Hoosier Morning

Indiana wide receiver Tandon Doss eludes two Ohio State defenders during Saturday’s game. Chris Howell | Herald-Times

Welcome to Hoosier Morning, a daily batch of links intended to keep you informed of what is going on at Indiana, in the Big Ten and throughout the college sporting world.AT HOOSIERSHQ.COM

• Dustin Dopirak takes a final look back at week five and starts looking at Saturday’s opponent, Virginia.

IT’S INDIANA

• Indiana got lucky, because No. 23 South Florida begged off this year’s game. Instead, the Hoosiers will play lowly Virginia, the Indianapolis Star’s Terry Hutchens writes.
• The next three games will define the season, the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette’s LaMond Pope writes.
• Things could be far worse for Indiana, the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel’s Pete DiPrimio writes.
• Indiana got the students in the stadium, but the performance may have blown a chance of that happening again, the Indiana Daily Student’s Ryan Winn writes.
• Tom Crean’s home visit with Jelan Kendrick was really academic, Peegs.com writes.
• Ge-Lawn Guyn told HoosierNation.com’s John Decker that he will call Crean today.
• It’s Super Happy Fun Time Player Profile-time. Inside the Hall takes a look at Christian Watford.

MERLOT OR CHARDONNAY WITH THAT CHEESE? (Or news on Virginia, Saturday’s opponent)

• By scoring 16 points, Virginia’s offense showed its potential, the Charlottesville Daily Progress’ Jay Jenkins writes.
• Historically, October is a good month for Virginia coach Al Groh, the Richmond Times-Dispatch’s Michael Phillips writes.

BIG TEN GRAB BAG

• AnnArbor.com goes back through Saturday’s loss to Michigan State to find what went wrong for Michigan.
• Michigan State will be without the services of safety Roderick Jenrette for a while, after he broke a foot Saturday, the Lansing State-Journal’s Dan Kilbridge writes.
• With an injury to senior receiver Royce Adams, junior Keith Carlos has moved up the depth chart and is taking advantage of the opportunity, the Lafayette Journal-Courier’s Mike Carmin writes.
• With each victory, Ohio State looks better and better, the Columbus Dispatch’s Ray Stein writes.
• The first word with Illinois coach Ron Zook, at the Champaign News-Gazette.
• So much has changed since 2006, the last time Iowa and Michigan played each other, the Iowa City Press-Citizen’s Pat Harty writes.
• Wisconsin safety Jay Valai said the Badgers’ focus is on defeating Ohio State, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel’s Jeff Potrykus writes.
• Minnesota has 24 hours to get over losing the Axe to Wisconsin, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune’s Kent Youngblood writes.
• Jay Paterno told the Nittany Lions to have fun and play football before defeating Illinois, the Daily Collegian’s Nate Mink writes.
• Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald handed out stickers to players and media during the week leading up to Purdue. He can keep the yellow “Awesome” sticker, the Daily Northwestern’s Matt Forman writes.

AROUND THE NATION

• Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis believes his team is as good as anyone’s, the Chicago Tribune’s Brian Hamilton writes.
• It’s go-time for Florida, the Gainesville Sun’s Edward Aschoff writes.
• Check out individual AP ballots, including the ballot of Fort Wayne News-Sentinel’s Pete DiPrimio.

TAKE A LOOK

My Uncle Charlie went to Virginia. He was there when Ralph Sampson was, and speaks at length about how much fun it was to watch Sampson play. He has no such memories of the football team while he was there.