BLOOMINGTON - Kevin Wilson is asking his older players to lead Indiana out of its early-season funk.
It won't be easy after Saturday's startling loss at North Texas.
Backup quarterback Dusty Kiel led the Hoosiers to three fourth-quarter touchdowns, but he still hasn't beat out starter Edward Wright-Baker.
Three of Indiana's top receivers - Damarlo Belcher, Kofi Hughes and Duwyce Wilson - are all trying to come back from injuries.
Defensive end Kevin Bush, an Iraqi war veteran, has left the team and two other players will miss the rest of the season with injuries.
It's not the way Wilson envisioned starting the Big Ten season against Penn State on Saturday, but it will have to do.
(Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
