Ben Chappell is brought down earlier this season against Michigan. Rich Janzaruk | Herald-Times
AT HOOSIERSHQ.COM
- Ben Chappell is refusing to make excuses for his string of poor performances, Dustin writes.
- A suddenly much-taller women’s basketball team wants to use that size to its advantage, Jeremy writes.
IT’S INDIANA
- Yogi Ferrell admitted Cody Zeller’s decision will affect him, Inside the Hall’s Alex Bozich writes.
- Maurice Creek may not yet be ready, judging by Friday’s scrimmage, the IDS’ Ryan Winn writes. Here is pretty much the same thing from the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel’s Pete DiPrimio.
- As most of us expected, Zeller will not announce his decision until next weeek, the Indy Star’s Jeff Rabjohns writes.
- The amount of time Darius Johnson watched and learned has paid off this season, the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette’s LaMond Pope writes.
Also, Eric Gordon got really nasty.
KELSO = SECONDARY VIOLATIONS (or news on Iowa)
- Ricky Stanzi should be a Heisman Trophy contender, the Des Moines Register’s Sean Keeler writes.
- Iowa is still in the running for the Big Ten title, the Cedar Rapids Gazette’s Marc Morehouse writes.
- Iowa has done a very nice job of refocusing after big wins, the Daily Iowan’s Scott Miller writes.
BIG TEN BASKETBALL
- Purdue’s JaJuan Johnson was named first-team AP All-American, the Lafayette Journal & Courier’s Jeff Washburn writes.
- Initially, two Iowa recruits were ruled ineligible to play at Iowa because of meeting Ashton Kutcher and two former players, the Cedar Rapids Gazette’s Scott Dochterman writes.
- Penn State got a good look against Temple in a “secret scrimmage,” the Daily Collegian’s Jared Shanker writes.
- Minnesota’s Trevor Mbakwe is ready to finally make his debut for the Gophers, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune’s Jared Shanker writes.
- Bruce Weber hopes Illinois’ close exhibition win is enough to wake the Illini up, the Champaign News-Gazette’s Paul Klee writes.
- Michigan State’s Korie Lucious will miss tonight’s exhibition game and the first regular-season game with a suspension, the Lansing State Journal’s Joe Rexrode writes.
BIG TEN FOOTBALL
- Style points should matter in the BCS, the Columbus Dispatch’s Rob Oller writes.
- Wisconsin fullback Bradie Ewing no longer wants to be the nice guy, Madison.com’s Tom Mulhern writes.
- Joe Paterno is going for win No. 400 this weekend, the Harrisburg Patriot-News’ Paul Vigna writes.
- Dan Persa will play at Penn State, the Chicago Tribune’s Teddy Greenstein writes.
- Illinois can get bowl eligible with a win at Michigan, the Champaign News-Gazette’s Bob Asmussen writes.
- Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez is defending his defensive coaching staff, AnnArbor.com’s Pete Bigelow writes.
- Not much went right for Michigan State, but at least it plays Minnesota this week, the Lansing State Journal’s Joe Rexrode writes.
TAKE A LOOK
Fran Healy, with Neko Case, singing “Sing Me to Sleep.”
Ferocious dunk by EJ. Wow. That baby sent shivers up my spine.
DA CLIPPERS!
Great song choice, Hugh! Gotta love Travis (and their singer, Fran Healy).