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The College Football Playoff’s selection committee unveiled its second set of rankings for the 2025 season during a live show on Tuesday night. Indiana, ranked No. 2 in both the AP and Coaches’ top-25 polls, remained at No. 2. The Hoosiers are coming off of a narrow 27-24 win on the road against Penn State […]
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Indiana men’s basketball (2-0, 0-0 Big Ten) is set to take on Milwaukee on Wednesday at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana. The Hoosiers are coming off of a dominant 100-77 win over Marquette on Sunday at the United Center in Chicago, Darian DeVries’ first win over a high major as Indiana’s head coach. Here’s three […]
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Indiana football head coach Curt Cignetti provided a handful of injury updates during his usual Monday afternoon press conference ahead of the Hoosiers’ matchup against Wisconsin on Saturday. On the offensive line: On wide receiver Elijah Sarratt: Indiana has been without Evans for the past two weeks after he suffered an injury ahead of the […]
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Indiana football head coach Curt Cignetti addressed the media this afternoon during his usual Monday press conference. Here’s what he had to say: CIGNETTI: Looking forward to getting back home Saturday after being on the road the last two weeks, 12:00 against Wisconsin. They’re coming off a top-25 win at home against Washington. They’re a […]
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Indiana women’s basketball is set to take on Marshall on Tuesday night at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana. The Hoosiers are coming off of a too-close-for-comfort 72-56 win over UIC at home. The game was largely competitive through the first three quarters, with Indiana even facing a halftime deficit, but Shay Ciezki was able to […]
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Indiana football has improved a bit as a team as the season has gone on. The hiccups from week one against Old Dominion, largely a result of the staff experimenting some to see which concepts work and which don’t against live competition, are gone for the most part. The Hoosiers, outside of some lapses against […]
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You know by now what Marquette is under Shaka Smart. Smart’s made his living off of great defenses that force opposing teams into mistakes or bad shots with relentless defensive pressure, capitalizing off of it on the other end of the court while wearing down its opponents over time. That sort of team showed up […]
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Indiana men’s basketball got a huge win on Sunday afternoon, beating Marquette 100-77 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. It’s the second victory of the season for the Hoosiers and Darian DeVries’ first win over a high-major opponent as Indiana’s coach. There was some concern that Indiana may not have built enough chemistry early […]
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Indiana men’s basketball got its first high-major win in just its second game of the season with a 100-77 drubbing against Marquette on Sunday at the United Center in Chicago. The Hoosiers were deep in foul trouble throughout the game, with two players picking up three fouls, two more picking up four and one, Conor […]
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Indiana men’s basketball is set for its first marquee matchup of the season against Marquette in Chicago. The Hoosiers opened the season with a 98-51 win over Alabama A&M on Wednesday at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana. The Bulldogs didn’t put up much of a fight, but it was a good look into what Darian […]
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Entering today, Indiana football had never beaten Penn State on the road. This is why Indiana fans, Crimson Quarry readers, and seasoned bloggers alike knew that this was not a game to overlook. However badly Penn State’s season had gone to this point, the Nittany Lions still had most of the roster that was considered […]
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Indiana football found itself with its back against the wall for the second time all season on the road against Penn State. Facing a 24-20 deficit in the last two minutes of the game, quarterback Fernando Mendoza drove the Hoosier offense all the way down the field with some excellent catches from receivers Omar Cooper […]
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Indiana football found itself in dire straits for the first time this season, down four with just over two minutes to play in Happy Valley. After limping across the finish line of the first half with a short touchdown drive set up by the defense, Indiana’s offense appeared dead in the water against Penn State […]
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Penn State might be winless in the Big Ten and is currently led by an interim head coach after parting ways with James Franklin, but that doesn’t mean Indiana fans aren’t taking the Nittany Lions seriously. Asked if Penn State is still a dangerous opponent despite the coaching change, a strong majority of Indiana fans […]
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No. 2 Indiana football is set to take on Penn State on the road at Beaver Stadium in State College, Pennsylvania, this weekend. The Hoosiers are coming off a 55-10 road win over Maryland this past weekend. Indiana is dealing with a handful of injuries, with various players’ statuses becoming clearer the closer we get […]
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The 2025 college football coaching carousel is shaping up to be one of the most interesting of the past several years. With mid-season partings becoming more and more common, there are, as of Week 11, currently head coaching positions open at the following programs: That’s not even factoring in programs that have decisions to make […]
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After a couple of slow starts in exhibition games this preseason, the new look Hoosiers hit the ground running in the season opener against Alabama A&M. The Bulldogs opened the scoring on their first possession, getting three points on an and-one off of a foul from Tucker DeVries. Then Lamar Wilkerson made a 3-pointer off […]
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Indiana men’s basketball opened the 2025-26 season with a 98-51 win over Alabama A&M on Wednesday night at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana. It’s a new era in Bloomington with head coach Darian DeVries coaching his first game with the cream and crimson. His team looked as advertised, scoring plenty of points on one end […]
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The Darian DeVries era of Indiana men’s basketball officially began on Wednesday night with a 98-51 win over Alabama A&M at Assembly Hall in Bloomington. For a fanbase that’s had to grow accustomed to too-close-for-comfort games against inferior competition, the game was certainly a welcome change. Archie Miller’s tenure rather notably began with a blowout […]
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With Indiana set to travel take on Penn State on Saturday at Beaver Stadium in State College, Pennsylvania, we reached out to our friends at Black Shoe Diaries with a few questions on the Nittany Lions. They answered. Here’s what they had to say: Q: There’s obviously quite a bit to talk about, but let’s […]
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Indiana men’s basketball is set to open the 2025-26 season on Wednesday night against Alabama A&M at Assembly Hall. The game will be the official debut of the Hoosiers’ new look roster and marks the true beginning of the Darian DeVries era in Bloomington. Here’s three things to know ahead of the matchup. Nick Dorn’s […]
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Indiana women’s basketball opened up the 2025-26 season with an 80-46 win over Lipscomb on Tuesday night at Assembly Hall in Bloomington. It was the first official look at a new-look Hoosiers roster that features several newcomers and just two returners from the 2024-25 team that reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament before […]
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The College Football Playoff’s selection committee unveiled the first set of rankings for the 2025 season during a live show on ESPN Tuesday night. Indiana, ranked No. 2 in both the AP and Coaches’ top-25 polls, debuted at No. 2. Indiana holds wins over fellow ranked teams No. 9 Oregon and No. 20 Iowa. The […]
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The recruiting situation at Penn State has been in flux since the program parted ways with longtime head coach James Franklin following a disappointing start to a 2025 season that seemed to hold national aspirations for the Nittany Lions. Other programs, including Indiana, have moved in to capitalize and make an impression on prospects currently […]
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It’s been a whirlwind 2025 for Terry Smith. He first joined the football staff at Penn State in 2014 when James Franklin got the head coaching job and brought him in to coach the Nittany Lion cornerbacks and lead defensive recruiting efforts. A Pennsylvania lifer, Smith donned the blue and white himself as a team […]
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