By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Each week I’ll run down what’s hot and what’s cold with Indiana football. Here’s my take from Saturday’s 41-35 loss to Navy: HOT Offensive line – Pass protection seemed pretty consistent, even as Hoosiers began throwing nearly every down. Ted Bolser – Tight end finishes with five […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Hoosiers suffered more than just a defeat Saturday. They authored something their fans had been dreading ever since – well, pretty much since Indiana began playing college football over a century ago. But especially since this season began with such high hopes. The inevitable letdown. A […]
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By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Darrell Hazell definitively said he is happy that his Boilermakers came out with a win in his first home game at Ross Ade Stadium against an FCS opponent in Indiana State. He’ll have to forgive fans in West Lafayette if they aren’t buying it. “Obviously we’re […]
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By PAUL SIEGFRIED ISL Correspondent There is always a heightened sense of anticipation at the start of every NFL season. Almost every team and their fans think they are better than the year before and are anxious to go out and prove it. For the Indianapolis Colts, unexpected success last season has only fueled that […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor How impressed were you with how the Big Ten fared in the opening weekend of college football? Not very? Don’t feel too bad because there wasn’t too much to get excited about. No. 2 Ohio State, the second-ranked team in the country, only beat dismal Buffalo by 20. Michigan […]
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By RYAN NAYLOR ISL Correspondent Zionsville put an end to Noblesville’s feel-good story, at least for now. The Eagles defeated the previously unbeaten Millers 14-9 on Friday night. Noblesville entered the game with a great deal of confidence after handing Brownsburg its first home loss in three years the previous week and debuting in the […]
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By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent You wouldn’t think someone who only carries the ball eight times in a game would be considered a factor. But when those eight carries turn into 216 yards and three touchdowns, not only is that player a factor, he’s the star of the game. That was the night junior running […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor The decisive play in Lawrence Central’s win over Louisville Trinity resembled many of the plays before it. Trinity trailed by four points in the final minute and faced a fourth-and-2 from the Lawrence Central 13-yard line. Trinity quarterback Reggie Bonnafon rolled left and tried to make a play, but his […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor My wife, Christina, is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Sciences at IUPUI. Last week, I asked her what she taught her graduate level students in her class, Theories of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. She said she talked about psychologist Albert Bandura’s theory of self-efficacy. Self-efficacy? I’m […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent The Pacers are giving Rasual Butler a chance to get back into the Association. But why? One way to look at signing Butler for the minimum is they’ll have some insurance in case increasingly brittle Danny Granger gets hurt. Butler may be paid cheaply, and he could have value as […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Cody Latimer smiles at a question he’d never been asked. Why did someone who dreamed of playing in the NBA decide to pick up football midway through high school? “That’s a good question,” Latimer said. “To tell you the truth I started playing football pretty much because […]
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