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Hoosier Headlines for November 18, 2009.

City native reflects on Hoosiers career (The Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne, Ind.)
"That’s probably the story of my career, having to be ready," Payton said Tuesday at Memorial Stadium. "When I watched the film, I was like ‘Is that me?’ It was strange and surreal, but it was something I knew I could do. But I hadn’t done it up until that point."
These rivals don't talk trash (Evansville Courier & Press)
"Other than that, you may as well just flip a coin trying to figure out which should have the edge when the Purdue University football team travels to Bloomington for Saturday's 2:30 p.m. game against Indiana. Both are 4-7 going into the battle for the Old Oaken Bucket, one of the nation's oldest football rivalry prizes."

IU will look to Purdue as its bowl game. (Indiana Daily Student)
Ugh.
In the huddle: Purdue (The Indianapolis Star)
"If you're an Indiana coach and you don't know who coach Lynch is, you're not very well-connected in the coaching family," said Joey Elliott, born in 1986. "Anytime I see him, he always comes up and embraces me." [Hopefully Middleton and Kirlew will be doing the embracing on Saturday.]

Football game attendance highest since 1992 (Indiana Daily Student)
"With more than 40,000 tickets already sold for this week’s Old Oaken Bucket game against Purdue, IU will exceed a 40,000 average game attendance for the first time since 1992."

Double-double not enough for Indiana's Watford (The News-Sentinel - Fort Wayne IN)
"Christian Watford and Tom Crean are on the same page. This is good. Neither are satisfied with his double-double season average of 15.5 points and 5.5 rebounds. This is better."

It’s official – Sheehey signs Letter of Intent (Hoosier Hype | Indiana Daily Student)
"Now, it’s official. IU men’s basketball recruit Will Sheehey, No. 131 in the Class of 2010, signed a letter of intent to play hoops for the Hoosiers next year. Sheehey confirmed that information in a text message to IDS reporter Justin Albers just minutes ago."