Author: Mike Schumann

BLOOMINGTON —  Indiana lost to Ohio State by a final score of 19-15 on Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium. Below are three quick reasons why the Hoosiers lost, along with highlights and final stats. Indiana (6-1, 3-1 Big Ten) heads to Michigan next Saturday. For Curt Cignetti’s postgame press conference, GO HERE. —————————————————— THREE QUICK REASONS WHY INDIANA LOST 1. Second half turnovers.  Indiana came into the game with just one turnover all season.  But with the ball first to open the second half, the Hoosiers coughed it up on their first two possessions after the break.  Davion Chandler fumbled…

This one has been circled on the schedule for months. It’s a Big Ten Championship game rematch, and the first-ever top-5 matchup in Memorial Stadium history. The outcome will be a factor in the Big Ten title race and College Football Playoff seeding. Here’s everything you need to know about Indiana’s week 7 matchup against Ohio State in Bloomington. No. 4/5 OHIO STATE BUCKEYES (5-1) at No. 5/4 INDIANA HOOSIERS (6-0) Kickoff:  Noon ET, Saturday Location:  Bloomington, Ind.; Memorial Stadium (56,626; field turf) Television:  FOX — Gus Johnson (pbp), Joel Klatt (color) & Jenny Taft (sideline) Stream:  FOX Sports Radio: …

There’s more than just a big game this weekend in Bloomington. The first-ever top-5 matchup at Memorial Stadium is an attractive draw for recruiting prospects as well. A Noon ET kickoff is not ideal for football prospects who live far from Indiana, because most of the players have games on Friday night. But still a solid group of visitors is expected for IU’s marquee matchup against Ohio State.  Indiana’s full allotment of tickets for recruits was claimed for this game. Here is who Steve Wiltfong of Rivals reported on his podcast as some of Indiana’s class of 2028 football visitors,…

The NCAA’s attempt to obtain an Indiana Appeals Court emergency stay of the preliminary injunction against the organization granted to IU football’s Stephen Daley and Kellan Wyatt, and IU basketball’s Sam Alexis, has been denied. That means all three players and a total of 97 student athletes in the case remain eligible to compete. The NCAA is appealing Monroe County Circuit Court judge Kara Krothe’s preliminary injunction against it, and in so doing had attempted to stay the injunction until the appeal could be heard and ruled upon. On Friday, the Indiana Court of Appeals ordered the NCAA’s emergency motion for…

Nine Indiana players from the state of Ohio will run out on the field Saturday when the Hoosiers take on Ohio State in a national top-5 matchup. The group of Ohioans includes an IU All-American starter from Columbus, and an All-Big Ten linebacker whose father played for the Buckeyes. Another from Nashville, Tennessee is also an OSU legacy. Linebacker Isaiah Jones’ is from London, Ohio.  His father played tight end for the Buckeyes. D.J. Jones was a starter for OSU in 1994 and 1996.  The year in between?  He had open heart surgery. D.J. caught 32 passes for 441 yards…

Another expansion of the College Football Playoff is imminent according to ESPN. “The College Football Playoff is nearing a deal to expand to 24 teams, per sources,” ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported on X Thursday.  “The new format will start in 2027 and is expected to come together in the near future, pending final approvals.” The move to a 24 teams CFP is expected to have a meaningful impact on both the Big Ten and Indiana. Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti has said multiple times a 24-team playoff will mark the end of the Big Ten Championship game.  This year’s edition…

Believe it or not, we are halfway through the 2026 regular season. It seems like a good point to take a step back and compare quarterback Josh Hoover’s first six games at Indiana to Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza’s 2025 start with the Hoosiers. Perhaps this isn’t an apples-to-apples comparison, since Mendoza did face at least one more difficult game than Hoover over the first six weeks of their respective seasons. Both quarterbacks saw relatively light competition in the nonconference plus three Big Ten opponents through the first six games. It would be reasonable to argue 2026 Northwestern is at…

IU running back Khobie Martin is progressing.  So is tight end Andrew Barker. They are the only Indiana players on the first week seven Big Ten availability report ahead of this weekend’s showdown against Ohio State. Martin, who has been out since a first quarter injury suffered in week one is listed as doubtful.  This is the first week he has been listed as anything other than out. Meanwhile Barker, who was injured against Rutgers and out last weekend, is questionable. Notably absent from the availability report are receiver Lebron Bond and cornerback Carson Williams.  Both had been regulars over…

October 8, 1988 — Bloomington, Indiana For generations, Ohio State has been the bully of the Big Ten, routinely blowing out its conference foes almost every week. But on a beautiful early October afternoon in Bloomington, in front of a sold out Memorial Stadium crowd and national television audience, it was the Hoosiers who asserted their dominance. A year after the “darkest day” in Ohio State history, IU had one of its brightest. Legendary Indiana running back Anthony Thompson ran around, through, over and past Ohio State defenders on his way to 190 yards, 4 touchdowns, and multiple new entries…

In a shocking development, the SEC hype machine churned out some new noise this week. And this new noise sounds a lot like all of the other bluster from the South. Fresh off a win at Alabama, Georgia head coach Kirby Smart was asked how Curt Cignetti’s run at Indiana has changed the expectations placed on first-year head coaches. The questioner wondered if there’s a Cignetti Effect where the expectations are too high too soon. Smart and Cignetti were on Nick Saban’s staff at Alabama for four years from 2007-10.  They know each other well.  That’s why it was a…