Author: Mike Schumann

One former Hoosier and one future Hoosier were selected in the 2026 Major League Baseball Draft. Jackson Bergman was selected by the Chicago White Sox in the 18th round (525 overall) of the MLB Draft on Sunday evening to cap off the weekend’s proceedings. Indiana has now had at least one player selected in every full draft since 2007. Bergman, a senior right-handed pitcher, made just three starts for the Hoosiers during his lone season in Bloomington before missing the rest of the campaign with an elbow injury. In 14 innings of work, the Ohio native had a 4.50 ERA…

IU football has a chance to keep the first time ever, first time since train rolling in 2026. The Hoosiers haven’t won a game against Michigan in Ann Arbor since 1967, and the program has never won against USC. Ending those streaks won’t be easy this season. USC is No. 13 in ESPN’s preseason FPI, and Michigan No. 15.  On paper they are the second and third most difficult games on IU’s schedule. But the odds are currently in IU’s favor to come away from those contests victorious. Indiana travels to Ann Arbor on Oct. 24 to face the Wolverines…

One of the top quarterbacks in the class of 2028 has an early final five schools. Rising junior Lukas Prock will choose from Indiana, Florida, Michigan, Notre Dame and Ohio State.  He told Rivals this week his commitment could be coming this summer. The 6-foot-2 Prock attends Hun H.S. in New Jersey.  He’s from Massachusetts.  As a sophomore he completed 226 of 309 passes (72%) for 4,330 yards with 41 touchdowns and seven interceptions.  He also rushed 11 times for 154 yards and a score.  He ended the 2025 season as the Rivals’ New Jersey high school football Player of…

Indianapolis-based 5-star class of 2027 wideout Monshun Sales has set a July 17 commitment date. The 6-foot-5 and around 205 pound Sales will announce live on the Pat McAfee Show in the Noon to 2 p.m. ET window. According to the industry averages, Sales is a 5-star, the No. 8 overall player in the class, and the No. 2 receiver.  If he picks the Hoosiers he would be the highest-rated recruit in IU football history. Sales is choosing from finalists Indiana, Ohio State, Alabama, Texas and LSU. For more background on Sales and his recruitment: https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-football-recruiting-decision-primer-5-star-wr-monshun-sales/

When money is on the line, people tend to eliminate the noise and get down business. Perhaps that’s why Vegas likes Indiana’s preseason chance to make a third straight trip to the College Football Playoff much more than ESPN’s FPI. In fact, Indiana has the most significant make the CFP spread of any team when comparing Vegas vs. FPI.  Using the consensus odds at Action Sports Network and comparing to FPI, IU has an approximately 18 percentage point better chance in Vegas (75% vs. 57%). Here are a few other variations when comparing Vegas to FPI as it relates to…

Indiana basketball will be sporting a new look in Peru later this month. A sneak peak of combined Team USA and IU uniforms was posted on social media this week. The Adidas uniforms worn by the Hoosiers will say USA on the front and feature the IU logo and the American flag in multiple spots. The team is headed to Lima, Peru to play in the FISU America Games. The event runs July 20 to August 1.  A game schedule has not been released.  Pool play followed by tournament action is expected. Indiana will represent the United States and compete…

As we approach the start of the 2026 season, ESPN has updated its popular College Football Power Index (FPI) this week. And the computer model doesn’t see Indiana as the most likely team to win what would be a repeat national title. In fact, FPI says five teams have better championship odds that the Hoosiers.  Here are the top-six: Ohio State Texas Notre Dame Oregon Georgia Indiana FPI represents how many points above or below average a team is.  Ohio State’s FPI score is 28.7, while Indiana is 23.1.  FPI becomes the basis for ESPN’s week-by-week game predictions. The model…

It would be disingenuous to have IU football coach Curt Cignetti anywhere but the top of any attempt to rank the nation’s best college football coaches right now. Similarly, it wouldn’t make much sense to exclude Cignetti from any preseason watch lists for awards that go to the nation’s best coach. And that’s the way things are playing out this summer ahead of the 2026 season — Cignetti’s third in Bloomington. After Cignetti led one of the best turnarounds in sports history over the last two seasons, it’s difficult to justify placing anyone in college football above him.  That’s what…

Class of 2027 national top-20 point guard NaVorro Bowman, Jr. is an IU basketball recruiting name to know. Indiana offered Bowman a scholarship in the spring.  He’s the son of former NFL Pro Bowler NaVorro Bowman, Sr., who played linebacker at Penn State. Bowman currently lives in Sherman Oaks, California where he attends Notre Dame H.S.  He posted 22.5 points, five assists and 4.9 rebounds per contest as a junior.  He’s originally from the Washington D.C. metro area where assistant coach Kenny Johnson has deep connections.  Bowman was a high school teammate of IU guard Darren Harris for a year…

Chalk up another win for Curt Cignetti. TCU head coach Sonny Dykes has conceded in their back-and-forth related to quarterback Josh Hoover. Dykes raised some eyebrows this spring when he appeared to be taking an unsolicited shot at Hoover by mentioning his relatively high turnover rate. “I think Josh started 31 games here as a quarterback, and he turned the ball over 42 times in those 31 starts,” Dykes said. That prompted a response from Cignetti, who said Hoover will be in a better position to thrive at Indiana. “When Josh got here, he met his two new best friends…