Quarterback Lewis leads Cream to win

If Saturday’s Cream and Crimson game is any indication, the IU football team will be throwing the ball a lot this fall. \nBoth sophomore quarterback Kellen Lewis and freshman quarterback Ben Chappell threw for more than 250 yards in a 27-26 Cream squad victory.\n“A lot of trash talking had been going on the last couple of weeks between the defense and the offence,” Lewis said. “And (quarterbacks) coach (Matt) Canada said enough is enough, so we aired the ball out quite a bit today.”\nThe air attack resulted in four Hoosiers with more than 100 yards receiving between both teams.\n“We got some guys that can make some plays and they made them,” IU assistant head coach Bill Lynch said. “If you get the ball in the hands of some of those guys enough, they’re pretty good football players.”\nThe Crimson had a shot to take the lead in the last minute of the game when the coaching staff decided to go for a two-point conversion following a 34-yard touchdown pass from Chappell to sophomore wide receiver Nick Polk.\nOn the conversion Chappell once again found Polk. But the wet weather conditions made it difficult to catch the ball, and Polk was unable to hold on.\n“We called the play and he threw it up there,” Polk said. “I went up to make the play. I should of made it, but it just didn’t happen.”\nLewis, who called the signals for the Cream, and Chappell, the signal caller for the Crimson, weren’t the only ones tossing the ball. \nIn the second quarter, two trick plays resulted in touchdowns.\nOn the first play of the second quarter, the Crimson took a 14-13 lead when Chappell handed the ball off to Polk and the wide out found freshman wide receiver Terrance Turner in the end zone and connected for a 29-yard touchdown pass.\n“We kind of saw that coming, talking to a couple guys that gave up a little bit of information they probably shouldn’t have,” Lewis said. “We knew it was coming, but we forgot to warn the defense.”\nThe Cream turned the tables late in the quarter when senior running back Josiah Sears took a handoff from Lewis and found junior wide receiver James Hardy in the end zone for a five-yard touchdown pass to extend the Cream’s lead to 27-14.\n“Every time you’re going into a game like that you have a trick play you throw in,” Sears said. “Yesterday, coach Canada was like, ‘If we get down by the end zone, you’re going to through a pass.’”\nSears’ touchdown pass came two plays after a scuffle on the field. \nOn a first-down play from the Crimson 14-yard line, Lewis kept the ball for a five-yard gain before junior linebacker Geno Johnson ran him down and the play was called dead. Johnson gave Lewis a little shove. Lewis responded by tossing the football back at Johnson, and players from both sides rushed to the corner of the field where the altercation was taking place.\n“That’s part of guys practicing against each other for 15 practices,” Lynch said. “One of the things about this football team: It’s a competitive football team. I think it’s a football team that really likes each other; they get along. But when you compete 15 times in 26 days that’s all part of it.”\nLewis said he threw the football at Johnson after losing his cool because during the last scrimmage the defense kept shoving him despite his black jersey. Despite the incident, Lewis said team unity was displayed by the players.\n“As bad as it may seem, at least each (respective) side stuck together and stuck their nose in there and stood up for their other teammates,” he said. “I’m not encouraging the fight, but at least it shows you push one Hoosier, you push all of them.”