Back with more football coverage later in the day. Meanwhile:
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Better Know an Embattled Coach: Bill Lynch (Dr. Saturday): Doug Gillett, better known as the writer behind Georgia blog Hey Jenny Slater and now a contributor to Yahoo's Dr. Saturday blog, has a piece on Bill Lynch with some input from me.
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IU's ex-wideouts embrace switch to defensive back (Courier Journal/Indianapolis Star): Terry Hutchens discusses the moves of Ray Fisher and Colin Taylor from WR to DB. Also, redshirt freshman Kyle Dietrick is making the move.
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IU hopes sophomores help offense catch fire (The Journal Gazette): LaMond Pope, who has been covering IU comprehensively for the J-G, talks about the guys that may be the key to this team: sophomore WRs DaMarlo Belcher and Tandon Doss. Here's more from Pope on safeties Nick Polk and Austin Thomas.
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Checking in with ... Indiana's Bill Lynch (ESPN): Rittenberg interviews Lynch.
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Irving will visit Indiana (The Hoosier Scoop): Kryie Irving,the top 5 recruit from New Jersey, confirms that IU will get one of his official visits.
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Bawa arrives in Bloomington (The Hoosier Scoop): Bawa Muniru, incoming basketball recruit, is in town but not yet cleared. There seems to be quite a bit of optimism that both Muniru and Maurice Creek will be cleared, but I think the NCAA focuses its resources on football and other fall sports at this time of year.
- This isn't an IU story, but one of the best sports blogs around, Every Day Should be Saturday (EDSBS) is joining SB Nation. EDSBS has a Florida focus, but provides hilarious coverage of college football at large. If you weren't reading it already, start now.