6-Banner Sunday: IU football beats Northwestern, improves to 4-0
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Welcome to another edition of 6-Banner Sunday, a joint production between The Assembly Call and Inside the Hall, where we highlight the five most essential IU sports stories of the past week. 6-Banner Sunday is written by Ari Shifron.
Football returned to taking center stage this week. IU opened the conference season against Northwestern and pulled out a win in a game that was closer than expected. The Big Ten at-large had a wild day of league results on Saturday.
Also, Indiana got an update on athletes fighting for their eligibility and the basketball Hoosiers are hosting a scrimmage. As usual, we will conclude with a look at the weekly shows and the rest of the IU sports scene, which was led by volleyball opening conference play with victories.
Here is what is in this week’s edition:
• IU football beats Northwestern in Big Ten opener
• Iowa wins at Michigan on last play in wild day
• Stephen Daley, Kellan Wyatt and Sam Alexis win preliminary injunction for eligibility
• IU basketball to host scrimmage on Friday evening
• Podcast on the Brink and Back Home Network shows
• Hoosier Roundup
Banner #1 – IU football beats Northwestern in Big Ten opener
Top-five IU football’s defense of its national title continued on Friday at Memorial Stadium. After their victory against Western Kentucky, Northwestern came calling to Bloomington, as the Hoosiers are once again expected to be near the top of the conference and amongst the best teams in college football.
IU’s sold-out crowd responded to the challenge. However, facing a familiar foe in QB Aidan Chiles, his Wildcats gave the Hoosiers everything they could handle for all 60 minutes. QB Josh Hoover struggled, missing several early throws that stalled drives. However, the defense held tight through halftime as Indiana led 12-0.
Then in the final 30 minutes, the script completely flipped. The offense got stronger, but the defensive secondary fell apart as Chiles carved the Hoosier defense up. In the end, aided by a facemask penalty, RB Lee Beebe Jr., and an early safety, Indiana found a way to grit out a 29-23 win.
Afterward, IU coach Curt Cignetti spoke and Inside the Hall had a photo gallery. Also, Ian Plaskoff wrote a column and Zach Horowitz had five takeaways about the victory.
Banner #2 – Iowa wins at Michigan on last play in wild day
IU wasn’t the only team in the conference to play a close game, as a handful of tight contests occurred in the Big Ten and nationally. The highlight of the day was Michigan losing to Iowa on a long touchdown on the final play of the game.
Also, Wisconsin came back from a huge deficit to upset Penn State and Oregon outscored USC in a heavyweight shootout. Meanwhile, in blowouts, Ohio State easily defeated Illinois, UCLA had no problems with Maryland and Nebraska dominated Michigan State. In a non-conference result between Indiana squads, Notre Dame had a simple victory over Purdue.
Banner #3 – Stephen Daley, Kellan Wyatt and Sam Alexis win preliminary injunction for eligibility
The saga of who is eligible at IU based on the NCAA’s new rules continued this week. After being ineligible against Western Kentucky, a Monroe County judge issued a preliminary injunction allowing 97 athletes fighting for a fifth year to play for now, including Stephen Daley and Kellan Wyatt.
Amongst the other names, this impacts volleyball star Avry Tatum, who returned to the lineup Saturday night, as well as basketball’s Sam Alexis, whose season has not started.
Banner #4 – IU basketball to host scrimmage on Friday evening
Speaking of basketball, fans will have a chance to see the squad this week. While the glitz of Hoosier Hysteria will not be part of it, the new-look team will nonetheless scrimmage on Friday at 6 p.m. ET with doors opening at 4:30 p.m. ET. The scrimmage is free to attend.
Banner #5 – Podcast on the Brink and Back Home Network shows
Podcast on the Brink returned this week. On it, Inside the Hall’s Zach Horowitz discussed the eligibility situation with Daley and Wyatt as well as football’s start and the upcoming basketball season.
The Back Home Network has many shows. As a result, it was on air several times this week with programming.
Banner #6 – Hoosier Roundup
• No. 18 IU Volleyball opened up conference play with victories against UCLA and Maryland.
• No. 2 Men’s soccer knocked off Penn State.
• No. 18 field hockey upset No. 13 Michigan this week. However, they fell to No. 2 Iowa.
• Women’s soccer fell to Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Thanks for your continued support of The Assembly Call and Inside the Hall. We’ll be back next weekend with a new roundup.
Now go enjoy yourself a 6-Banner Sunday.
Aaron (Ari) Shifron
Assembly Call Contributor
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