College Football Links From Across the Country (2/28/20)

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Image: amanda paVelka/hoosier huddle

Image: amanda paVelka/hoosier huddle

Daily College Football Links (February 28, 2020)

Happy Friday and Happy Leap Year, Hoosier fans! To feed your weekend college football fix, I have gathered popular news stories from around the state, region and country that I thought fans would enjoy. If you have any links or stories you’d like to share please email them to TheHoosierHuddle@gmail.com. I have also included some fun off-season reading.

Indiana Hoosiers

Hoosier Huddle: Spring Practice 2020 Position Preview — Wide Receivers

Listen to “Indiana’s George Taliaferro: The First African American Drafted by the NFL”, a feature by All In on WBAA Public Radio

Big Ten Football

Athlon Sports looks ahead at 10 Big Ten teams’ most intriguing non-conference games

Detroit Free Press: Once a top recruit, former Michigan quarterback Shea Patterson just hopes to be drafted

College Football

CBS Sports discusses 2020 Heisman Trophy odds, with OSU’s Justin Fields favored over Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence

Ten college football teams that are one piece away from making the CFB playoffs via Bleacher Report

ESPN looks at 10 college football teams off to a fast start in 2021 recruiting

247 Sports takes a closer look at the best assistants in college football and their salaries

Bleacher Report: 2020 college football recruits who could start as freshmen

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

Matchup to Watch Week Thirteen: Indiana's Front Seven vs. Shea Patterson

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Matchup to Watch Week Thirteen: Indiana's Front Seven vs. Shea Patterson

Written by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)

The Indiana Hoosiers play host to the No. 13 Michigan Wolverines on Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium. The Hoosiers have lost 23-straight games against the Wolverines, but if the Hoosiers can win this critical match-up that streak can end on Saturday. That match-up is how Indiana’s front seven handles Michigan’s quarterback Shea Patterson.

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Indiana’s Keys to Senior Day Victory over Michigan

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Indiana’s Keys to Senior Day Victory over Michigan

Written by Amanda Pavelka (@amandapavelka3)

The 2019 Indiana football squad has accomplished many victories and milestones unmarked in the past 25-plus years. First, a bowl bid in October, a win at Nebraska, and then the No.24 ranking in the Associated Press Poll. This Saturday’s home game against No. 12 Michigan poses as another opportunity for the 2019 Hoosiers to make history. If the Hoosiers want a win for the 16 members of the 2019 senior class’ last home game, and victory over the Wolverines for the first time since 1987, they will have to successfully accomplish the following.

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First Glance: Hoosiers will Look for Some Senior Day Magic as They Host Michigan on Senior Day

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First Glance: Hoosiers will Look for Some Senior Day Magic as They Host Michigan on Senior Day

Written by T.J. Inman (@TJHoosierHuddle)

Week Thirteen Preview: Michigan Wolverines

The penultimate game of the 2019 regular season sees the Indiana Hoosiers host the Michigan Wolverines. IU has been oh so close to finally knocking off Michigan in the recent past but they have not actually beaten the Maize and Blue since 1987 (a 14-10 triumph in Bloomington). The Wolverines have won 22 in a row in the series. This game comes right before gigantic rivalry games for both schools and it’s impossible to tell what all will be on the line for either side when November 23 rolls around.

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