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No. 103: Indiana
By Paul Myerberg // May 18, 2011
Now’s the time for Indiana football: Indiana basketball is suffering, thanks to several factors, so the time is ripe for the football team to leap ahead and steal some thunder away from the university’s flagship athletic program. And this window won’t be open forever, so make your move now. Hence the program’s decision to make a coaching move; hence the program’s decision to hire one of the nation’s most acclaimed assistants, even if that move likely didn’t involve too much contemplation. When an Indiana can land a Kevin Wilson, it doesn’t think twice. It pulls the trigger, hands over a contract before the ink dries and sits back, happy and content, knowing its coaching search couldn’t possibly have gone any better. Only one question: What does an Oklahoma assistant know about winning against the odds?
Tags: Adam Replogle, Big Ten, Damarlo Belcher, Darius Willis, Indiana, Jeff Thomas, Kevin Wilson, Leon Beckum
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A Grab Bag of Quarterback Depth
By Paul Myerberg // Apr 25, 2011
It was never a fair comparison: Iowa and Wisconsin both lost a senior quarterback, but the Hawkeyes have had a succession plan in place since 2009, while Wisconsin — prior to losing Curt Phillips — wanted Jon Budmayr to win the job, not have it handed to him. When Wisconsin revealed late last week that Phillips had suffered a setback in his recovery from a knee injury, it became clear that Budmayr’s time is officially now, even if this is how the quarterback competition might have eventually played out. As noted last week, however, this hurts the Badgers’ depth at the position.
Tags: Big Ten, Dan Persa, Denard Robinson, Devin Gardner, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, James Vandenberg, Jon Budmayr, MarQueis Gray, Matt McGloin, Michigan, Minnesota, Nathan Scheelhaase, Northwestern, Paul Petrino, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin
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Grading Indiana’s Coaching Move
By Paul Myerberg // Jan 19, 2011
What does Indiana want to be? The question was easy to address a decade ago, when the school’s basketball program stood in its usual perch in the upper echelon of the sport. Now — or until Tom Crean turns things around on the hardwood — the football program needs to be more than just a three-month distraction until tipoff; the football team, now piloted by Kevin Wilson, may need to carry the fire for an athletic department struggling to make ends meet in the major male sports in the Big Ten. Bill Lynch was nice for a season, but it quickly became apparent that he was merely the next in a long line of Indiana coaching failures. Wilson looks to reverse the curse.
Tags: Bill Lynch, Indiana, Kevin Wilson
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Ryan’s Lines: Saturday, Nov. 20
By Ryan Myerberg // Nov 19, 2010
So here were are, in the penultimate week of the regular season, and I’m down widgets. I can’t explain what’s happened. Maybe it was the pressure of feeling the need to produce every week. Maybe it was a busy work and travel schedule that kept me from doing as much research as I usually do week-in and week-out. Maybe it’s because I just don’t have the head for this anymore. I don’t know. But things have been looking up the past two weeks, and although this week’s slate didn’t have a ton of games that jumped out to me as widget winners, I feel confident that I’m getting close to breaking back into positive territory. Without further ado, here are this week’s five widget winners:
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Tags: Ball State, Colorado, Hawaii, Indiana, Kansas State, Michigan, Northern Illinois, Penn State, San Jose State, Wisconsin
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Step Right Up, Place Your Bets
By Paul Myerberg // Oct 24, 2010
Baylor’s 47-42 win over Kansas State has pushed the Bears into The A.P. Top 25 Poll, a program-first since Sept. 5, 1993. Let that sink in for a moment. Disregard that outside of Kansas State — which isn’t as good as its ranking suggests — Baylor has yet to beat a team of consequence; also ignore the fact that T.C.U. beat Baylor by 35 points, or that the Bears lost by a touchdown to Texas Tech and barely escaped Colorado. Let’s just feel good for Baylor, which has stormed out of the doldrums thanks to the coaching of Art Briles and the sublime quarterback play of Robert Griffin III. Let’s also ask: now that Baylor’s cracked the Top 25, who’s next?
Tags: Baylor, Colorado, Duke, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Syracuse, Vanderbilt, Virginia, Washington State
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Week 6 Viewing Schedule
By Paul Myerberg // Oct 8, 2010
In advance of tomorrow’s live blog festivities — beginning at 11:45 a.m. EST, give or take — here are a few games I know I’ll be watching. There are the inevitable early Big Ten starts, of course, not to mention a few non-conference games still demanding our attention. Then there are those intriguing afternoon starts: Alabama-South Carolina is one, as is Michigan-Michigan State. But that’s not all: the fun continues tomorrow in the early evening — Oregon State-Arizona State has my interest — and extends throughout the night, likely not ending until the calendar turns to Sunday. Which is just the way we want it. You want it? Well, you got it.
Tags: Alabama, Arizona, Arizona State, Arkansas, Florida, Florida State, Indiana, Iowa State, L.S.U., Miami (Fla.), Michigan, Michigan State, New Mexico, New Mexico State, Northern Illinois, Ohio State, Oregon, Oregon State, South Carolina, Stanford, Temple, Texas A&M, U.S.C., Utah, Washington, Washington State
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Revisiting the Big Ten Split
By Paul Myerberg // Sep 1, 2010
Jim Delany took a big chance splitting up Ohio State and Michigan, two longtime rivals.
Way back on June 12, way back when the Countdown had barely broken into double-digits, I took an early look at how the Big Ten might split following the addition of Nebraska in 2011. In that post, I assumed the conference would realign itself along one of three scenarios: by historic rivalries, by geography or by competitive balance. In my mind, each divisional split offered the 12-team conference some semblance of continuity, the deciding factor behind any eventual decision. Each scenario had its drawbacks, each its positives. Now that the divisional split is final — we think — let’s take a look at how my original projection compares with the real thing.
Tags: Big Ten, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin
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2010 Big Ten Quarterback Depth
By Paul Myerberg // Aug 25, 2010
James Vandenberg helps give Iowa the Big Ten's best quarterback depth.
Iowa found this out the hard way in 2009: it’s vital to have depth at quarterback. To be fair, James Vandenberg wasn’t awful in his two starts: he made some plays against Ohio State, though he threw two picks, and controlled the ball a bit better in Iowa’s win over Minnesota to end the regular season. When thrust into action against Northwestern, however, Vandenberg struggled: 9 of 27 for 82 yards and an interception. When push came to shove, he couldn’t move the ball during Iowa’s final possession. Vandenberg’s humbling experience will be to his benefit in 2010 and beyond — and to Iowa’s benefit in 2010. Iowa can tout great quarterback depth. What about the rest of the conference?
Tags: Big Ten, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin
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