Hoosiers Look to Rally After Player-Led Meeting Sends a Clear Message

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Hoosiers Look to Rally After Player-Led Meeting Sends a Clear Message

Written By Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)

The Indiana Hoosiers football team held a player-led meeting on Monday morning prior to practice just a few days after their 42-16 loss to the Iowa Hawkeyes. Seniors Wes Martin and Jacob Robinson led the way asking Allen after the game Saturday if they can speak to the team, but opened it to all the seniors. Their message was clear, the season isn’t over and we’ve reached a turning point.

“This is the kind of the point of the season, and every season has a point” Robinson said Tuesday, “you can either continue to rise and keep getting better or you can stay the same. We addressed that and just how this is the point of the season where we need to stick together, trust what we do and trust what the coaches are having us do and just continue to work really hard.”

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Indiana vs Ball State: An In-State Match-Up That Has Grown into a Competitive Rivalry

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Indiana vs Ball State: An In-State Match-Up That Has Grown into a Competitive Rivalry

Written By Evan McShane (@veryreasonable)

Saturday will mark just the ninth meeting on a football field between Indiana and Ball State. Believe it or not, Indiana and Ball State didn’t play each other in a football game until 1997. IU football played over 100 seasons of football before finally having a battle with Ball State. The in-state rivalry is just 21 years old, and the two teams will play twice more after 2018, once at Lucas Oil Stadium in 2019 and again in Bloomington in 2020, to complete a three-game series. Although they hold the series lead, things have certainly not been in the Hoosiers’ favor as of late. Let’s take a look at the brief history of this rivalry.  

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Indiana Football Positional Preview: Defensive Line's Depth Will be Tested in 2018

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Indiana Football Positional Preview: Defensive Line's Depth Will be Tested in 2018

Written By Lauralys Shallow

The defensive unit as a whole has already made great strides the past few seasons under Tom Allen, current head coach and former defensive coordinator. In 2015, IU was 121st nationally in yards per game allowed, and in 2017 IU improved to 27th. Any successful defense starts from dominating the line of scrimmage. Today, we preview the defensive line.

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Spring Practice 2018 Position Preview: Defensive Line

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Spring Practice 2018 Position Preview: Defensive Line

Written By: TJ Inman (@TJHoosierHuddle)

Our next position preview as look ahead to the 2018 season focuses on the defensive line. Position coach and co-defensive coordinator Mark Hagen is a wizard and a real asset to the program and it’s hard to imagine the Hoosiers having anything other than a solid line with Hagen in charge. This personnel group has the chance to be more than just solid but there are certainly some question marks as IU must replace steady Nate Hoff and a pair vastly improved players in Greg Gooch and Robert McCray. We’ll split this into four different sections: tackle starters, tackle contributors/rising talent, defensive end starters, defensive end contributors.

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Top Five: Indiana Players (Current) We Love To Watch

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Top Five: Indiana Players (Current) We Love To Watch

Written By Alex Compton (@alexncompton)

These top five lists have been so much fun to go through in the offseason so far, and this list is no exception. The staff at Hoosier Huddle pooled together to come up with this one, and I think this is a pretty enjoyable list. What’s your top five? Drop it down in the comments and let’s see what everyone thinks!

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Game Wrap and Reaction: Indiana 24 Illinois 14

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Game Wrap and Reaction: Indiana 24 Illinois 14

Written By Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)

Opponent: Illinois Fighting Illini

Location: Saturday November 11th , Champaign, IL

Why They Played:  The Hoosiers and Illini met for the first time since 2013 as an inter-division match-up

What The Game Meant:

The Hoosiers are in desperation mode and needed a win to keep their bowl hopes alive. Illinois was trying to snap a seven-game losing streak.

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