Author: Mike Schumann

IU football coach Curt Cignetti took a risk to become a head coach at age 50. His last salary as an Alabama receivers coach in 2010 was $250,000.  And his first salary as a head coach the next year in 2011 was $125,000, at the other Indiana University — in Pennsylvania. Cignetti said last year he was reluctant to tell his Hall of Fame father Frank he was making that move. “I did not tell him I was going to take the IUP job because I knew what he was going to say. I called him the night before and…

Indiana got a jolt of stability when Curt Cignetti signed a new 8-year deal this week, and said he plans to retire at the school. Meanwhile, one of the schools widely rumored to have been pursuing Cignetti continues to spiral. Penn State fired James Franklin last weekend, and their once promising recruiting class of 2026 is crumbling. One of the top players in that Nittany Lions class — 6-foot and 185-pound safety Matt Sieg — is visiting Bloomington this weekend. According to national 247Sports recruiting analyst Tom Loy, Sieg will visit IU’s sold out game vs. Michigan State this weekend,…

Exhibitions often present an opportunity to go deep into the bench and test various lineups. Indiana won’t have that luxury when it hosts Marian Friday evening in Bloomington (7:30 p.m. ET, BTN Plus). Junior wing Nick Dorn is nearing a return from a foot injury, but he won’t play against the Knights. “Starting to work his way back into some action. Don’t anticipate him playing any tomorrow night,” IU coach Darian DeVries said Thursday of Dorn.  “The (Oct. 26) Baylor game I would probably say doubtful as well. We’ll see where that leads. “We’re certainly getting closer to getting him…

The Penn State noise has been shut down. For the second time in as many years, Indiana has restructured head football coach Curt Cignetti’s contract during the season. The new deal has an average annual compensation of approximately $11.6 million. Cignetti’s new contract runs through November 30, 2033. “I couldn’t be more proud to be a Hoosier, and I plan on retiring a Hoosier,” Cignetti said in a video released on social media. A Hoosier through & through. Our coach, @CCignettiIU. 🎥 pic.twitter.com/DFo7n6Ke1w — Indiana Football (@IndianaFootball) October 16, 2025 Here’s the full Thursday release from IU Athletics: ————————————————– Bloomington,…

In so many ways, Indiana basketball has turned the page. There won’t be any familiar faces on the IU bench Friday evening when the Darian DeVries era unofficially tips off via an exhibition matchup in Bloomington. Not only is DeVries the new head coach — replacing former star player Mike Woodson — but the assistants are all new, the players are all new (save for a couple walk-ons), and the support staff is all new. While DeVries has said multiple times he fully embraces IU basketball’s rich history, he’s ushering in this next phase of the program with a total…

The 2025 NFL season is underway, and seven former Hoosiers saw the field in week six. Here’s a quick overview of how they performed. Dan Feeney – Tampa Bay Buccaneers, OL Feeney saw his first action of the 2025 season and first with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in week six.  He played two special teams snaps.  Feeney has now played in 121 games over nine NFL seasons.  Tampa Bay is his fifth NFL team on the active roster.  He is the longest-tenured Hoosier in the league. Luke Haggard – Tampa Bay Buccaneers, OL After spending the last two years on…

IU football coach Curt Cignetti likes to say his team has to avoid the “noise and clutter” to stay focused from week to week. But with Indiana experiencing unprecedented success, the noise is becoming difficult to ignore. Major job openings seem to emerge by the week, and each time that happens, Cignetti’s name is mentioned as a desirable, even if unlikely, candidate. Whether or not it is reaching the facilities in Bloomington, there’s significant outside noise and clutter attaching Cignetti’s name to the job opening at Penn State. And whether or not someone like Cignetti would ever be interested in…

To the victor goes the spoils, and Indiana’s 6-0 start and win at former No. 2 Oregon has resulted in a lengthy list of awards and recognition. Fisher Named Big Ten and National Player of the Week The anchor for a defense that held Oregon to its fewest yards of total offense under head coach Dan Lanning and fewest yards since 2021 (Utah; 221), Aiden Fisher was honored with a pair of national awards and selected as the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week. Along with the B1G honor, Fisher was named the Bednarik Award Player of the Week and the…

IU football achieved bowl eligibility with their win at Oregon on Saturday, and no one noticed. That’s because if the season ended today, Indiana would almost certainly have a bye in the College Football Playoff — after competing in the Big Ten championship game. Like the AP top-25 and Coaches Poll, IU football is almost universally thought of as a top-four team.  And they won’t have to win the Big Ten to get a bye and host a CFP game in 2025. A new CFP policy implemented in 2025 guarantees the five highest-ranked conference champions a place in the Playoff,…

Indiana basketball is not ranked to open the 2025-26 college basketball season. The Hoosiers have not been ranked since the 2022-23 season. One voter did include IU in their preseason rankings. Indiana will see plenty of ranked teams this season, however. In total 12 teams from the Big Ten are ranked or also receiving votes. Purdue is No. 1 in the preseason for the first time.  Meanwhile, Michigan is No. 7, UCLA is No. 12, Illinois is No. 17, Michigan State is No. 22 and Wisconsin is No. 24.  Also receiving votes from the league are Oregon, Ohio State, USC,…