Bill Belichick will be lambasted throughout his career for going for it Sunday night. Truthfully, I don’t blame him for doing so. Peyton Manning will make you do crazy things to try to stop him.

Kenny Mullen looked at his teammates in the preseason and saw a young, inexperienced group, maybe the least-seasoned the vaunted program has had in years. But the Luers junior also saw something else – talent.

And now for our weekly fumble-rooski-off-a-fake-punt around the National Genius League, “If Bill Belichick Were A Tree, What Kind Of Sap Would He Be?”, aka “Hey, Didn’t You Used To Be Eric Mangini.

The Komets have recognized that their offense, which has produced six goals in the last three games, is lagging.

The TinCaps will open a team store at the Glenbrook Square Mall for the holiday season beginning Friday. Fans can now purchase team gear in three places: the Glenbrook Square location, the Orchard Team Store at Parkview Field and at TinCaps.com.

Calling him the right man at the right time for this job, Firehawks general manager and co-owner John Christner announced in a press release that Willie Davis will be the team's first head coach.

And then there were 12.

Yep.

Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis said the Senior Day game is different than any game the Irish play every season.

Indiana defeated Louisville 2-0 in the first round of the NCAA men's soccer tournament. Darren Yeagle scored both goals for IU. The Hoosiers will face Butler on Sunday.

Indiana beat writer LaMond Pope and Purdue beat writer Stacy Clardie took a look at the Bucket matchup.

One game later than planned, IPFW men's basketball coach Dane Fife saw what he wanted from Deilvez Yearby.

Two of northeast Indiana's best volleyball players are headed to the same place for college -- IUPUI.