Author: Mike Schumann

“Coach Woodson, I just want to thank you so much for believing in me for all these years,” IU guard Trey Galloway said at the microphone on Senior Day in March. “I wouldn’t want to have any other coach than you.” Galloway then announced his return to Indiana for a fifth season.  And those comments came just moments after his long-time teammate Anthony Leal said “There’s no other coach in the country that I would trust with anything in my life than coach Woodson.” Both Leal and Galloway put the full weight of their support behind IU head coach Mike…

Just about any way you measure D’Angelo Ponds’ freshman season at James Madison, it was a rousing success. The West Park, Fla. based cornerback arrived in Harrisonburg last summer as a solid recruit for the Dukes, but under the national radar. Ponds was a 3-star prospect out of Chaminade-Madonna Prep H.S. in Miami.  He was ranked the 1,563rd best player in the 2023 class according to On3’s average of the national recruiting sites, and just the No. 140 cornerback.  His only Power Five offer came from Syracuse. Indiana has had success with players who had similar recruiting resumes.  Micah McFadden…

Former IU baseball pitcher Andrew Saalfrank, who was most recently pitching for Triple-A Reno, received a one-year suspension for betting on baseball in 2021 and 2022. At the time, he was with Low-A Visalia recovering from Tommy John Surgery.  He bet a total of $445 and lost money. In September, Saalfrank became the latest Hoosier to make his postseason debut in the MLB.  That came after earning the call to the big leagues in September. The lefty threw 10.1 scoreless innings in relief during the 2023 regular season, and he had 3.18 ERA in 5.2 postseason innings including three appearances…

High school basketball recruiting is full steam ahead at the moment. Most of the top class of 2025 targets are eyeing visits over the next five months in order to reach a college decision before their final high school season and the early signing period. Two players IU is targeting in the 2025 class spoke this week about where they stand with visits. Because of the transfer portal, the class of 2026 is still pretty far out on the horizon, but we share two names to know in that rising junior class IU is talking to but hasn’t offered yet…

Indiana announced on Monday morning their plan to move the student section for football games entirely to the north end zone. The move had some fans frustrated, mainly season ticket holders in the north end zone who were notified by IU of the move, and their relocation, just a few months before the 2024 season. IU Senior Associate Athletic Director Jeremy Gray, who is also the PA voice at men’s and women’s basketball games, posted a thread on X describing more background on the change. And according to Gray, the student section change is just one of many IU football…

Indiana picked up a commitment from class of 2025 running back Sean Cuono on Monday. The Clearwater Central Catholic H.S. product (Clearwater, Fla.) announced his decision on his X page. He was coming off an official visit to Bloomington over the weekend.  Cuono also visited IU earlier in the year. A 3-star running back, Cuono is the No. 52 running back in the 2025 class based on the On3 Industry Average. The 5-foot-11 and 195-pound Cuono rushed for 1,024 yards and eight touchdowns on 145 carries as a junior in 2023.  He added 12 catches for 128 yards and one…

The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame announced today the names on the 2025 ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame, including 77 players and nine coaches from the Football Bowl Subdivision and 101 players and 34 coaches from the divisional ranks. Included are two former IU football stars — running back Vaughn Dunbar and quarterback Antwaan Randle El. “It’s an enormous honor to just be on the College Football Hall of Fame ballot considering more than 5.7 million people have played college football and only 1,093 players have been inducted,” said NFF President…

There were race cars on the field, guitars, boom boxes and plenty more involved as IU football hosted an impressive group of class of 2025 visitors over the weekend. Indiana’s 9-player 2025 class is currently in the national top-40, and with additional commitments from this group they can build towards one of their best classes ever. Here’s a summary of who was in Bloomington: ——————————— JULIAN LEWIS Position – QB Hometown – Carrollton, Ga. Ranking – 5-star / No. 10  overall / No. 2 QB Status – Offered Other Notable Offers – USC, Colorado, Auburn Thank you @IndianaFootball for a…

Indiana is moving the football student section to the north end zone. In a release IU Athletics says “students can look forward to being surrounded by fellow classmates in an enhanced and relocated IU football student section at Memorial Stadium in 2024.” The entire IU football student section is being moved to the north end of the stadium between sections 13 and 24.  You can see the seating chart below. The school says the change will enable all IU students to sit together, and this contiguous student section will also enable more IU students to be seated closer to the…

14 former IU football players  are currently with NFL teams as we are now past the draft and free agency, and approach another summer of training camps and roster cuts. Organized Team Activities (OTAs) and mandatory minicamps are in late May and early June. Training camps open around the league in mid-to-late July, and the preseason begins in early August. Here are the former IU players currently under contract with teams around the NFL: Ryder Anderson – DE, New York Giants Anderson signed with the Giants as a free agent in 2022.  While most of his time has been spent…