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Hoosiers Daily News: ESPN projects Indiana men’s basketball’s upcoming season
The upcoming college football season is dominating headlines, especially with conference media days having come and gone in recent weeks, but there’s still plenty to say about college basketball. ESPN’s Myron Medcalf took a look at the Big Ten recently to project floors and ceilings for the conference’s 18 men’s basketball teams in 2026-27. There’s […]
Candystripe Catchup: Does Indiana have the best defensive line in the country?
It was a huge news week for Indiana and we’re here with a quick recap to make sure you’re all caught up. Football was in headlines all week, from the cancellation of the future series against Notre Dame to the return of Stephen Daley and Kellan Wyatt to the roster. Indiana took some harsh criticism […]
What Stephen Daley and Kellan Wyatt’s returns mean for Indiana football
Indiana football’s defensive line play helped pave the way to a 16-0 record and a national championship in 2025. It could be even better in 2026. Stephen Daley and Kellan Wyatt, two key members of that 2025 group, have received additional seasons of eligibility following a district court ruling in Colorado. Both have rejoined the […]
Indiana football DL Kellan Wyatt to return for 2026 season
Indiana football got another massive boost to its 2026 defense on Thursday. Kellan Wyatt, who spent the 2025 season with Indiana, will return to the Hoosiers roster for the upcoming season after receiving an additional year of eligibility following a district court ruling in Colorado, per reporting from ESPN’s Pete Thamel. He started in Indiana’s […]
Best social media reactions to new Purdue AD’s Indiana jab
Indiana football has been through the grinder on social media this week for its non-conference scheduling practices. Luckily for the Hoosiers, rival Purdue has chimed in to take over the news cycle. Purdue introduced Tommy McClelland as the Boilermakers’ incoming athletic director in a press conference on Thursday afternoon. He comes to West Lafayette from […]
Incoming Purdue AD Tommy McClelland tries, fails to mock Indiana
Purdue, Indiana’s in-state rival, ushered in a new era for its athletic department today with the introduction of Tommy McLelland as the Boilermakers’ newest athletic director. McLelland is set to replace Mike Bobinski, who led the department for the past ten years, when the latter’s time in the role comes to a close in January […]
Indiana football ranked No. 6 in preseason coaches poll
USA Today released its first coaches poll of the 2026 season, with the defending National Champion Indiana Hoosiers coming in at No. 6. Curt Cignetti’s group is the third of three Big Ten teams in the top ten, behind No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Oregon. Coming off a national championship, Indiana received 14 […]
Indiana’s Curt Cignetti on Stephen Daley: ‘He’ll give it his best shot’
Indiana football head coach Curt Cignetti gets Stephen Daley. Cignetti has as good of an eye for talent as anyone in college football, having helped scout and develop the Hoosiers’ 2025 national championship roster over several seasons. Daley ended up being one of his best signings. The Hoosiers added Daley through the transfer portal ahead […]
Everything Indiana’s Curt Cignetti said to open 2026 Fall camp
Indiana football head coach Curt Cignetti addressed the media on Monday as the Hoosiers opened Fall camp ahead of the 2026 season. Here’s everything he had to say: CIGNETTI: All right. Back at it. Day one, nobody got injured, the flow was good, the ball wasn’t on the ground. Watch the tape, make a few […]
Hoosiers Daily News: Indiana football’s defense gets a huge boost for 2026
A considerable amount of Indiana football’s success through two seasons, including its national championship in 2025, can be attributed to the coaching staff’s emphasis on both lines. The Hoosier defensive line was one of the most disruptive forces in all of college football in 2o25. Indiana’s defensive line terrorized quarterbacks like Luke Altmyer, Dante Moore, […]
Indiana DL Stephen Daley set to return for fifth season
Indiana football’s already formidable defense just got another boost on the defensive line. Stephen Daley, who spent a single season with the Hoosiers in 2025 after transferring from Kent State, will return to the roster for the 2026 season for his fifth season of eligibility following a district court ruling in Colorado. Daley emerged throughout […]
Indiana Reacts: How do you feel about Indiana canceling the Notre Dame series?
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Indiana fans and fans across the country. Well, here we are again. Indiana football has cancelled another future non-conference series, this time against Notre Dame. The Hoosiers and Fighting Irish were set to […]
Hoosiers Daily News: Indiana’s series against Notre Dame is off
Indiana football, as of Monday, has no future power opponents scheduled in the non-conference. Indiana was originally set to play Notre Dame in 2030 and 2031, a series agreed to during Tom Allen’s time leading the program, but both games have been cancelled, per several reports. Notre Dame is replacing those games to restart its […]
Indiana men’s basketball: Sam Alexis announces intent to return to Indiana
Following a grant of a preliminary injunction this past Friday, temporarily granting him an extra season of eligibility, Sam Alexis announced that he would be using that final year of eligibility in Indiana. He will take the final open scholarship on the roster in Darian DeVries’ second season. This is a big get for a […]
Indiana men’s basketball: Sam Alexis granted injunction for extra year of eligibility
After playing with his former head coach Darian DeVries and Indiana basketball in Peru, former Indiana men’s basketball center, Sam Alexis, has been granted an injunction for an extra year of college eligibility. He is one of 19 athletes granted such relief by a Tennessee court. Whether Alexis retains eligibility throughout the season remains to […]
Hoosiers Daily News: Curt Cignetti headlined Big Ten Media Days, again
Indiana football head coach Curt Cignetti was the last coach to take the podium at Big Ten Media Days and made sure he made the most of it. Cignetti did what he does best, cracking a few jokes, touching on past success and emphasizing the day-to-day process of getting better. All that and one final […]
WATCH: Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti press conference at Big Ten Media Days
Indiana football head coach Curt Cignetti was the last coach to take the podium at Big Ten Media Days this year, doing so on Thursday afternoon. Cignetti addressed the 2025 season in his opening statement before emphasizing the day-to-day process and overall program blueprint is his focus now, with eyes on the future rather than […]
Everything Indiana’s Curt Cignetti said at Big Ten Media Days
Indiana football head coach Curt Cignetti addressed the media at Big Ten Media Days on Thursday afternoon in Chicago, Illinois. He was asked about Here’s what Cignetti had to say: CIGNETTI: End of Big Ten Media Day; everybody ready to get out of here and get home? Guess not. It’s great to be up here […]
Purdue’s Barry Odom praises Indiana’s turnaround under Curt Cignetti
Indiana football’s two-year rise to the top of the sport under head coach Curt Cignetti has inspired several other programs to view a national title as a possibility rather than a fantasy. Among those programs is Indiana’s in-state rival: Purdue. Barry Odom, head coach of the Boilermakers, took the podium at Big Ten Media Days […]
Curt Cignetti on fan support at Indiana: ‘We can’t expand the stadium soon enough’
Indiana University boasts the largest alumni base in the country and made that known throughout the Hoosiers’ run through the College Football Playoff this past winter, filling every stadium along the way. It was readily apparent to viewers and media and just as clear to head coach Curt Cignetti, who made a point of praising […]
3 takeaways from Curt Cignetti’s Big Ten Media Days press conference
Indiana football head coach Curt Cignetti addressed the media on Thursday afternoon during Big Ten Media Days in Chicago. There were jokes, poorly conceived and executed bits from the assembled media, thoughts on his new quarterback and still a few soundbites worth clipping and making a segment out of on daytime sports television. Here’s three […]
‘We don’t cry a river’: Curt Cignetti praises Big Ten as best league in college football
Indiana football head coach Curt Cignetti ended his Big Ten Media Days press conference on Thursday with some remarks on the strength of the Big Ten. “The Big Ten is the best league in football,” Cignetti said. “A lot of really good football teams, it’s hard to win on the road. Very physical football teams, […]
Big Ten’s Tony Petitti says Indiana football was disrespected after 2024
Indiana football’s rise from the depths of the Big Ten to the top of college football hasn’t come without its detractors. Far from it. The Hoosiers’ breakout 2024 season under then-first year head coach Curt Cignetti was met with rising skepticism, most notably from media personalities attached to the SEC, as the weeks went on. […]
How to watch Indiana football at 2026 Big Ten Media Days in Chicago
Indiana football is set for its turn on the Big Ten Media Days stage in Chicago, Illinois, this afternoon with head coach Curt Cignetti and a trio of players set to address the media. The Hoosiers, as reigning national champions, will attract as much attention as they ever have at the event today. Cignetti’s peers […]
Hoosiers Daily News: The rest of the state reckons with Indiana’s football title
Indiana football fans have spent the past six months basking in the glory of the program’s first national title. The rest of the state has spent that time reasoning with it. There are two other power teams in the state, Notre Dame and Purdue, the latter being Indiana’s in-state rival. Both Marcus Freeman of the […]
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