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Good to know none of the underage players were dumb enough to try to use a fake id ala Yogi and Stan!

Wilson Encouraged by Team's Enthusiasm this Spring By: Tori Ziege BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Memorial Stadium is getting a makeover. The goal posts will come down this week in the South End Zone to set the stage — quite literally — for Indiana's spring game on Friday. The game is free and open to the public. The annual Little 500 concert will take place immediately following the spring game, and everyone in attendance will automatically become a part of general seating for electronic dance musical duo Flosstradamus and a surprise opener. "For our fans that are here, the concert is the icing on your cake," Indiana head coach Kevin Wilson said. "A little Indiana Hoosier Friday night football, and a little Flosstradamus EDM music." The makeover means a slightly shorter field for the Hoosiers, who will have about 80 yards to work with as they host the 15th and final practice of the spring season before their fans. The spring game will include a walk-through set to begin around 5:45 pm, about 40 minutes of practice drills and then about an hour of scrimmage in which both teams will drive toward the North End Zone. Rather than splitting the team, Wilson will have the first offense compete against the first defense, the second offense against the second defense, and so forth. All in all, he expects the team to run through about 70 to 80 plays. "It's no different than Hoosier Hysteria," Wilson said. "I think it needs to be a festive day, a lot of fun, but it's still practice 15." The festivities will feature heavy fan involvement, including opportunities to call plays, be under center, or even stand in as punter for a snap. Following the spring game and spring graduation, Memorial Stadium will also have new turf put in. That renovation is scheduled to be done by June 1, in time for Indiana's summer training camp. Hoosiers Finishing the Spring Strong "We still have a long way to go." That qualifier has been a favorite of Wilson's this spring, and it's a fair one. No football team should be ready to go four months before the start of the season. But it's what Wilson says before he qualifies that's worth taking note of, and even with the disclaimer, it's a positive sign for Indiana as it wraps up a "clean and combative" spring. "This team has practiced the best (spring practice)," Wilson said. "To me, it's been the best we've seen our football team." Wilson made similar comments Saturday, after practice was moved indoors due to inclement weather. Inside Mellencamp Pavilion, the Hoosiers took the most snaps out of any spring practice this season, and Wilson walked away feeling confident that it was their best performance yet. When he met with the media following Tuesday's practice, he was still aglow with excitement about that performance, and also in anticipation for Friday's spring game. "I had a coach say the other day, 'Man I was at this school and this school in a major conference recently. Your energy, your effort, your enthusiasm, it's not even close. You guys are buzzing around,'" Wilson said. But even then, he still has to qualify. That's what keeps his team motivated. "Even though they're getting better, no one is happy about it," Wilson said. "And that's encouraging."

‏@akmccarthy: Kevin Wilson said Camion Patrick is having surgery soon on his knee. Wilson unsure about the severity quite yet. #iufb

I know Booth was supposed to miss spring practice because of injury but I figured he would at least be in the mix as a 4th WR...maybe he felt he was too much behind the other WR's.

Alex Rodriguez looking strong in those highlights! He just may be the strongest guy in the team, pure muscle!

No I say the overall total number of correct picks should have been the tie breaker! ;)

Did I win!? I predicted 78-74 final score...

I will hold off any skepticism just yet. It's only April and both Cameron and Lagow have all summer to keep working and improve. I hope they step up and take it upon themselves to get in the film room and lead some player practices.

Has Lagow really looked that bad or is it just timing/learning the offense?

Well it looks like it may come down to who wins tonight. If Nova wins, Mrs. BtownBanners will tie with me for points and we'll have to go to the tie breaker. If UNC wins, moolah is mine!!

Look at post #64. He will be at Kansas St. on April 8th.

Yeah the app doesn't seem to recognize why threads have been read very well. If I read them all and then log back in 5 min later, it will show everything as unread again.

I thought he had pretty much retired and given up on basketball altogether? http://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/wolverines/2015/12/11/spike-albrecht-retires-hip-michigan/77139936/

lol I didn't really know either but according to Osterman, he can pretty much help all over but he is not allowed to recruit off campus and he cannot coach players one on one.

@ZachOsterman: Former Louisville and Texas offensive coordinator Shawn Watson has joined IU's staff in an offensive quality control position. #iufb First thought, he's kind of a big name to be taking this position. But welcome aboard!

Backup PG, three-point specialist, and some senior leadership? I would take him...obviously I wouldn't expect him to get major minutes.

Need Villanova and UNC in the final, with UNC winning it all! Pretty decent shot.

A little strange that he would commit to another school so quickly...I was expecting him to attract some more major offers before making a decision. Good luck to him though!

Throw JBJ in there and it really shows how banged up we were towards the end of the season.

Absolutely nothing going our way...come on Hoosiers!

Paige stole Zeislofts powers...

Ugh hope Rojo can come in for a bit at least!

We can do this Hoosiers! Let's do it for Yogi and the seniors, for coach Crean, for Hoosier Nation!

Asking for prayers for my best friend's dad who just passed away from cancer this morning. My friend (fellow IU grad) was excited about having the chance to go cheer for IU in Philly tonight ; had purchased flight and game tickets already. Edit: His dad was a huge Notre Dame fan and was happy his son was going to be able to see both IU and ND play. My friend will still try to make it to the game, that's what his dad would have liked.

From the @IndianaMBB Twitter account. Happy birthday coach!