Author: Mike Schumann

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…

We’ve reached the pinnacle of talking season, and lots of people are talking about Indiana football. As we’ve shared throughout the offseason, most national commentators and computer models are not picking the Hoosiers to repeat as national champions in 2026. But don’t count ESPN’s Pete Thamel among the IU doubters. “I’m just going to spoiler alert everything here,” Thamel said on the College GameDay Podcast. “I said this when we did way-too-early, whatever, in January after the year. I’m taking Indiana. Until they prove otherwise, I am taking Indiana. “That’s not that I think Ohio State’s gonna be bad, or anyone…

The IU basketball team is departing Peru this evening, and for the players that means some well earned time off until the fall semester begins in Bloomington in a few weeks. But for the staff, it means one final evaluation of the roster, with the benefit of five games and nearly two months of practice to consider.  If they perceive a glaring void, there still might be time to address it. The Hoosiers went to Peru with just 12 scholarship players on the team, meaning they can add one more.  Under the current framework, men’s basketball teams can have up…

After watching Indiana win five games over the last two weeks all by more than 30 points, it would be easy to overreact and conclude the Hoosiers are bound for greatness in 2026-27. Let’s be completely clear – none of those games provided a glimpse of what Indiana will face in the Big Ten this season, or even what they’ll see against mid-major teams. But the summer of 2026 has provided a unique opportunity. The Daily Hoosier has seen this new-look IU basketball squad play those five games plus three more closed practices.  Even with all of the new faces,…

Below is a live stream of the basketball action as Indiana (Team USA) takes on US Virgin Islands in the Monday championship of the FISU America Games in Lima, Peru. The game is scheduled to tip around 4 p.m. ET. Further below are scoring updates from the game.  Refresh the page for updates. Feel free to share your thoughts in the discussion thread below.  Stay tuned for more coverage from The Daily Hoosier. https://youtu.be/lZkwxOK6yfQ https://youtu.be/AILzaL13Bn8 FINAL Indiana wins it 99-56.  Here are the final scoring leaders: – Lindsay – 17 – Manhertz – 15 – Harris – 13 -…

It’s Big Ten football media days week, and that means we get some annual insights from the media who cover the league on the outlook for the 2026 season. IU football coach Curt Cignetti says he’s always in search of an edge, always looking to have a chip on his shoulder. The annual Cleveland.com and USA Today media predictions for the 2026 Big Ten standings should provide some fuel. After a 16-0 national championship season, the Hoosiers are predicted to finish third in the league in both polls.  Several IU players earned recognition, including a Big Ten Defensive Player of…

Below is a live stream of the basketball action as Indiana (Team USA) takes on Chile in semifinal action Saturday in Lima, Peru at the FISU America Games. The game is scheduled to tip around 3 p.m. ET. Further below are scoring updates from the game. Feel free to share your thoughts in the discussion thread below.  Stay tuned for more coverage from The Daily Hoosier. https://youtu.be/w9Fq43vv1vQ FINAL SCORING: GO HERE FOR HIGHLIGHTS AND ADDITIONAL STATS – Karvala – 16 – Harris – 15 – Sherrell – 14 – Alexis – 14 – Sisley – 13 – Mustaf – 9…

For as long as anyone can remember, if a team from Indiana was going to legitimately contend for the college football national championship, that team was Notre Dame. Some continued to believe that to be the only plausible scenario when the Irish defeated Indiana 27-17 in the first round of the 2024 College Football Playoff. But Curt Cignetti has flipped the college football world upside down, with ramifications that have reshaped the power structure within the Hoosier State. And as it turned out, it was IU that won the first national title by a team from Indiana since 1988.  The…

Things should start getting a bit more challenging for Indiana in Peru. Playing as Team USA in the FISU America Games this week, the Hoosiers won their two group stage contests by an average score of 117.5 to 50.5. Now it’s on to the elimination rounds, with the top two teams from each group forming a four-team winners bracket.  The top team from Group B, Indiana will face Chile, the second place team in Group A.  That game tips at 3 p.m. ET Saturday. Chile is 2-1 at the event.  It defeated Brazil 69-42, lost to Argentina 74-57, and beat…