Author: Mike Schumann

In today’s era of fast paced offense and high scoring games, it is rare to hold an opponent without a touchdown for an entire half. In 1910, the Indiana football team did it for an entire season. After compiling a 5-25-1 conference record all-time prior to 1910, not many saw this season coming. But behind three all-conference players, the Hoosiers were dominant all year long. A survey of the season’s results shows that IU outscored their opponents in 1910 by an aggregate score of 111-6, posting shutouts in five of their seven games. DePauw (W, 12-0) at Chicago (W, 6-0)…

This should come as no surprise. IU football coach Curt Cignetti is on the coldest seat in the Big Ten after winning the most games ever in an IU football season, and more than the three prior years combined. CBS Sports’ annual college football coaches’ hot seat rankings were expanded this year, as each coach was given a job security score of 0 to 5. The scores were assigned by nine of the site’s college football analysts. The average of those nine scores fell into one of these categories: 5 — Win or be fired 4-4.99 — Start improving now…

Is Jon Rothstein making the Curt Cignetti mistake? With a new coach and a roster full of productive mid-major players, no one was predicting what happened with IU football in 2024.  The Hoosiers were picked in the bottom third of the Big Ten by all of the national voices, and in the bottom couple spots by most. Will non-power conference players translate to the highest level of the game they asked? Of course you know what happened. When it comes to Indiana basketball in 2025-26, it seems some could be making a similar mistake, including well known national college basketball…

Football data and analysis site PFF says Indiana has three of the top-50 players in college football going into the 2025 season. And while these three Hoosiers will come as no surprise, it’s PFF’s unique methodology of grading players that further substantiates the preseason hype surrounding D’Angelo Ponds, Mikail Kamara and Elijah Sarratt. Using PFF’s exclusive data and grading, they’ve identified the most dominant and valuable players in the country, based on proven production and projection. Here is where they landed in the PFF College 50: The 50 best players in college football ahead of the 2025 season. 24. CB…

Curt Cignetti joked in December he had swept all of the national coach of the year honors except the Dodd Trophy, because you have to be with a team for more than one year to be eligible. At the start of year two in Bloomington, Cignetti is on the radar for the one that got away. Cignetti is one of 26 coaches on the preseason watch list for the 2025 Dodd Trophy, it was announced on Monday. Cignetti will coach against three of the other coaches on the watch list — Illinois’ Bret Bielema, Penn State’s James Franklin, and Oregon’s…

Indiana will get an official visit from one of the top point guards in the 2026 class. Kentucky-based Tay Kinney will visit IU Aug. 29-31, according to multiple Monday morning reports. The visit will coincide with the opening weekend of the IU football season.  The Hoosiers play Old Dominion on Aug. 30. According to the average of the national recruiting sites, Kinney is a 4-star, the No. 3 point guard in the 2026 class, and the No. 15 overall player.  He’s a 5-star according to both 247Sports and ESPN. Kinney was being recruited by the prior Indiana staff and has…

Indiana’s new staff is still issuing offers in the class of 2026. Their latest went to Wasatch Academy guard Junior County from Utah. “I am blessed to receive an offer from Indiana University! Thank you Coach Clark and the rest of the staff for the opportunity,” County wrote on his Instagram page. The 6-foot-5 shooting guard is a consensus 4-star across the national sites.  Based on the national average, he’s the No. 34 overall player in the 2026 class, and the No. 7 point guard.  He’s listed as a point guard by some sites, and a shooting guard by others.…

Class of 2027 guard LJ Smith announced a scholarship offer from Indiana on Sunday afternoon. It appears IU assistant Kenny Johnson is leading the charge here.  Smith thanked Johnson in his announcement of the offer on X. Based on the average of the national recruiting rankings, Smith is a 4-star, the No. 49 player in the 2027 class, and the No. 2 combo guard.  Two outlets — 247Sports and ESPN — have Smith as a top-30 player in the class.  He appears to be trending favorably. Smith played his first two years of high school at Lincolnton H.S. in Lincolnton,…

A dominant defensive line can wreck everything an offense is trying to do. Just ask Michigan State last fall. After allowing 10 points and 123 yards on Michigan State’s first two drives, the IU defense took over in East Lansing. The Hoosiers only allowed 82 yards the rest of the game. The Spartans had -24 net rushing yards for the entire game. Indiana had 15 tackles for loss, seven sacks, and two interceptions. It was a complete annihilation by the IU defense, and it all started up front. “That’s really impressive,” IU coach Curt Cignetti said after Indiana’s 47-10 road…

Indiana has received a commitment from 4-star class of 2026 edge Ronelle Johnson. The 6-foot-4 and 265-pound Johnson chose the Hoosiers over finalists Kansas State, Missouri and Ole Miss.  His decision comes after visiting IU earlier this month. Johnson is the No. 296 overall player in the class and the No. 30 edge according to the average of the national recruiting sites.  He’s the third defensive lineman in Indiana’s 2026 class who is rated a 4-star by at least one of the national recruiting outlets. Playing for Blue Springs H.S. in Blue Springs, Mo., Johnson posted more than 60 tackles,…