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Hoosiers Daily News: Opposing coaches share intel on Indiana QB Josh Hoover
Indiana football is used to its doubters at this point. Countless voices across the media and fan landscape downplayed the Hoosiers’ breakout season in 2024 under Curt Cignetti, going as far as questioning their inclusion in that year’s College Football Playoff. Indiana wasn’t even projected to be in the Big Ten Championship Game last preseason […]
Hoosiers Daily News: What Indiana football’s rise has meant for the athletic department
Football can be a rising tide that lifts all boats. That was generally the idea when Indiana approached a coaching search following the ill-fated 2023 season, Tom Allen’s final year as head coach in Bloomington. The goal seemed to be finding, and hiring, a coach who could get Indiana into the postseason on a consistent […]
Indiana fans share slight approval of cancelling the Notre Dame series
Indiana football caught quite a bit of heat last week when news came out that the Hoosiers requested out of their coming series against Notre Dame. Hoosier fans, are slightly divided on the topic, with a majority voicing approval for the series’ cancellation in our Reacts Survey this past week. Of those who responded, 57% […]
ESPN analyst sees Indiana, Curt Cignetti atop college football for the foreseeable future
Indiana football burst onto the national scene in 2024, its first season under head coach Curt Cignetti, winning 11 regular season games and crashing the first 12-team College Football Playoff. The Hoosiers rose even higher in 2025, going undefeated in the regular season, earning the playoff’s No. 1-seed following the Big Ten Championship win and […]
WATCH: Indiana’s Curt Cignetti opens week two of fall camp on Monday
Indiana football head coach Curt Cignetti addressed the media on Monday to open the Hoosiers’ second week of fall camp ahead of the 2026 season. There was much to discuss given the recent news of Stephen Daley and Kellan Wyatt’s return to the roster for fifth seasons of eligibility, the recent press conference gaffe from […]
Indiana’s Curt Cignetti gives health update on returners Stephen Daley and Kellan Wyatt
Indiana football’s already formidable defense got a huge boost last week with Stephen Daley and Kellan Wyatt, members of the Hoosier defensive line in 2025, announced their returns to the roster ahead of the 2026 season for fifth seasons of eligibility. Both Daley and Wyatt’s 2025 seasons came to a close due to injury. Daley […]
WATCH: Indiana’s Curt Cignetti sits down with ESPN’s Rece Davis
Nobody loves watching film quite as much as Indiana football head coach Curt Cignetti. Cignetti was one of multiple interviews completed by ESPN broadcaster Rece Davis this offseason, who also spent time with Miami’s Mario Cristobal and Texas Tech’s Joey Maguire. Davis structures these interviews by meeting subjects where they’re comfortable doing what they love. […]
Curt Cignetti had the perfect response to new Purdue AD’s jab
The Indiana-Purdue rivalry was back in headlines last week and, just like on the field, it didn’t go all that well for the Boilermakers. Incoming Purdue athletic director Tommy McClelland, set to take over in January following the departure of Mike Bobinski, took an ill-advised swipe at Indiana during his introductory press conference last week. […]
Indiana football: The backup quarterback race heats up
According to reporting from Michael Niziolek of the Herald-Times, Indiana quarterback Tyler Cherry got reps with the second team today after having been behind Grant Wilson on the depth chart for the first three days of fall camp. Because he missed 2025 with an injury, Cherry is still listed as a redshirt freshman on Indiana’s […]
Indiana Reacts Survey: Do the Hoosiers have the best defensive line in college football?
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. Indiana football’s already formidable 2026 defense got a huge boost this past week. Stephen Daley and Kellen Wyatt, key pieces of the Hoosier defensive line in […]
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 […]
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