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Game-Day Traffic Map

Road construction is underway on Bloomington’s IN 45/46 Bypass, and IU Athletics has been working with the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT), local law enforcement and Milestone Contractors, L.P. (the firm heading the widening of the 45/46 Bypass) to limit traffic congestion on football game days. IU Athletics is also enacting a comprehensive communication effort to inform fans of possible delays, alternative routes and construction updates. On game days, Indiana Athletics encourages all ticket holders to arrive at Memorial Stadium as early as possible.

Indiana’s preseason camp this year had all the usual ingredients: heat, position competition, scheme review, scrimmages, heat, two-a-days, conditioning. Did I mention heat? The one element Indiana’s coaches decided to scale back, however, was full-blown tackling. Indiana had its share of contact drills, but you didn’t see nearly as many players taken to the turf. “We stayed up as much as we …

Mississauga – The Toronto Argonauts Football Club has added import RB Mike Ford and import DE Ben Ishola to its practice roster. A star running back at the University of South Florida, Ford played three seasons with the Bulls and totalled 331 carries for 1,502 yards and 23 touchdowns.

The Hoosiers open the season with a Thursday night game against Towson State.

Indiana will open its season without All-Big Ten wide receiver Tandon Doss, who will miss Thursday night’s game against Towson with a groin injury.

Football has always been on the backburner at Indiana University, which would have played basketball on grass if Purdue’s Joe Tiller hadn’t beaten the Hoosiers to the punch with quarterbacks Billy Dicken (1997) and Drew Brees (1998) at Ross Ade Stadium. Restoring balance to IU’s lopsided athletic culture would seem to be an impossible task, but give athletic director Fred Glass credit for trying …

BLOOMINGTON uarterback Ben Chappell feels IU’s pain. Nobody knows better than him how easily Indiana’s 4-8 record could have been reversed. “We knew how close we were,” says the 6-3 veteran. “We were pretty much in every game.” Consider the ones that got away: * Michigan: The Hoosiers led 33-29 deep in the fourth quarter, but Michigan scored with 2:29 left. * Northwestern: Indiana led 28-3 in …

Coach stays obedient on moving ‘The Game’ Tradition secondary to money interests

As Oconee County schools superintendent, Thomas Dohrmann watched from the stands when young athletes set records and left their mark.

BLOOMINGTON #8212; Flash back a couple of weeks to the arrival of Indiana’s football veterans. Mick Mentzer’s Hoosier jersey is torn. Practice hasn’t even started yet, nobody has hit anybody yet, and it’s torn. Call it a badge of honor.