Indiana Football Improving, and Indiana Basketball...

Indiana finished 4-7 after a third year of Bill Lynch at the helm.

My conclusion? Let him have this fourth season and honor the contract he is under, and the 2010 Hoosiers might be pretty good.

This '09 season was about four plays from being a bowl contender.

The game they SHOULD HAVE won? Northwestern.

Could have? Michigan, Iowa, and even Purdue. Wisconsin was just ahead of them.

The ones they really lost? Ohio State and Virginia. And I attended the latter. That hurt.

But the program, attendance and results are on the rise.

The football team will be a bowling in 2010, is my prediction.

We shall see.

As for the Hurry'n Hoosiers of the basketball court...

Tom Crean is an optimist and so am I.

6-25 was awful last year with

Indiana Hoosiers Will Beat Ohio State Buckeyes!

if...

1. Indiana can move the ball like they did last week in the Big House in Ann Arbor. IU outgained the ranked Wolverines by 90 yards or so.

2. Indiana can capitalize on some key turnovers, scoring in the red zone unlike the only four of five FGs they got against Michigan last week.

3. All three elements play without major mistakes. This is a sellout in Bloomington, and while there will be a sizable contingent from Columbus in the new and improved Memorial Stadium with the North End Zone addition; the crowd will be plenty loud for the Hoosiers.

Stay in the game early and watch the excitement grow. Special teams and defense will be pumped and productive.

Hoosiers!

4. Get the home calls, unlike the game sealing shared "interception"

The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful

 New addition to the North End Zone at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana.

Good and costly and impressive and beautiful. Check it out. Really. I saw a laot of it via the Big Ten Network and IUHoosiers.com photo gallery.

On the field of play...

New hopes of an experienced defensive line.

New aspirations for a healthier, more experienced offensive line.

New starting QB and many skilled positions on offense and defense.

First ever Thursday night home game for the Indiana Hoosiers.

New traditions, like Indiana student freshmen running out the tunnel. fireworks, the Student Walk greeting the players before the game, a field in the South End Zone for kids and families to play.

5 dollar tickets for all students, from ALL colleges, not just