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Big Ten slate features Nebraska-Indiana showdown plus rare Top 25 matchup at Illinois
Things to watch this week in the Big Ten Conference: Game of the week Nebraska (5-1, 2-1 Big Ten) at No. 16 Indiana (6-0, 3-0), Saturday, noon ET (Fox) Indiana hasn’t trailed in a game all season on its way to posting its first 6-0 start since its Rose...
Unbeaten Hoosiers and their coach and quarterback dominate the AP's Big Ten midseason awards
First-year coach Curt Cignetti promised a new and improved Indiana, and he has delivered with the unbeaten Hoosiers off to their best start since 1967. The Hoosiers have already doubled their win total from last season, and for that they earned four of the 10 Associated Press Big Ten...
AP Top 25 Extra Points: Nine teams hit midway point 6-0, and five of them are surprises
Nine teams reached the halfway point of the season with 6-0 records. That No. 1 Texas, No. 2 Oregon, No. 3 Penn State and No. 6 Miami are among them is no surprise. But No. 9 Iowa State hadn't won six straight to open a season since 1938, No. 16 Indiana since 1967, No. 20 Pittsburgh...
Big Ten has become a landing zone for transfer quarterbacks
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Bret Bielema was at the forefront of the graduate transfer game in 2011 when the NCAA passed a new rule that allowed athletes in all sports to transfer and gain immediate eligibility without a waiver as long as they were enrolled in graduate school. Needing...
Rourke helps No. 23 Indiana stay unbeaten with 41-24 victory over Northwestern
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Kurtis Rourke threw for 380 yards and three touchdowns to help No. 23 Indiana stay unbeaten with a 41-24 victory over Northwestern on Saturday. The Hoosiers (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten) also had 149 yards on the ground with Justice Ellison (68 yards) and Ty Son Lawton...
Indiana improves to 5-0 for 1st time since 1967 with 42-28 victory over Maryland
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — First-year coach Curt Cignetti promised he would change the Indiana Hoosiers football program. Virtually nobody expected it to happen so quickly. Kurtis Rourke threw for a season-high 359 yards and three touchdowns Saturday, and the Indiana...
Indiana chases another milestone moment when Maryland visits in Big Ten home opener
Maryland (3-1, 0-1 Big Ten) at Indiana (4-0, 1-0), Saturday, 12 p.m. ET (BTN) BetMGM College Football Odds: Indiana by 7. Series record: Indiana leads 7-5. WHAT’S AT STAKE? This has already been a milestone season for the Hoosiers —...
Kurtis Rourke, Ty Son Lawton combine for 4 TDs to help unbeaten Indiana rout Charlotte 52-14
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Kurtis Rourke and Ty Son Lawton just keep the Indiana Hoosiers offense chugging along. They did it again Saturday. Rourke threw one touchdown pass, ran for another and Lawton scored twice as the Indiana Hoosiers routed the Charlotte 49ers...
Curt Cignetti chases history as Indiana puts perfect mark on the line against Charlotte
Charlotte (1-2) at Indiana (3-0), Saturday, noon ET (BTN) BetMGM College Football Odds: Indiana by 28 1/2. Series record: First meeting. WHAT’S AT STAKE? Indiana coach Curt Cignetti could make history Saturday. The fourth of 30 Indiana...
The marquee cross-country road trips have begun in the expanded Big Ten
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Indiana fans converged on the restaurants and hotels of Pasadena's famed Colorado Boulevard last weekend. On Saturday night, they cheered their Hoosiers to a blowout victory at the Rose Bowl. A big contingent of Southern California fans will invade Ann Arbor,...
