>> THE START OF THE COLLEGEFOOTBALL SEASON IS LESS THAN TWOWEEKS AWAY, AND THE INDIANAHOOSIERS COMING OFF THEIR FIRST
BOWL APPEARANCE IN EIGHT YEARSARE HOPING TO TAKE ANOTHER STEPFORWARD.MORE ON THIS WEEK'S INSIDE
INDIANA SPORTS.>> GERRY, THANKS.THREE STRAIGHT WINS OVER PURDUEAND THE PINSTRIPE BOWL
APPEARANCE EARNED HIM A CONTRACTEXTENSION.THEY HAVE TO BEEF UP THE DEFENSETHAT HISTORICALLY STRUGGLES.
WITH US TODAY TO LOOK AHEAD ISNONE OTHER THAN THE VOICE OF IUFOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL FOR THEPAST 43 YEARS.
DON FISCHER.DON, GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON THESHOW.>> THANK YOU.
>> CAMP IS WINDING DOWN AND WITHTHE SEASON OPENER JUST A LITTLELESS THAN TWO WEEKS AWAY, WHATDO YOU SEE FROM THIS INDIANA
FOOTBALL TEAM SO FAR?>> WELL, IT'S GOING TO BE FUN TOSEE HOW THEY EVOLVE, BECAUSEOBVIOUSLY WITH A NEW
QUARTERBACK, THAT'S GOING TO BEA REAL KEY, BECAUSE THEY'VE GOTMOST OF THE OFFENSIVE LINE BACK,THEY'VE GOT REALLY GOOD
RUNNINGBACKS, THEY'VE GOT REALLYGOOD WIDE RECEIVERS, SO THE REALQUESTION MARK ON OFFENSE ISWHETHER OR NOT THE QUARTERBACK
IS THE GUY.AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT AJUNIOR COLLEGE PLAYER WHO HASONLY GONE THROUGH SPRING
PRACTICE AT THIS JUNCTURE, BUTHE LOOKS GOOD, HE'S GOT THETOOLS, 6'5, 240 POUNDS, GOT AGREAT THROWING ARM AND LEARNING
OAT FENCE UNDER KEVIN WILSON,WHICH IS PRETTY COMPLEX.>> YOU'RE REFERRING TORICHARD -- THE OTHER RETURNING
GUY WHO HAS PLAYED SOME, HAD ACOUPLE PRETTY IMPRESSIVEPERFORMANCES.>> SANDER LAST YEAR CAME INTO
THE BALL GAME AGAINST OHIO STATEAND PLAYED MOST OF THE SECONDHALF WITH NATE BEING ON THESIDELINES AND DID A HECK OF A
JOB.I MEAN, HE REALLY PLAYED WELL,AND HAD US WITH THE LAST PLAY OFTHE BALL GAME WITH THE CHANCE TO
WIN, OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T GET ITDONE, BUT XANDER CAN COME OFFTHE BENCH, HE'S FIGHTING FOR THEBEGINNING SPOT.
>> INDIANA HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABLETO PUT UP POINTS.THEY GOT SKILLS.>> DIVINE LAST YEAR CAME OFF THE
BENCH MOST OF THE TIME FORJORDAN HOWARD BECAUSE OFHOWARD'S INJURY, HE TO THE ACHANCE.
WENT OVER A THOUSAND YARDS, INFACT, OVER 200 YARDS IN THE BOWLGAME AGAINST DUKE, SO HE ISGOING TO GIVE INDIANA A REAL
RUNNING PRESENCE.THEY'VE GOT A FRESHMAN FROMTEXAS BY THE NAME OF TYLERNATEE.
NOBODY'S EVER HEARD OF THIS KID,6-FOOT, ABOUT 265 POUNDS, AND ISA RUNNINGBACK.HE PLAYED QUARTERBACK IN HIGH
SCHOOL.AND THIS KID HAS GOT SOME TOOLS.AND HE MIGHT SURPRISE PEOPLE ATJUST HOW GOOD HE IS, ESPECIALLY
IN SHORT YARDAGE SITUATIONS.>> DEFENSE, THEY GOT A NEWCOORDINATOR IN TOM ALLEN, SOMEREALLY GOOD PLAYERS, BUT THE
DEFENSE HISTORICALLY AS WE SAIDSTRUGGLES.>> IT'S BEEN A STRUGGLE FORINDIANA'S DEFENSE FOR A LONG
TIME NOW, AS EVERYONE KNOWS.THEY DO HAVE TO REPLACE THEDEFENSIVE LINE.ALL THOSE GUYS ARE GONE.
BUT HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS.TOM ALLEN HAS COME IN AS THE NEWCOORDINATOR ON THE DEFENSIVESIDE, HAS GIVEN THIS TEAM, I
THINK, A REAL SHOT IN THE ARMWITH ENTHUSIASM, TRYING TOINSTALL CONFIDENCE IN THESEGUYS.
WE'VE GOTTEN MOST OF THEDEFENSE, THE REST OF THE DEFENSEBACK FROM A YEAR AGO.MARCUS OLIVER, THE SENIOR
LINEBACKER PROBABLY WILL BE THELEADER ON THIS SIDE OF THEFOOTBALL.JORDAN CRAWFORD IS A SAFETY,
PLAYED THE WHOLE SEASON, THENCAME BACK THIS YEAR LOOKINGBETTER THAN EVER.SO YOU'VE GOT SOME KIDS TO WORK
WITH THERE.THE BIG KEY WILL BE CAN THEYIMPROVE TO SOME DEGREE AND HELPTHIS TEAM START TO WIN SOME
FOOTBALL GAMES THAT PEOPLE DON'TTHINK THEY CAN WIN.>> AND CAN THEY IMPROVE AGAINSTTHE BIG TEN EAST IN PARTICULAR,
THEY OPEN WITH MICHIGAN STATE,THE BIG TEN OPENER, THEN THEY GOTO OHIO STATE, NEBRASKA FORHOMECOMING, LATER THEY GET
MICHIGAN, AND THEY'RE PLAYING ANINE-GAME BIG TEN SCHEDULE FORTHE FIRST TIME.>> WHICH I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF BUT
THAT'S THE WAY IT IS, THE BIGTEN HAS GONE TO THIS, NOW THEYPLAY ON THE ROAD, THEN THEY PLAYBALL STATE AT HOME AND WAKE
FOREST AT HOME.WAKE FOREST GAVE THEM A TUSSLELAST YEAR.AND THE BIG TEN IS JUST LOADED.
IT'S GOING TO BE VERY TOUGH TOBEAT THE OHIO STATES, THEMICHIGANS, THE MICHIGAN STATES,THE PENN STATES, THESE ARE THE
KIND OF FOOTBALL TEAMS INDIANAFACES WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT.>> LESS THAN 30 SECONDS, JUSTBRIEFLY, I.U. BASKETBALL, TOM
CREAN, BIG SEASON LAST YEAR.CAN THEY COME BACK?>> I THINK, BILL, THEY'RE GOINGTO BE BETTER THAN THEY WERE A
YEAR AGO, JUST BECAUSE OBVIOUSLYYOGI IS GONE, TROY WILLIAMS ISGONE, BUT JORDAN HOWARD, ANDWITHOUT QUESTION, ALL THESE GUYS
ARE SOPHOMORES, I THINK IT'SREALLY GOING TO BE A FUNBASKETBALL SEASON, I THINK TOMIS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT,
I KNOW THE PLAYERS ARE, AND THEFAN BASE AS WELL.>> WELL, DON, WE CAN'TAPPRECIATE ENOUGH YOU COMING ON
THE SHOW AND WHAT A GLORIOUSCAREER AND SUCH AN IMPORTANT