Indiana Hoosiers NCAA Football News

Indiana University wide receiver Tandon Doss and Purdue WR Keith Smith were named to the media's All-Big Ten Conference first team on offense.

Last spring, the questions outnumbered the answers for both football teams. Today it might be easier to try to guess the number of stalks in a random cornfield in the state than predict the final score of the Old Oaken Bucket game.

An Indiana offense rich with talented football players might do more than carry the Hoosiers through the early part of next season, coach Bill Lynch said Tuesday.

Indiana fifth-year senior defensive end Jammie Kirlew earned the 2009 Anthony Thompson MVP Award, head coach Bill Lynch announced at the team banquet on Sunday afternoon at the Henke Hall of Champions.

Last year, Purdue thumped Indiana 62-10. The game stuck with the Hoosiers. 'That was really the jump-start to the offseason,' senior defensive end Jammie Kirlew said.

Indiana's goal was to finish this season in a bowl game. In the Hoosiers' minds, they still can.

This isn't the first time the Hoosiers have dominated in the first half, only to let the opposing team come back and win.A Yet, it is just as hard to take.

They are 4-7. They have fought the good fights and lost. They have been competitive.

Indiana University's sophomore tight end emerged from the locker room after last Saturday's 31-28 loss to Wisconsin a bit gingerly, though at least - unlike quarterback Ben Chappell - he didn't require a bag of ice around a knee.

Most teams don't win games after four turnovers in one half, let alone one game.

York Daily Record/Sunday News reporter Frank Bodani talks Penn State with readers every Monday during football season.

The standards for gridiron success are quite different for Indiana and No. 19 Penn State.

York Daily Record/Sunday News reporter Frank Bodani talks Penn State with readers every Monday during football season.

Penn State's Rose Bowl hopes are out the window, but the possibility of reaching a second consecutive BCS game is still in play if it can win its final two games.

Big Ten Network with Craig Cushon, Glen Mason and Mike Hall. Radio - AM-620 and a state network with Matt Lepay and Mike Lucas.

Returning to Bloomington following a two-game road trip, the Indiana football team takes on its second straight ranked opponent and fourth of the season in No 24/22/21 Wisconsin .

No. 24 Wisconsin followed the same old script to grind down Indiana. John Clay ran for 134 yards and a touchdown, Montee Ball scored two TDs and the Badgers held off the Hoosiers' fourth-quarter rally for a 31-28 victory Saturday.

Wisconsin comes to Indiana's Memorial Stadium Saturday and subtlety goes out the window.

Opening Line: Wisconsin by 11. Series record: Wisconsin leads 35-18-2. Last meeting: 2008, Wisconsin, 55-20. What's At Stake Indiana needs two wins in the last three games to become bowl-eligible. With a trip to No.

Wisconsin's chances of beating Indiana this week appear to have increased dramatically.