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IU Athletics Release
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana University Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Scott Dolson announced on Sunday afternoon that head football coach Tom Allen will not return next season. A national search for Allen’s successor will begin immediately.
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Indiana University Athletic Director Scott Dolson addressed the media during Indiana’s weekly football press conference. His message was one of hope and progress as he announced that Memorial Stadium has received new LED lights, that IU has partnered with Molson-Coors and Upland Brewing Company as their beer partners for in-stadium service and said that football season ticket renewals were at 98-percent of last year. However, Dolson failed to address the elephant in the room. Upgrading and updating Indiana’s football facilities.
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Excitement filled the crisp morning air with the announcement of the Big Ten’s return to play for football coming on Wednesday morning. Shortly after the Big Ten made their announcement to restart their 2020 football season on the weekend of October 24th, Indiana Hoosiers head football coach Tom Allen and first-year athletic director Scott Dolson release statements on the announcement.
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Indiana Director of Athletics Scott Dolson met with the media during a Zoom call on Thursday morning to talk about the health of the athletic department and the upcoming football season.
Dolson is in his first year at the helm of the Indiana athletic department after taking over for Fred Glass in July.
Dolson has plenty on his plate and probably the biggest issue, aside from keeping his student-athletes and staff safe, he is facing heading into the 2020-21 athletics year is on the financial health of his department.
Read MoreIU Athletics Release
To: All Staff
From: Scott Dolson
Date: July 7, 2020
Re: Recent events
Like all of you, I am outraged and sickened by the despicable racially-motivated incidents that happened at Lake Monroe and off-campus in the last several days. Unfortunately, these are just the latest examples of a reality that has persisted much too long for people of color in our country. I condemn these events of racial violence and racial profiling in the strongest terms, and am committed to doing everything that I can to create a more inclusive and equitable environment in our department and our community.
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Daily College Football Links (March 20, 2020)
Until further notice, everything sporting event is cancelled, including spring football. To feed your IU football fix, we have put together a bracket challenge to help determine the greatest in IU football history, so be sure to check that out. With high hopes of a 2020 college football season, 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
Indiana Football’s Best Of All-Time Presented by Hoosier Huddle
Full transcript from IU’s new AD Scott Dolson’s teleconference via Hoosier Huddle
Hoosier Huddle’s Throwback Thursday: A Wild 1991 Bucket Game is One to Remember
Hoosier Huddle: New AD Scott Dolson wants to get IU on the ‘cutting edge of a modern day football program’
Big Ten Football
Greatest coaches in Ohio State football history, according to FanDuel
Analysts: Michigan football players have to find a way via Sports Illustrated
College Football
USA Today: What we know about college football today as Coronavirus creates uncertainty
Attendance rankings by conference, a 5-year analysis by College Football News
Saturday Down South roundtable: If you could change one thing about college football, what would it be?
Kansas football hosting ‘virtual’ recruiting day, according to The Spun
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
Written by: TJ Inman (@TJHoosierHuddle)
Scott Dolson has been involved in Indiana athletics for several decades and he likely envisioned his introduction as the school’s new athletic director would be quite different than what it has been. However, the continued crisis of COVID-19 has changed the world and Scott Dolson’s first question and answer session was held via teleconference on Thursday morning.
Read MoreIndiana University’s newly named athletic director Scott Dolson held a teleconference with local media on Thursday morning to address his visions for Indiana University athletics. Here is the full transcript from that teleconference from ASAP SPORTS:
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Daily College Football Links (March 18, 2020)
A week ago, the Coronavirus pandemic began effectively cancelled sporting events across the world. Until further notice, everything is cancelled, including spring football. 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: Damarjhe Lewis was primed for a big spring before cancellation
Michael McRobbie names Scott Dolson Indiana’s new AD, Hoosier Huddle reports
IU offseason player developments via Peegs
Former Indiana RB Jordan Howard agrees to 2-year deal with Miami Dolphins, according to ESPN
Big Ten Football
Every Big Ten East team’s biggest obstacle amidst the spring practice cancellations and recruiting dead period, according to Eleven Warriors
College Football
College Football Coronavirus updates via CBS Sports
How Fighting the NCAA Became a Bipartisan Sport via The Washington Post
ESPN: What college football’s 64-team playoff bracket would look like
Reunited and it feels so good: Ten defunct college football rivalries on future schedules via FBSchedules.com
Bleacher Report ranks the 12 most dangerous pass-rushers in college football
Kentucky Derby moved to first weekend of college football, according to MLive
2020-2021 College Football bowl ties, affiliations for each conference via College Football News
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
Written by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)
There has been major turnover in the Indiana University athletic department over the course of the 2019-2020 academic year and no position is as important as the opening left when outgoing athletic director Fred Glass announced his retirement at the end of the academic year on December 16th, 2019. The search for a new athletic director ended on Tuesday as Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie announced that Scott Dolson will be the next athletic director for the Hoosiers pending formal approval from the Indiana University Board of Trustees.
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