Here we go again

Athletic Director Fred Glass in his press conference stated the obvious, “The bottom line is three Big Ten wins in three years is not the basis for an extension" and so the Lynch era is history. Corso, Mallory, Cameron, and now Bill Lynch all won the Bucket and were promptly shown the door. Lynch recruited character student athletes and served under some unprecedented times. Lynch gained steam as the head coach after the 2007 season, when the Hoosiers went 7-6 and to the Insight Bowl. It was the first bowl game for the Hoosiers since 1993, under Bill Mallory.


Of course, the flip side to that is the 2007 team was basically Hoeppner's. Lynch was handed the team after the untimely death of the very popular coach. Since that season, the Hoosiers have gone 12-24, with a 1-7 conference record in each of the three seasons. With the facility upgrade and a commitment to spend some serious money in a new hire IU football might be headed in a positive direction. On the other hand, this will be the fourth hire for the IU position in the past nine years. We shall see.

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2010 Season

Memorial Stadium 1960 - 2010

Defend the Rock!

2010 Season
5-7 (1-8)

Towson

September 2
W 51-17

@ Western Kentucky

September 18
W 38-21

Akron
September 25

W 35-20

Michigan
October 2

L 35-42

@ Ohio State
October 9

L 10-38


Arkansas State

October 16

W 36-34

@ Illinois

October 23

L 13-43

Northwestern

October 30

L 17-20

Iowa

November 6
L 13-18

@ Wisconsin
November 13
L 20-83

Penn State -Washington DC
November 20
L 24-41

@ Purdue
November 27

W -34-31 [OT]

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Purdue

IU had lost six straight at Purdue, 12 straight in conference play and 15 straight league games outside of Bloomington. The Hoosiers were facing their first winless season in Big Ten play since 1995. But in overtime, Mitch Ewald kicks a 31 yard field goal to win 34-31 and to retain the bucket.




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Penn State

A career-long 49-yard field goal by Indiana's Mitch Ewald tied the game early in the third quarter. McGloin hit Moye for a 21-yard touchdown pass to put Penn State back ahead 24-17, and Chappell connected with Doss for a 3-yard score to tie the game again.

But Andrew Daily stuffed the ball before it could leave punter Chris Hagerup's foot to set up Van Fleet's touchdown return. A 35-yard field goal by Collin Wagner made it a 10-point lead, and Silas Redd’s 1-yard run in the final minutes sealed the win.

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Wisconsin

They Scored on ever possession!



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Iowa

Ricky Stanzi threw a 52-yard touchdown pass to Marvin McNutt with 2:50 left, rallying No. 15 Iowa to an 18-13 victory at Indiana.

On fourth-and-10, Damarlo Belcher appeared to grab, then drop, what would have been a touchdown pass with 28 seconds left. The play was so close that the Hoosiers' home crowd roared with approval, thinking Belcher scored. The replay showed, clearly, that Belcher never had control of the ball and the on-field call stood. They've now lost five of six, 10 straight in conference play and 11 in a row against ranked teams dating to an October 2006 upset against then No. 15 Iowa.

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