Things appear to be moving fast with Indiana and 2026 point guard Anthony Brown. After IU basketball offered the Washington D.C. 4-star last week, he plans to visit Bloomington next week according to a report by Sam Kayser. This comes after head coach Darian DeVries and assistant Kenny Johnson visited Brown on Monday according to Colby Giacubeno. The 6-foot-1 Brown is coming off a breakout Nike EYBL spring and summer season in which he averaged 18.9 points. 4.7 assists, and 3.5 rebounds while leading Team Durant to the final eight at the Peach Jam. Both Brown and Indiana are reshuffling…
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Saturday will mark that second-ever game in the Indiana vs. Illinois series where both teams were ranked. In this week’s AP Poll, Indiana is No. 19 and Illinois is No. 9. In 74 previous head-to-head meetings that has only happened one other time, and that game was played in 1950 in the other Memorial Stadium — in Champaign, Ill. Coming off a stunning 20-7 home win over No. 11 Notre Dame, Clyde Smith’s 1950 Hoosiers entered the AP Poll at No. 19 and hit the road to face No. 12 Illinois. It was the beginning of the end for Smith,…
After he equaled the Indiana football program record for receiving touchdowns in a single game, redshirt junior wide receiver Omar Cooper Jr. was selected as the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week, as announced by the conference office on Monday. Cooper Jr. piled up four touchdown grabs to equal the program’s single-game mark of James Hardy versus Michigan State in 2006. His touchdown grabs went for 13, 13, 31 and 58 yards, while eight of his 10 receptions accounted for a touchdown or a first down. The 24 points scored are tied for No. 3 on the single-game scoring…
As is the case each season, the Big Ten is rolling out kick times and television designations a couple weeks ahead of each game. Indiana and Iowa will kick at 3:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, Sept. 27 in Iowa City, the league office announced today. The game will be streamed exclusively on Peacock. Unranked Iowa has started the 2025 season 2-1, with wins over UMass and Albany, and a loss at Iowa State. They have a Friday night game at Rutgers ahead of their battle with the Hoosiers. This will be IU’s first trip to Iowa since a 2021 season-opening…
IU football running back Lee Beebe, Jr. has been lost for the season due to a non-contact knee injury, head coach Curt Cignetti announced on Monday. Beebe, Jr. suffered the injury on Friday while carrying the ball during the second half of Indiana’s 73-0 win over Indiana State. He fell to the ground as he ran to the left towards the IU sideline and immediately grabbed his knee. Beebe, Jr. rushed 27 times for 209 yards and a touchdown this season. A redshirt junior, Beebe, Jr. was eligible to return in 2026 irrespective of this injury. He already took a…
The long anticipated Big Ten opener against Illinois is here. With both teams off to 3-0 starts, No. 17/19 Indiana hosts No. 8/9 Illinois this Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET (NBC). Led by head coach Bret Bielema, the Fighting Illini are averaging 45 points per game, good for 14th in the nation, and they are giving up 7.3 a contest, good for No. 5. Their wins have come against Western Illinois (52-3), at Duke (45-19), and Western Michigan (38-0). Bielema is 128-80 all-time as a head coach, 31-22 at Illinois, and 13-3 over the last two seasons. Illinois quarterback Luke…
Below we took a look at Pro Football Focus (PFF) grades, notes and snap counts from their week three contest vs. Indiana State. With solid overall grades this week, the Hoosiers moved up to No. 3 overall at PFF ahead of the results of the Saturday games. They have the No. 3 offense and No. 5 defense. They’ll likely fall some after the Saturday games are fully baked in. Next up for Indiana (3-0) is No. 9 Illinois in a sold out primetime Saturday matchup (7:30 p.m. ET, NBC). The Illini are also 3-0 to start the season. OFFENSIVE STANDOUTS…
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana defeated Indiana State on Friday at Memorial Stadium by a final score of 73-0. Below are three quick reasons why the Hoosiers won, along with highlights and final stats. For Curt Cignetti postgame, GO HERE. Indiana (3-0) will host Illinois next Saturday to open Big Ten play. Stay tuned for more coverage of the game from The Daily Hoosier. —————————————————— THREE QUICK REASONS WHY INDIANA WON 1. Fernando Mendoza nearly perfect. Indiana went with a pass heavy approach in the first half, and starting quarterback Fernando Mendoza set a program completion percentage record with a 19 of…
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Follow along below for live updates from Indiana football’s week three game against Indiana State at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington. Refresh the page for the latest developments. The newest game updates will appear at the top. You can share your thoughts during the game in the discussion thread below, or better yet, join our Discord community for live interaction with the TDH staff. Join our Premium Discord Chat by GOING HERE. Indiana and Indiana State kick at 6:30 p.m. ET. The game will be televised on the Big Ten Network. ———————————————————– FINAL STATS: FOURTH QUARTER: TOUCHDOWN INDIANA: Khobie Martin 1…
The safety and punter positions continue to be the areas of concern on Indiana’s injury report for game three. Freshman safety Byron Baldwin will miss his third straight game at the start of his IU career based on the Big Ten availability report published two hours before the Hoosiers and Indiana State kick at 6:30 p.m. ET on Friday (BTN). Safety Bryson Bonds is also on the report, as he will be for the remainder of the season after suffering a knee injury in week one. The Hoosiers have starting safeties Amare Ferrell and Louis Moore, and rover Devan Boykin…