Category Archives: Hoosiers

Kevin Wilson’s Indiana staff earning substantial salaries

Kevin Wilson has been the Indiana football head coach for just over three months now and the buzz is still in the air.

How many times during the winter months are sports talk shows and fans talking about Indiana football? Coach Wilson and Indiana have taken full advantage of the coaching change.

Wilson agreed to a seven-year contract for $1.2 million per year. Former head …

Not your ordinary Spring Break for Little 500 riders

Right about now, road trips, beach parties and other things that should probably be left out of print media are running through students’ heads in hopes of spring break quickly approaching.

It seems as if this week can be broken down into three groups of people: the ones all but on their way to the Sunshine State, me, who is unconventionally off to Cleveland come …

New IU football coach Kevin Wilson addresses students for the first time

It was three months ago today when Indiana University introduced Kevin Wilson as its next football head coach. Coming from Oklahoma, Wilson had never previously been a collegiate head coach. Now after a quarter of a year into the job, he has his staff filled out, jobs assigned, players assessed and ready to head into spring football practice tomorrow.

Monday night’s even was held at …

Jeremiah Rivers games remaining may be few but his changes have been great

Tonight, Jeremiah Rivers will play his last game on Branch McCracken Court in front of the Hoosier faithful. After beginning his collegiate career at Georgetown University five years ago, Rivers is closing in on his last game.

Rivers came in with head coach Tom Crean three years ago. Due to NCAA transfer rules, he could only sit on the sidelines to see the Hoosiers go …

Indiana baseball’s bright horizon

We’ve all heard of those program-changing years, the years that make a certain team go from bad to good, good to great or great to historic.

The year of 1976 changed the IU basketball program from great to historic. We are still waiting to find out if 2007 was that bad-to-good year for IU football, when the Hoosiers won their first Bucket game since 2001 …

GLOWfest lineup features Pretty Lights and Chiddy Bang for Little 500

Little 500 week continues to improve at Indiana University. Instead of going with hip-hop artists like two other concerts, GLOWfest is taking an alternative approach.

Pretty Lights headlines the second year of GLOWfest in what should be a loud and bright show. Chiddy Bang, Mansions On the Moon, George Watsky, The Main Squeece, and Bryce Fox and Daniel Weber fill out the lineup.

The concert …

Purdue wins fifth straight over Indiana, 72-61

The Boilermakers felt it from beginning, scoring the first seven points. Indiana tried to answer countless times but fell short as Purdue topped IU for the fifth straight time, 72-61 in front of a capacity crowd at Assembly Hall.

Indiana fans brought it since yesterday in fact. Five junior girls camped outside of Assembly nearly 30 hours before tip-off. The fans were impressive Wednesday from …

IU/Purdue rivalry has all necessary ingredients

Some weeks have that certain aura, that certain buzz, which brings a different, sometimes hateful atmosphere to cities or college campuses. Welcome to that week, Bloomington residents, or at least what it should be.

Through the years, and even in recent years, there have been moments defining the IU/Purdue rivalry as one of the most storied across the Midwest sports landscape.
When a rivalry is …