Heard on The Hoosier

Host Stu Jackson is joined by Matthew Stevens, football beat writer for the Purdue Rivals site, for insight on the Boilermakers ahead of Saturday's rivalry game. 

It's feast week, so that means a lot of talk about both IU football and basketball. We start with football, revisiting the Michigan game and talking about whether there are any implications worth drawing from that effort. That then turns into a discussion about the setup of this Purdue game, how positively things have fallen for IU in the lead-up to the Bucket Game...and how vital it is that Indiana wins this football game, for a variety of reasons. Our attention then shifts to basketball, as we discuss the Marquette victory and Arkansas loss, and look at the deeper implications of the first four games of the season as we preview the UT-Arlington and UC-Davis games. All of that, plus listener questions and more. 

Host Stu Jackson is joined by Chris Balas of the Michigan Rivals site for insight on the No. 4 Wolverines ahead of Saturday's game in Ann Arbor. 

Scott talked with Ken Bikoff of Peegs about what it's like to host the IU Football postgame show, then discuss what we can expect from the remainder of the IU Football season, and what can make this season a success.  (Hint, in involves beating Purdue and going to a bowl).   Then they preview the upcoming IU basketball season and look at the ceiling and floor possibilities of this team, and how the level of recruiting has really been upgraded in such a short period of time. 

On the latest episode of CrimsonCast, the guys talk both football and basketball. IU's fifth football win is first on the docket, as we discuss what led to the victory, the sudden emergence of Deep Threat Peyton Ramsey, and how the statistics painted a far different picture of the game than the final score did. We then take some listener questions, before moving on to basketball. We offer our thoughts on the performances from the first two games of the season, and on the early emergence of Evan Fitzner as a contributor.

Host Stu Jackson is joined by Scott Greene, managing editor of Terrapin Sports Report - the Maryland Rivals site - for insight on Maryland heading into Saturday's game in Bloomington. 

We're back from a few days off with Mike Miller of the Bloomington Herald-Times. We tackle the impending IU football game first, looking at the similarities and differences between the Hoosiers and the Terrapins, and talking about the things that have allowed Maryland to have a marginally more successful season thus far than Indiana. We then jump to basketball and do a bit of post-season opener recapping, talking about the maiden voyage of Romeo Langford, the play of Rob Phinisee and Devonte Green, the rotational implications of Damezi Andrerson and Evan Fitzner, and the expectations for the non-conference season.

After interviewing everybody else, the CrimsonCast co-hosts sit down and have a discussion about their expectations for the season. Are people looking for too much out of this team? Where do things sit in the grand scheme of Archie Miller's program-building exercise? And what are some of the key items that we're looking for during the upcoming year? We try to talk through some of those questions as we get excited for the start of a brand new campaign.

Josh Eastern of The Hoosier Network and BTN Student U stops by briefly to give us an IU men's soccer update, as Todd Yeagley's men head into Big Ten Tournament play this weekend. We then sit down and talk extensively with IndyStar IU Insider Zach Osterman about what he saw from last night's men's basketball exhibition vs Southern Indiana, and what we might glean from the performance as the Hoosiers head into the start of the regular season.

TheHoosier.com's Stu Jackson and Jordan Wells discuss the performances of freshmen guards Robert Phinisee, Romeo Langford and Damezi Anderson, defense leading to offense and more from IU's 96-62 exhibition win over Southern Indiana Thursday night.

We welcome Dustin Dopirak, current IU basketball writer for The Athletic and former Bloomington Herald-Times scribe, back to the podcast to talk IU hoops. We delve into several topics, including: - How Archie Miller fits in to IU basketball culture - Whether Miller's statements on the team's shooting prowess should be concerning - What we're looking for out of the first few games - How long it'll take to draw conclusions about the ability of this year's team - Whether Evan Fitzner leading the team in 3 point attempts would be a good or bad thing It's always a pleasure to have Dustin on the show, and we're looking forward to reading him at The Athletic throughout the year.

Another day, another IU basketball season preview podcast! This time we've got 2/3rds of the Indiana Daily Student's men's basketball beat joining us in the studio, as Ben Portnoy and Cameron Drummond sit down to talk about: - Today's press availability and what we learned from Archie Miller - How much we can really take out of the scrimmage victory against Loyola (IL) - How big the rotation will be this year, and why - How the offense may end up working this year Plus some other interesting items and tidbits. Be sure to check out the IDS's coverage of IU basketball at @ids_sports on Twiter, and be sure to keep tuning in this week and next as we canvas the sports media for opinion and analysis on the 2018-19 men's basketball season.

CrimsonCast continues its basketball preview pod series, this time with Jordan Wells and Stu Jackson from The Hoosier. Topics we cover include: - The unknown and whether we should fear it - Prospective 9-man rotations - Who's got the best shot of emerging from outside the 9-man rotation - Whether this team can make another defensive leap - Which non-conference game is the best barometer for this team's ability level Plus, we take some reader questions at the end, including a fun one The Assembly Call's Jerod Morris, a more serious one about the college basketball scandals, and a request for a recruiting update. Be sure to follow us on Twitter @CrimsonCast, and keep sending in questions throughout the week as our IU basketball preview podcasts continue.

In this podcast, words are used to discuss Indiana football's loss at Minnesota. 

TheHoosier.com's Stu Jackson and Jordan Wells co-host this week's edition of Heard on The Hoosier, talking IU football at the midway point of its season and IU basketball as the start of its season approaches.