Indiana University adopted a sane attitude this season about alcohol consumption at football games, and their wisdom was rewarded. For decades, IU students and alums would binge drink during pregame tailgates so they could maintain their cool buzz throughout the four-hour game. This year, IU joined a growing group of universities who sell beer and […]
Indiana ran out the clock on a brilliant 13-play drive that ate the final eight minutes of the game against Michigan. Of the 13 plays, IU ran the ball 12 times. If Indiana had been ahead by 25 instead of behind by that many at the time, fans would be thrilled. To sit in the […]
Indiana lost 34-27 today in Happy Valley and Hoosier fans are celebrating. All over social media, IU fans are talking about how far this team has come and how this loss shows the progress the program is making. That’s the same thing they’ve done for the last half century of mediocre to poor Indiana Football. […]
Indiana has not been a launching pad for football coaches in a long time, unless launching them into career graves counts. Many of the coaches at Indiana over the last half century ended their careers as a head coach after being unable to build success in Bloomington. When athletic director Fred Glass mentioned his next major […]
I’m sorry. I was wrong. My evaluation of Tom Allen as Indiana’s football coach has been proven wrong by the 6-2 record the Hoosiers have put together this season. There is still work to be done, but 6-2 gives the Hoosiers bowl eligibility before Halloween for the first time since 1993. If Indiana can beat […]
Indiana beat Maryland 34-28 yesterday, putting its season win total at five. For those IU grads who had trouble getting through M-014 (a non-credit basic math course), that leaves the Hoosiers one win shy of bowl eligibility. With games remaining against Nebraska, Northwestern and Purdue – games Indiana has at least a 52.3% chance of […]
I’m not sold on Tom Allen as Indiana’s longterm solution as a football coach. He could be the guy, or he could be the latest in a string of mediocres to lead IU Football that began with Cam Cameron. So when I heard athletic director Fred Glass identify the next big investment in Indiana Football as being […]
Because the Old Oaken Bucket Game between Indiana and Purdue is played on the Saturday following Thanksgiving, both IU and Purdue students are home for the long weekend rather than in Bloomington and West Lafayette. That’s the argument for moving the Bucket Game from a rotating home and home series to Lucas Oil Stadium. If […]
There is this feeling in my gut that criticizing Indiana University’s football program is unfair. Indiana fans have nothing but hope to keep them coming back to Memorial Stadium – well, hope and beer. It hurts to write a post that doesn’t help IU fans hope. Hope in IU Football has almost always poorly invested as the […]
Indiana Football is the losingest football program in history among Power Five universities. That’s where all discussions about IU football must start. Fans who head to Bloomington on game days have become accustomed to winning tailgate parties, even if it means never setting foot in Memorial Stadium. That has been the state of Indiana Football for a […]
