550,000 per season, the extension sets Wilson up through 2021 as the architect of a program that has slowly progressed over […]
The reasons not to play high school football are widely discussed, and most have to do with the long-term brain health of participants. CTE is a fact of life for many of those who receive repeated blows to the noodle, and the results are horrifying for those who suffer from it and their families. That’s […]
by Kent Sterling Since human beings stood upright, we have hated each other for confoundingly silly reasons – religion, nationality, color of hair, jealousy over intellect and wealth, and many more. For a few minutes less than the history of our species, people who were hated expressed their dislike for being hated. Click here to […]
by Kent Sterling I look at the mood swings of Chuck Pagano, the uncertainty surrounding Rick Pitino, and the constant din of criticism for Tom Crean, and I wonder whether being a coach is worth the money or sacrifice. It’s a tough life, even for a secure coach with a pristine record of winning and compliance. […]
by Kent Sterling Dealing with addiction is tough enough when no one knows who you are and you can begin the process of recovery in anonymity. When you are the face of a historic football program and open yourself up to taunting immediately prior to a rivalry game, I’m guessing it’s brutally tough. USC football […]
by Kent Sterling Indiana University’s football team has won five games in a row – for the first time since 1987. Indiana University’s football team has started the season 4-0 – for the first time since 1990. That’s almost as long as IU basketball fans have waited for a sixth national championship, and top ranked Ohio […]
by Kent Sterling Venting feels good for a moment, and then come the consequences. When alone in a car, the comeuppance is a confused stare from the driver of the car next to you. With your girlfriend, boyfriend, husband, wife, mom, or dad, it’s generally a minute or two of patience before being told to […]
by Kent Sterling We can’t protect ourselves or our kids with bubble wrap or absolutely ensure safety. No matter our diet, destructive habits, exercise regimen, or risk threshold of our jobs, people get old, sick, and finally die. How it happens is rarely up to us, but we can decide what challenges and validates us – […]