James Hardy News

Indiana quarterback Kellen Lewis was scheduled to meet with opposing media Monday via teleconference.

Mark Dantonio knows his Michigan State football team needs plenty of improvement to contend for the Big Ten championship.

Michael Bush saw the first offensive action of his NFL career in the Raiders' victory over the Chiefs.

Bill Lynch had a simple pre-game message for his team: you're favored; play like it.

Marcus Thigpen is aware of the perception about Indiana's running backs. They're thought to either be too small to effectively run between the tackles or too injury-prone to be a workhorse .

So far, so good for the Indiana receiving corps trying to fill the gaping hole left behind by 6-foot-7 star wideout James Hardy.

ORCHARD PARK - Nothing like heaping a little bit of pressure on a young kid about to play in his first NFL game, but that's basically what Bills coach Dick Jauron did the other day.

Well, I had almost an entire entry filled out with my first installment of weekly Big Ten football picks for this 2008 season ... and then technology happened.

Senior defensive end has only seen Western's Week 1 opponent, Indiana on film. He already sees an advantage.

The two biggest jumps in the Big Ten last season came from Indiana and Illinois, programs that went from losing records to bowl games.

Site: Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, Ind. Date: Oct. 11 Rankings: College Football News -- 61.

The reputation has always been there. Now whether the high school football talent in Fort Wayne has traditionally been viewed as good or bad probably depends on whom you talk to and whether or not they actually ...

'Play 13' was the mantra of Indiana football last season, a slogan that served as a memorial to late Hoosiers coach Terry Hoeppner and a rallying cry to keep the program moving forward.

GREGORY G. McNALL PITTSFORD - James Hardy, Leodis McKelvin and the rest of the Buffalo Bills rookies have tasted what it's really like in the NFL.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- With James Hardy in the NFL now, one of the big question marks heading into preseason camp for the Indiana University football team was who'd be the Hoosiers' go-to receiver.

Starting strong safety Donte Whitner will miss the Buffalo Bills preseason opener at Washington on Saturday because of a sore left ankle.

James Hardy was dressed and ready to go Thursday night, but never got the call. The rookie wide receiver from Indiana watched as the Buffalo Bills practiced under the lights for the second time during training ...

Buffalo Bills rookie receiver James Hardy was held out of practice Thursday night after experiencing soreness in his left hamstring.

The Big Ten's top five returning quarterbacks: Purdue's Curtis Painter: Now a senior, Painter has been starting since partway through his redshirt freshman year.

"Peachy orange" was the way Marcus Thigpen described the hue of the suit he wore to Friday's Big Ten Kickoff Luncheon in Chicago.