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To help get you through Monday 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: DL Coach Mark Hagen pens his farewell to IU football
247Sports: Texas hires Mark Hagen to complete Tom Herman’s staff
Bloomington Herald-Times’ Jon Blau reports former IU OL Simon Stepaniak’s invite to NFL Combine
Big Ten Football
Chicago Tribune: Retiring Big Ten referee comments on experience with coaches
Wisconsin State Journal’s Colten Bartholomew says Big Ten AD’s are quiet now on one-time transfer proposal
247Sports’ Brad Crawford ranks each Big Ten team’s toughest game in 2020
247Sports’ Sam Hellman reports Luke Fickell will not take Michigan State coaching job
College Football
ESPN’s Bill Connelly ranks the teams with the most returning production for 2020 season
CBS Sports’ Ben Kercheval talks to college football coaches about exciting XFL 2020 kickoff
Associated Press’ Paul Newberry Column: Shame on college football for lack of black coaches
The Athletic: ‘Tweaking’ havoc: Kirk Ferentz on college football’s officiating woes and why constant changes are to blame
NBC’s Kevin McGuire has two ideas college football should adopt from the XFL
NCAA.com lists college football players on every XFL team
Off-Season Reading Suggestions
The Search for Indiana Football Glory
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