College Football Links From Across the Country (3/16/20)

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Daily College Football Links (March 16, 2020)

In less than a week, the Coronavirus pandemic has cancelled just about every sporting event there is until further notice. We have gathered popular news stories from around the state, region and country to keep you updated on it all. If you have any links or stories you’d like to share please email them to TheHoosierHuddle@gmail.com. We have also included some favorite football reads for your off-season enjoyment.

Indiana Hoosiers

Hoosier Huddle: Murphy primed for a comeback in Bloomington

Hoosier Huddle takes a look back at Indiana’s 1992 homecoming game against Wisconsin

Big Ten Football

Saturday Tradition: FOX Bet releases early lines for several key B1G games in 2020

Ohio State big favorites in early released betting lines, according to 247 Sports

Ohio State suffers the least in the Big Ten East if no spring football, according to Sports Illustrated

Northwestern believes it has answer to last season’s quarterback woes via Chicago Sun-Times

College Football

New CDC recommendation effectively ends any chance of spring practice for college football teams starting back up, according to NBC Sports

Five questions we don’t have answers to regarding what’s next via Rivals

247 Sports: Joe Burrow wants to put on Pro Day for his LSU teammates

Clint Buckley of 247 Sportsanalytics-driven 2020 NFL mock draft

How COVID-19 could alter CFB season in a way you might not expect, according to 247 Sports

Prothro: Upholding tradition should be college football’s first priority via Wichita Falls Times Record News

Shut down college football in the state of Alabama? It’s happened twice before, according to AL.com

Off-Season Reading Suggestions

The Search for Indiana Football Glory

Billion Dollar Ball

The 50 Best* College Football Teams of All Time

Study Hall: College Football, Its Stats and Its Stories

The System: The Glory and Scandal of Big-Time College Football

Indiana Announces a 3:30 Kick Time For Homecoming Game Against Nebraska

Indiana Announces a 3:30 Kick Time For Homecoming Game Against Nebraska

A quarter of the Hoosiers' 2016 game times have now been set after the announcement of two more kickoff times. Here is the IU Athletics release on the announcement of a 3:30 kickoff for homecoming against Nebraksa on Oct. 15 and a Noon ET kick at Northwestern on Oct. 22.

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Hoosiers to Kick Off Homecoming at 3:30pm vs. Scarlet Knights

Hoosiers to Kick Off Homecoming at 3:30pm vs. Scarlet Knights

Indiana Hoosiers head coach Kevin Wilson tweeted out Thursday afternoon that Indiana would be kicking off their match-up with Rutgers, for homecoming, on Saturday October 17th at 3:30pm. The Hoosiers and Scarlet Knights faced each other as Big Ten foes for the first time last November in New Jersey, a 45-23 IU defeat.

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2014 Preview: Week 8 Michigan State Spartans

2014 Preview: Week 8 Michigan State Spartans

The Battle for the Old Brass Spittoon is renewed in Week 8 as the Hoosiers host Michigan State on Homecoming in Bloomington. For Hoosier or college football fans that don’t know that Indiana plays for a trophy other than the Old Oaken Bucket, look no further than here

Week 8: Michigan State Spartans

Time & Date: 3:30 pm EST, Saturday, Oct. 18th

Venue: Memorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN)

TV: TBA

Spartans at a Glance:

Head Coach: Mark Dantonio 8th year at MSU 64-29

Last Season: 12-1 (8-0)

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Hoosiers Enter a Critical Two Weeks

Hoosiers Enter a Critical Two Weeks

The next two weeks will define the 2013 Indiana Hoosier football season.  Will this team grab enough wins to become bowl eligible for the first time since 2007? Or will fans, players, and coaches be left saying what if?  Indiana returns home Saturday to face a red-hot Minnesota team coming off an impressive 11-point win over Nebraska.  Meanwhile the Hoosiers are riding a two-game losing streak and coming off a bye week where hopefully they have figured out a way to shore up a defense who looked ghastly against Michigan.

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Throwback Thursday: Week 5: Michigan State Spartans

Throwback Thursday: Week 5: Michigan State Spartans

Welcome to the homecoming edition of our Throwback series.  Today we are reviewing the Hoosiers homecoming game against rival Michigan State in the battle for the Old Brass Spittoon.  Once again it would be a tale of two halves, a trend that was becoming all too familiar for these Hoosiers.

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