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How Big Ten College Football Has Turned Into Must-See Television This Season
Big Ten Week 7 brought wild upsets, redemption stories and breakout stars — from Penn State’s collapse to Indiana’s shocking win at Oregon....
No. 7 Indiana expects star CB D'Angelo Ponds back vs. No. 3 Oregon
No. 7 Indiana is expected to get standout cornerback D'Angelo Ponds back for Saturday's top-10 matchup at No. 3 Oregon, head coach Curt Cignetti told reporters Monday.,A first-team All-Big Ten and second-team All-American cornerback in 2024 for the Hoosiers, Ponds missed Indiana's 20-15 win at Iowa ...
2025 Heisman Watch: John Mateer’s Injury Opens Door for New Contenders
With Oklahoma QB John Mateer sidelined, Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza, Oregon’s Dante Moore, and Ohio State WR Jeremiah Smith headline the 2025 Heisman race....
No. 11 Indiana has 'more difficult challenge' at Iowa after Illinois rout
What does No. 11 Indiana do for an encore after playing a near-flawless game last week in a 63-10 destruction of then-No. 9 Illinois?,According to second-year coach Curt Cignetti, the Hoosiers' trip to face Big Ten rival Iowa Saturday will be a more difficult challenge than facing a top 10 foe.,"And...
No. 19 Indiana smashes No. 9 Illinois behind 5 Fernando Mendoza TDs
Fernando Mendoza threw for five touchdowns and No. 19 Indiana took ninth-ranked Illinois behind the woodshed for a 63-10 Big Ten spanking in Bloomington, Ind. Saturday night ,Mendoza was nearly perfect, completing 21 of 23 passes for 267 yards as the Hoosiers (4-0, 1-0) rolled up 579 total yards and...
Three Overrated College Football Teams Headed Into 2025
It's difficult to sustain success in college football, and these three teams are expected to be among the most overrated in the country heading into the 2025 season....
Indiana's Curt Cignetti Learned Valuable Lesson in Keeping Your Mouth Shut
Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti did a lot of talking all season long, but when the lights were the brightest, he learned that he needs to keep his mouth shut....
Kurtis Rourke, No. 10 Indiana shred hapless Purdue
Kurtis Rourke threw for 349 yards and six touchdowns Saturday night as No. 10 Indiana appears headed for an unlikely spot in the College Football Playoff with a 66-0 Big Ten Conference rout of visiting Purdue in Bloomington, Ind.,Picked 17th among 18 teams in the conference's preseason poll, the Hoo...
The sports figures we lost in 2023
Here is where we look at some of the athletes and sports figures we’ve lost in 2023. That list includes football legends Jim Brown, and Dick Butkus, basketball HoFer Willis Reed, former men’s college basketball coach Bob Knight, hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Hull, Heisman Trophy-winning running back Ch...
Fictional Hooper Bracket: The Final Four
We got an all-blueblood Final Four. I know we enjoyed Saint Peter’s, but as happy as I am for Shaheen Holloway’s new contract — of course this is yet another example of a college coach capitalizing off of his hard-playing talent for a much better job, but the Peacocks pull their home bleachers out o...
Fictional Hooper Bracket: Hickory Region - Round 2
An overweight out-of-work actor who didn’t make a bucket on screen, a cartoon grade school kid, and Urkel all prevailed in the Hickory Region, meaning the 11, 13, and 14 seeds came up Milhouse in an upset-riddled round. Now, Urkel and Recess’ Vince LaSalle face off to go to the Sweet 16....
Fictional Hooper Bracket: Hickory Region
Welcome to the old-head section of the bracket. There’s a lot of striped socks and short shorts in this region, so it’s only right that these games are played in the dusty gym in Hickory, Ind. JImmy Chitwood catches a break getting to play at home, but he’s not the upset that is looming in this regi...
After last night, John Calipari has a new name: Can’t-Coach Cal
It’s official: John Calipari can’t coach....
Big Ten screws over Indiana, rewards COVID-y team with not enough wins
Full disclosure: I went to IU. Historically, we are a basketball school, though even that has fallen in shadow after the glory days of the 80s and early 90s. My point is, we are not, and have never been, a football school....
Rutgers laterals their way to, well, a huge loss after crazy 'touchdown' is called back
There should be a rule in sports that if a play is so awesome, you won’t see anything like it for the rest of the decade, then it counts. No replay review. No overturns. No complaining from the other team, because they know how cool it was, too....
Here's A Look At Some Of The Most Loaded Campuses In Sports History
With commencement ceremonies taking place in some form all over the country this weekend, we decided to look at some notable college campuses that had quite the array of athletes and personalities inside their athletic departments at the same time. From the hardwood to various playing fields, these ...
Someone, Please, Banish Rutgers Football To The Shadow Realm Where It Belongs
Can you guess how many passing yards Rutgers had Saturday against Indiana? This is a trick question, because Rutgers did not have passing yards. They had passing yard. Just the one. However much TV money the Big Ten Network is making from the New York-New Jersey market, I would personally pay them m...
Deadspin Idiots Present The Bobby Knight Memorial Chair Throwing Competition
As college basketball takes center stage in the sports world during March Madness, we here at Deadspin got to reminiscing about one of college basketball’s most legendary, infamously psychopathic incidents which involved one of the game’s most legendary, infamously psychopathic figures. We are speak...
Report: Georgia Hires Tom Crean
Exceedingly loud former Indiana Hoosiers head coach will take over at Georgia, per Adrian Wojnarowski....
A Trip To The Big Ten In New York City, The Conference Basketball Tournament Everyone Hates
The Big Ten’s first trip to New York City has not been well received....