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Goodbye, 2008. See you next year

No crystal ball, no tarot card, not even Ms. Cleo could have correctly hypothesized IU’s season up to this point. 2008, as we all know, was supposed to encompass the resurgence of Hoosier football.

6th loss comes in close contest with Chippewas

Completely outmatched through the air, the IU football team could not stop Central Michigan’s backup quarterback Brian Brunner in a 37-34 loss to the visiting Chippewas. Brunner threw for 485 yards and four touchdowns in the non-conference victory on Saturday at Memorial Stadium. The loss was IU’s sixth of the season, dropping its record to 3-6. “We don’t feel very good,” sophomore quarterback Ben Chappell said of his team’s emotion following the game. “They played good, but we just didn’t play well enough to win.” Brunner’s 485 yards are the third-most IU has let up all time. “He did a tremendous job,” IU coach Bill Lynch said in his post-game press conference. “He is a fifth-year senior and has been in a program that has won a lot of football games. They certainly play with a lot of confidence.” To counteract Brunner’s success, the Hoosiers amped up their pass rush at the beginning of the second half.And it worked. Brunner was sacked five of his seven total times in the final half. But Brunner and the Chippewas also adjusted and found receivers left one-on-one in man coverage as Hoosier linebackers blitzed.

Brunner's 485 yards takes Chippewas past Hoosiers 37-34

Completely outmatched through the air, the IU football team’s defense couldn’t stop Central Michigan’s backup quarterback Brian Brunner as he threw for 485 yards and four touchdowns. Brunner led his Chippewas to a 37-34 non-conference victory against the Hoosiers on Saturday at Memorial Stadium.

Limiting turnovers could be key to football's fourth win

Last week, the IU football players seemed to have figured out what was plaguing them during the previous five weeks. The 21-19 win against Northwestern on Homecoming was the Hoosiers’ (3-5, 1-4) first since September. Now IU looks to win back-to-back games for the second time this season as it welcomes Central Michigan (6-2, 5-0 MAC) to Memorial Stadium on Saturday. “We had a good win against Northwestern,” IU coach Bill Lynch said. “It was a game that we needed to get back on track, and I really liked the way our guys played. They played with a lot of energy, a lot of enthusiasm, and really, we did the things we had to. We had to win the turnover margin.” Lynch has said all season losing the turnover battle handicapped the Hoosiers in their losses. Winning that battle against the Chippewas has proven to be nearly impossible for everyone else, however. Central Michigan is currently tied with UNLV and Florida for the fewest turnovers in the nation at six. So far this season, the Hoosiers have turned the ball more than 14 times.

Both QBs available to play Saturday against Chippewas

IU needs some Philly fire

Crean to re-introduce team Friday at ‘Haunted Hall of Hoops’

IU coach Tom Crean wants people to get to know the Hoosiers before their first exhibition game on Nov. 7. The first chance to see the new-look IU squad came two weeks ago at Hoosier Hysteria. Then last Saturday the team scrimmaged at Assembly Hall shortly after IU’s Homecoming football victory against Northwestern.

Women's basketball set for first scrimmage

Regular season for field hockey team to conclude against last-place Wildcats

Men's swimming faces No. 1 and No. 5 teams in the country

Women's swimming squares off with ranked teams

Runners head north for Big Ten Championships

No. 17 men's soccer steadies for Penn State

Redemption is near. After tying unranked Kentucky 1-1 on Wednesday, the No. 17 IU men’s soccer team travels to University Park, Penn., for its second-to-last conference match against Penn State.

Big victories carry volleyball into weekend

Phillies win World Series in delayed game 5

PHILADELPHIA ­­– From losingest team to longest game, the Philadelphia Phillies are World Series champions.

IU field hockey team falls to Louisville on Senior Day

Playing its first midweek game since early in the season, the IU field hockey team never adjusted to the different routine, falling to Louisville 2-1 Wednesday on Senior Day. No. 12 Louisville (13-5) took advantage of many penalty corner opportunities – especially in the first half – to score its two goals. IU gave up nine penalty corners in the first half and 12 for the game. Louisville’s Nicole Youman took advantage of one of the first-half penalty corners, scoring the period’s lone goal. IU coach Amy Robertson said she felt “bewildered” by her team’s play. They were sloppy and lacked confidence for the first 35 minutes, she said.

New-look men's tennis team has “something to prove”

The IU men’s basketball team is not the only Hoosier squad undergoing a major roster turnover from last season. With six freshmen and only three returning players on a 10-man roster, the men’s tennis team heads into this weekend’s Big Ten Singles Championship in Madison, Wis., light on experience and full of untested potential. “There are a lot of new faces this year,” said sophomore Lachlan Ferguson. “Some of these guys are pretty green, fresh out of high school and still a little wet behind the ears.”

IU club hockey gunning for Michigan at Ann Arbor

The IU club hockey team will take on Michigan this weekend and look to put last weekend’s tough losses at Davenport behind them. After winning their first six games of the season, IU now sits at 6-2. The team is still winless in the Great Midwest Hockey League. The contention between IU and Michigan is just as intense in hockey as in other sports. “Michigan is another team we have a lot of history with,” IU coach Tom Orr said. “We know they’re going to be hungry. They’re going to be ready for us.”

Johnson’s late surge cancels Edwards win

Carl Edwards did all he could last Sunday to bring Jimmie Johnson and the Chase for the Sprint Cup back into reach. But despite his best effort in winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Edwards made little ground on Johnson after the two-time defending champ finished with his No. 48 in second place on the scoring pylon. With 10 laps to go, a runner-up result didn’t look possible for Johnson.

IU women's golf team sets school record with 3-round total of 860

All season long, the IU women’s golf team has tried to put a tournament together where everyone fires on all cylinders at the same time. This week in Las Vegas, they managed to do that for one of their three rounds. The Hoosiers used a school-record, 11-under 277 third-round total to slide up the leaderboard and finish in 10th place on Wednesday in the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown at the Boulder Creek Golf Club. The three-round total of 860 also betters the school record by four shots.