Author: Mike Schumann

For a generation, the culture of Wisconsin football was clear as day, even from the outside looking in. Toughness, physicality, in your face, down your throat.  Oh, and winning.  Lots of winning. During a 10-game losing streak to the Badgers that spanned 2005 to 2017, Wisconsin beat Indiana by an average score of 51 to 14 (you had it coming Bret Bielema). But the times, they are changing in the Big Ten. Indiana has defeated Wisconsin two games in a row, and that has come before a coaching change at Indiana that has the Hoosiers off to a 15-2 start…

Indiana football will open the 2026 season on Sept. 5 with a game against North Texas at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, North Texas reported on Wednesday. This was a spot previously filled by Colorado State.  The Bloomington Herald Times is reporting Colorado State paid IU to void that contract. The North Texas Mean Green (named after Pittsburgh Steelers legend Mean Joe Greene) play in the American Athletic Conference.  In his third season leading the program, head coach Eric Morris has North Texas off to a 4-0 start that includes a 59-10 home win over Washington State.  With a top-10 scoring…

Indiana received good news from the courtroom on Wednesday afternoon. Dallas County, Texas judge Dale Tillery ruled IU football safety Louis Moore won an injunction against the NCAA to remain eligible the rest of the 2025 season. A Temporary Restraining Order clearing Moore for the rest of the season was filed in the Dallas County Court portal. “This Court is of the opinion that Moore is entitled to the issuance of Temporary Injunction and that such an Order is necessary to protect Moore’s rights and interests,” Tillery wrote.  “This Order is necessary because of the immediate need to allow Moore…

Fall is here and that means we’re in official visit and commitment season. So it’s time to take another look at where things stand with Indiana and their primary class of 2026 targets. New IU basketball coach Darian DeVries and his staff have extended more than 20 offers in the class of 2026, and we’ve reported on all of them. Here’s the latest on where things stand: COMMITTED:  This is the easy part.  Maryland-based 6-foot-4 guard Prince Alexander-Moody committed in June and he’s been a vocal supporter since.  Based on the average of the national recruiting sites, he’s a 3-star, the No.…

Other than all three phases of the game, the Big Ten’s all-time winningest coach has no concerns about Indiana. That was the playful assessment Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz gave of Indiana on Tuesday. The more serious version? After watching the Hoosiers post 63 points on Illinois Saturday night, Ferentz compared IU to last year’s national champs. And if you’re an opposing coach in front of a microphone on game week, why not?  IU’s 219 total points to start the season are the most it’s ever scored in a four-game stretch, breaking the record of 213 set last year.  They…

The 2025 NFL season is underway, and seven former Hoosiers saw the field in week three. Here’s a quick overview of how they performed. Dan Feeney – Tampa Bay Buccaneers, OL This week featured an IU invasion of the Tampa Bay offensive line. Tampa Bay signed Feeney off Buffalo’s practice squad.  He did not play in his first game with the Bucs.  His return to a roster makes Feeney the active longest tenured former Hoosier in the NFL.  He has played in 120 games over the last eight seasons.  Tampa Bay is his fifth NFL team roster. Luke Haggard -…

Indiana offered one of the top power forwards in the 2027 class. Florida-based Jeremy Jenkins announced an offer from the IU staff. The 6-foot-9 and 233-pound Jenkins attends Overtime Elite in Atlanta.  He transferred there this offseason from Riviera Prep (Miami, Fla.) Jenkins is a consensus top-40 overall prospect and top-7 power forward in the 2027 class.  Based on the average of the national outlets, he’s the No. 22 overall player in the junior class, and the No. 5 power forward. Jenkins has good length with around a plus-three wingspan, and he plays with a very high motor. On film…

It’s a new week and IU football coach Curt Cignetti has turned the page to the next opponent, the Iowa Hawkeyes. But in paying his respects to Iowa’s football program and head coach Kirk Ferentz, Cignetti perhaps inadvertently shoveled one more pile of dirt on Illinois’ grave. “Iowa, it’s a tough place to play, Kinnick Stadium. They sell out almost every Saturday. It’s loud. So we’re going to have to play well,” Cignetti at his regular Monday press conference in Bloomington.  “This will be a challenge, a more difficult challenge than the last one (against Illinois), for sure.” What all…

For the first time since the first round of the College Football Playoff last December, IU football is taking the show on the road. No. 11/12 Indiana travels to Iowa this Saturday for a 3:30 p.m. ET kickoff at Kinnick Stadium (Peacock).  The Hawkeyes are coming off an extra day of rest following their 38-28 road win at Rutgers on Friday night. The game is Iowa’s homecoming weekend.  The Hoosiers have lost four straight in Iowa City, with their last win coming in 2007.  Since that 38-20 win, the Hawkeyes have won eight of nine in the series. Iowa is…

Below we took a look at Pro Football Focus (PFF) grades, notes and snap counts from Indiana’s week three contest vs. Illinois. With a dominant performance, the Hoosiers moved up to No. 1 overall at PFF through four games.  They have the No. 1 offense in the nation (tied with Rutgers) and the No. 4 defense. Next up for No. 11/12 Indiana (4-0) is a trip to Iowa to face the 3-1 Hawkeyes at Kinnick Stadium on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET. OFFENSIVE STANDOUT The top overall offensive grade went to running back Khobie Martin, who sliced through a battered…