Indiana defensive end Darius Johnson will stand up as part of the Hoosiers’ 3-4 formation. Chris Howell | Herald-Times
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- Dustin gets all Football Outsiders with his story about the subtle changes in Indiana’s 3-4 defense that really isn’t.
- I use the idea of Indiana and Purdue playing the last week of the regular season and again in a Big Ten title game to argue that manipulating the divisions for the sake of Michigan and Ohio State is not the Big Ten way.
IT’S INDIANA
- Former Indiana manager Josh Pasternack has an incredible situation in front of him as the University of New Orleans’ head coach — the school is transitioning down to Division III and he entered July with just one player on his roster. SI.com’s Luke Winn nails the story.
- Tight end Ted Bolser gives Indiana another offensive weapon, the Star’s Terry Hutchens writes.
- Inside the Hall has just three prospects — Cody Zeller, B.J. Young and Robert Goff — on its 2011 recruiting board.
- What we know of Indiana’s schedule, the Indiana Daily Student’s Ryan Winn writes.
- Eric Gordon led USA in scoring during its last exhibition.
- Jeremy Hollowell Tweeted about coming to Indiana this weekend.
BIG TEN FOOTBALL
- Ohio State named six captains, tying a team record, the Columbus Dispatch’s Ken Gordon writes.
- If Iowa only gets to protect one rivalry, which should it be, the Iowa City Press-Citizen’s Andrew Logue writes.
- Wisconsin and Iowa will be separated in the new Big Ten divisions, Madison.com’s Andy Baggott writes.
- Penn State’s Evan Royster is among the Doak Walker candidates. So did Illinois running back Mikel Leshoure.
- Minnesota football is an afterthought as the season draws near, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune’s Patrick Reusse writes.
- Michigan State’s recruiting class is beginning to take shape, the Detroit Free-Press’ Matt Dorsey writes.
- Michigan’s Rich Rodriguez plans to keep his quarterback decision secret, AnnArbor.com’s Pete Bigelow writes.
- Purdue’s backup QB, Caleb TerBush, has been declared academically ineligible, the Lafayette Journal & Courier’s Mike Carmin writes.
TAKE A LOOK
All this ridicilous talk about making sure Michigan gets to a title game only makes me think of one thing: the first football game the Big Ten Network ever broadcast. Also known as the day everyone in the country knew the name of my alma mater.
Remember the name Rob Henry.
The idiocy surrounding this divisional alignment is astounding. It sounds like the Big 10 is going to really botch it with some contrived, artificial split (like the ACC) and ruin the whole expansion. How aggravating and unnecessary- a straight East/West split is the only thing that makes sense. It is simple, has parity and protects rivalries. Everyone is whining about the Michigan/OSU game, THEY ARE IN THE SAME DIVISION NOW!
Figure it out Delany, create a simple geographic split with a provision that it can be revised every 4-5 yrs (if needed) due to a gross imbalance.
Wow, that was easy, and I don’t even have a fancy office in Chicago.
Michigan will not get to a Title game. Don’t worry. But I do think Penn State will be a force. If they beat Alabama in game 2…watch out!
It is SOOOOO obvious! One division, call it “Home Cooking”, has IU, Purdue, Northwestern, IL, MN and Iowa State-scratch that last one they are not in the Big 10-Iowa. That leaves MSU, OSU, PSU, Nebraska, WI and MI for the “Restaurant Division”. A lot of us, on limited budgets, need to save some money and eat at home. All the big spenders need to go out to eat to stimulate the economy. This alignment does both!
Here is a direct quote from Purdue head football coach Danny Hope upon learning that #2 QB Caleb TerBush was declared academically ineligible for the 2010 season: “It’s academics. What does it matter?” Hope said.” (as reported in today’s Indy Star) What true candor! Academics does not matter! Why do his players have to attend class and do academic work? (unlike Fox News I will admit that I took the quote out of context and did not provide the second sentence which explains what he meant). But it is a GREAT QUOTE all the same. A football coach being honest!