Author: Mike Schumann

Sam Alexis announced Sunday afternoon his intent to return to IU basketball for the 2026-27. “Let’s do it again Hoosier Nation,” Alexis wrote on his Instagram account, accompanied by the following photo: Alexis won an injunction in a Tennessee court last week to play a fifth season of college basketball. The NCAA could appeal the injunction, which might create legal hurdles before the start of the 2026-27 season. Alexis joined the IU basketball team in Peru last month, signaling a possible return to the team for a fifth season. The 6-foot-9 and 240-pound Alexis played in three games for Team…

NFL training camps are underway and there has been news related to former IU players this week. 49ers rookie defensive end Mikail Kamara was carted off the practice field on Saturday. Reporters at 49ers camp said Kamara appeared to suffer a knee injury. Kamara was an undrafted free agent.  He played a total of six years for coach Curt Cignetti, four at James Madison and two more after transferring to Indiana. Kamara is competing for roster spot as a pass rusher and special teams contributor. Former IU tight end Zach Horton was waived by the Detroit Lions this week.  Signed…

August is setting up to be a wild month across college sports. Get ready for some last minute roster reshuffling. Judge Charlotte Sweeney of the U.S. District Court of Colorado granted a class-wide preliminary injunction on Friday requiring the NCAA to declare all athletes from the high school class of 2022 eligible for the 2026-27 year. “All persons in the United States who began to play in collegiate sports in the 2022-2023 season, competed in NCAA Division I sports, and completed four years of eligibility as defined by the NCAA’s prior rules by the conclusion of the 2025-2026 season, and…

After spending the week with IU basketball in Peru, Sam Alexis has won an injunction in a Tennessee court to play a fifth season of college basketball. The news comes just days after head coach Darian DeVries said Indiana was open to a late roster addition to the team. It is not yet clear if Alexis will play for Indiana. An Indiana spokesperson declined to comment on the developing situation.  There is no indication Alexis entered the transfer portal during the April window.  The court order also requires the NCAA to open the transfer portal Aug. 3-10, which would seem…

Indiana coach Curt Cignetti likes to poke the SEC. A year ago the former Alabama assistant coach mocked their eight-game conference schedule.  The SEC changed that a month later. With a 38-3 win Indiana over Alabama at the Rose Bowl and a third straight Big Ten national title since that comment, this year Cignetti has the bully pulpit. He targeted what has at times seemed like incessant yapping by leaders from the SEC.  Cignetti slipped in his latest jab from the podium at Big Ten media day in Chicago on Thursday. “The Big Ten is the best league in football,…

Former IU basketball forward Reed Bailey is part of a group of 50 players seeking an injunction to play a fifth year of eligibility. That’s according to a report by Pete Nakos of On3. It’s not clear if Bailey is seeking a return to Indiana.  The Hoosiers have an open roster spot and coach Darian DeVries said earlier this week the program is open to a late addition. Graduate transfers are now required to enter the transfer portal during the lone spring window open for all players.  It’s unclear if Bailey entered the transfer portal.  There have been no reports…

Defensive lineman Triston Abram intends to enter the transfer portal, he announced on Wednesday. A 3-star recruit out of St. Louis, the 6-foot-3 and 228-pound Abram did not see the field as a true freshman in 2025.  He’ll depart IU with four years of eligibility remaining. The move comes despite significant losses on the edge for IU.  Key 2025 contributors Mikail Kamara, Stephen Daley and Kellan Wyatt all exhausted their eligibility. But attrition along the defensive front was not unexpected.  Indiana had significant depth there on the spring roster. “Defensively we have 18 defensive linemen, between D-ends, D-tackles, good young…

Purdue football’s last win over a power conference opponent came nearly three years ago, against IU in 2023. Much has changed since then. That win by the Boilermakers was the final nail in Tom Allen’s tenure as head coach in Bloomington.  A year later new Hoosier head coach Curt Cignetti would return the favor and deliver a 66-0 win that ended the Ryan Walters era in West Lafayette. Walters’ replacement Barry Odom didn’t fare much better against the Hoosiers, falling 56-3 inside a Ross-Ade Stadium with more red than black and gold in the stands. While the Boilermakers are 0-18…

IU football is on the verge of assembling back-to-back (2027 and 2026) high school recruiting classes ranked right around No. 30 nationally. From a historical perspective, that’s bordering on as good as it gets for the Hoosiers, just short of the all-time best in 2022. But the class of 2028 — rising high school juniors — will be interesting to watch from an Indiana perspective. It is the first group whose recruitments were not already well down a path as the Hoosiers shocked the college football world with a 16-0 national championship run.  They’ve had a clean look at consecutive…

The man who orchestrated some of the best defenses in IU football history passed away this week. Longtime college football coach Joe Novak was 81.  He was the defensive coordinator at IU for 12 seasons (1984-1995) under head coach Bill Mallory. At Indiana, he was a part of seven winning regular seasons and six post-season bowl appearances in 12 years. His 1993 Indiana defense produced three shutouts during an 8-4 campaign while finishing seventh in the country in scoring defense. Under Novak, IU claimed six first team All-Big Ten selections on defense and seven defenders were picked for at least…