Hoosier Morning

Members of the Indiana’s defense runs off the field after forcing Michigan to turn the ball over on downs. Chris Howell | Herald-Times

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• After facing the small and speedy Denard Robinson, the IU defense must figure out how to stop the huge and still speedy Terrelle Pryor, Dustin writes.
• Indiana’s men’s soccer team lost another game in which it felt it controlled the play, Jeremy writes.
• The media challenge gave us a slice of what Indiana’s coaching staff expects out of the current players and what it takes to be a Hoosier, I wrote.

IT’S INDIANA

• Inside the Hall’s Zachary Osterman is a Little 500 veteran, but the workout still pushed him in new ways. It did the same for the IDS’ Nathan Hart. The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette’s LaMond Pope recounts Tom Crean and Bennie Seltzer hovering over him during one drill. And the Louisville Courier-Journal’s Rick Bozich recounts the experience and how the same for the players will help them to fight back this winter.
• Cody Zeller was on campus Wednesday for an unofficial visit, Inside the Hall’s Alex Bozich writes.
• Indiana will try to reverse recent history by winning the game following a loss, the IDS’ Geoffrey Miller writes.
• Michigan represented a breakout game for Tandon Doss, the Star’s Terry Hutchens writes.
• Indiana’s passing game will challenge Ohio State’s defense, the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel’s Pete DiPrimio writes.

MY WORD, THAT IS A FINE SWEATER VEST (or news on Ohio State)

• The running game has failed to produce, the Columbus Dispatch’s Ken Gordon writes.
• Safety Orhian Johnson chose Ohio State over being the next Kellen Lewis at Indiana, the Cleveland Plain-Dealer’s Doug Lesmerises writes.
• Jim Tressel is looking for his 100th win at Ohio State, the Lantern’s Kenny Smith writes.

BIG TEN FOOTBALL

• Iowa defensive coordinator Norm Parker had his right foot amputated after complications with his diabetes, the Des Moines Register’s Andrew Logue writes.
• Wisconsin unsuccessfully tried to recruit Adam Weber to the Badgers, Madison.com’s Tom Mulhern writes. Here’s the same subject matter, from the Minneapolis Star-Tribune’s Phil Miller.
• Illinois comes along at the right time for a wounded Penn State team, the Harrisburg Patriot-News’ Nick Horvath writes.
• Northwestern’s Ben Johnson made the smart play, sliding at midfield instead of returning an interception for a touchdown, the Chicago Tribune’s Teddy Greenstein writes.
• Illinois’ defensive line has been surprisingly good, the Champaign News-Gazette’s Loren Tate writes.
• This year’s in-state Michigan game is bigger for the Wolverines, the Lansing State Journal’s Joe Rexrode writes.
• Sacrifice and hard work put Michigan’s Mike Martin on the field, AnnArbor.com’s Michael Rothstein writes.
• New Purdue QB Rob Henry will try to remain level-headed as he prepares for his first start, the Lafayette Journal & Courier’s Mike Carmin writes.

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