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Indiana opened as the betting favorite over Alabama in the 2026 Rose Bowl Game, which doubles as a College Football Playoff quarterfinal, with FanDuel Sportsbook giving it a 6.5-point edge. The over/under is set at 48.5 points. The No. 1-seed Hoosiers are set to face off against the No. 9-seed Crimson Tide after the latter […]
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Indiana men’s basketball (8-2, 1-1 Big Ten) is set to take on Chicago State (2-10 [oh no], 0-0 NEC) in its return to action this coming weekend after a week off from basketball. The Hoosiers’ last outing was a 72-60 defeat at Kentucky that featured a second half scoring margin straight out of a nightmare. […]
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Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza has been a lot of things this year. The Hoosiers’ leader on offense, the single-season touchdown pass record holder, the Big Ten Football Championship game MVP and the Heisman Trophy winner. Now he’s another: the namesake of a Bob Baffert horse. Mendoza, a yearling born from two Hall of Fame Thoroughbred […]
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Indiana and Mike Shanahan, the program’s second year offensive coordinator, have agreed to terms on a 3-year contract extension, according to reporting from Michael Niziolek from the Bloomington Herald-Times. The Hoosiers have now moved to extend both their offensive and defensive coordinators, with Bryant Haines inking a new contract days ago. Indiana sits at No. […]
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No. 1 Indiana football is set to play in the Rose Bowl for a spot in the College Football Playoff semifinals. The Hoosiers earned the berth with a 13-10 win over No. 2 Ohio State in the Big Ten Football Championship game. Fernando Mendoza, who’d go on to win the 2025 Heisman Trophy, gave a […]
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Ten (or 11, in this case) games into a new head coach’s tenure is no time to rush to conclusive judgments about a coach or their strategies. Especially not in the case of somebody like Darian DeVries, who was tasked with a roster overhaul that would have been inconceivable pre-NIL and transfer portal. That doesn’t […]
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It’s December. I cannot emphasize this enough: it is December. Year one. Darian DeVries has really just gotten started as Indiana’s head coach. Unlike his two predecessors, he didn’t have any strong returning talent to build around, he had to assemble his first roster entirely through the transfer portal. Which, very honestly, isn’t an all-you-can-eat […]
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Indiana men’s basketball suffered arguably its most painful loss of the season this past Saturday, blowing a seven-point halftime lead to fall to a Kentucky team that’s had its own share of struggles throughout the season. As we reach the holiday break, head coach Darian DeVries’ first season has already seen its ups and downs. […]
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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. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. For the first time in several decades, Indiana is Rose Bowl-bound. For the first time ever, […]
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We’re coming off of a pretty eventful weekend for Indiana. On one hand, Fernando Mendoza was named the winner of the 2025 Heisman Trophy on Saturday night, becoming the first player in Indiana program history to win the award. On another, the men’s basketball team fell to Kentucky on the road following a second half […]
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Indiana starts its renewed rivalry slate with a loss. The Hoosiers fell 72-60 to Kentucky on Saturday night in a road matchup at Rupp Arena after a 40-21 second half run from the Wildcats. Total collapse in the final 20 minutes. There was a lot not to like. Here’s five things we learned from the […]
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For the first time, the Heisman is a Hoosier. Fernando Mendoza, after leading No. 1 Indiana to a 12-0 finish in the regular season and a 13-10 win in the Big Ten Football Championship game, is the winner of the 2025 Heisman Trophy. After transferring from Cal this past offseason to join his younger brother […]
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For the first time in history, there’s a Hoosier Heisman. Fernando Mendoza, who quarterbacked Indiana to a 12-0 record in the regular season and a 13-10 win over Ohio State in the Big Ten Football Championship game, was named the winner of the 2025 Heisman Trophy during a televised ceremony on Saturday night in New […]
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One of the top defensive coaches in the country is staying in Bloomington. Indiana and Bryant Haines, the Hoosiers’ defensive coordinator, have agreed to terms on a new contract that is set to make him one of the highest-paid assistant coaches in all of college football, per reporting from Matt Zenitz, a senior reporter with […]
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The 2025 Holiday season is upon us, as is No. 1 13-0 Indiana football, the Heisman Trophy ceremony and so much more. With a historic regular season in the rearview mirror and plenty of opportunity ahead, starting with the Rose Bowl, now is as good a time as any to stock up on Hoosiers gear […]
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No. 1 Indiana football quarterback Fernando Mendoza was named a finalist for the Heisman Trophy on Monday and is set to attend the award ceremony on Saturday night in New York City. He’ll be joined by fellow finalists in Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia, Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love and Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin. […]
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Indiana men’s basketball (8-2, 1-1 Big Ten) is set to take on Kentucky (6-4, 0-0 SEC) in a renewal of the annual rivalry series on Saturday evening at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. The Hoosiers are coming off of a dominant 113-72 win over Penn State that saw Lamar Wilkerson catch fire from deep en […]
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Indiana heads to Kentucky this Saturday for the first of a three game matchup that features a home game for each team and one neutral site game. The Hoosiers and Wildcats have a pair of new(ish) coaches in Darian DeVries and Mark Pope, respectively, who each have a lot to prove still this season. As […]
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When Indiana and Kentucky announced that they’d be reviving a rivalry series, back in 2023, the teams were led by Mike Woodson and John Calipari, respectively. A lot has changed for both programs since then. For starters, the ground has even shifted for each program dramatically since the Week 4 AP men’s basketball rankings came […]
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So much has changed about college sports in the past five years. Too much. This isn’t to say that every instance of change was bad. Athletes receiving fair compensation for their name, image and likeness and being granted the same freedoms as coaching staffs has generated plenty of controversy, but it was a necessary, sound […]
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Indiana men’s basketball head coach Darian DeVries addressed the media on Thursday afternoon ahead of Saturday’s matchup against Kentucky at Rupp Arena in Lexington. Asked about the history between the two programs and how important it is for the Wildcats to be on the Hoosiers’ schedule, DeVries implied that he’d like to keep it that […]
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On Saturday night, Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza lifted both the Stagg Championship Trophy and the Grange–Griffin Championship Game Most Valuable Player Trophy after leading the Hoosiers to a win over Ohio State in the Big Ten Football Championship game. In turn, Indiana fans have spent the ensuing week lifting their quarterback. Namely, he and his […]
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Indiana got back in the win column with a blowout victory over the Penn State Nittany Lions, 113-72. It was Indiana’s first time breaking 100 points in a Big Ten win since 2017. The real story of the night was Lamar Wilkerson, who set an Assembly Hall record with 44-points and program record with 10 […]
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Indiana (8-2, 1-1) snapped its two-game losing streak with a blowout win over Penn State (8-2, 0-1) behind an offensive explosion led by Lamar Wilkerson, who finished with a record-setting 44 points. Wilkerson alone gave Penn State all it could handle, singlehandedly outscoring the Nittany Lions for almost 17 of the 20 minutes in the […]
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Indiana’s Lamar Wilkerson set program-records for made 3-pointers and points scored in a game at Assembly Hall with 44 points on 10-15 from deep. It was also his career-high in scoring and the first time in his four seasons in college basketball with 10 made threes. Wilkerson started the night hot, making his first three […]
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