Author: Mike Schumann

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana beat Howard by a final score of 55-0 on Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium. Below are three quick reasons why the Hoosiers won, along with highlights and final stats. Indiana (2-0) is back in action next Saturday against Western Kentucky in Bloomington. Stay tuned for more coverage of the game. —————————————————— Three quick reasons why Indiana beat Howard 1. Hoover and Becker pick up where they left off.  Indiana quarterback Josh Hoover and wideout Charlie Becker posted big numbers on low volume in week one, and the pair hooked up again multiple times against Howard in…

The Hoosiers stay home in the friendly confines of Memorial Stadium, where they haven’t lost since 2023. That isn’t likely to change on Saturday. With Howard in town, the only thing in question is who has the better Bison mascot. Here’s everything you need to know about Indiana’s week 2 matchup against Howard in Bloomington. ——————————————————————————– HOWARD BISON (1-1) at No. 5 INDIANA HOOSIERS (1-0) Kickoff:  Noon ET, Saturday Location:  Bloomington, Ind.; Memorial Stadium (56,626; field turf) Television:  Jeff Levering (pbp), Jake Butt (color), Brooke Fletcher (sideline) Stream:  Fox Sports Radio:  IU Football radio network Odds:  Indiana is around a…

If you followed Indiana’s 2025 football season closely — and we know you did — you know it was hard to see this coming. When the Kansas City Chiefs open their season on Monday night, former IU offensive lineman Kahlil Benson is likely to be the starting left tackle. The moment is magnified by the fact that Benson will be protecting the blind side of star quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who is returning in just nine months from a major knee injury. “He’s done a nice job for us,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said to the media about Benson before Thursday…

IU radio legend Don Fischer asked football coach Curt Cignetti whether the team suffered any heat-related illnesses during last weekend’s game against North Texas. “I think probably the entire defense was sick at the end of the game,” Cignetti said Thursday on his weekly radio show.  “I was sick.  I’m sure coach (Bryant) Haines was sick too.” But Cignetti wasn’t talking about heat related illnesses. The culprit: Rat poison washed down with tainted Kool-Aid. Despite an offseason of hype, this did not look like the dominant IU defense we’ve come to know over the last two seasons. North Texas possessed…

Stephen Daley and Kellan Wyatt’s hearing on a motion for a preliminary injunction has been rescheduled to Sept. 14 at 9 a.m. ET according to public Indiana court records. It was originally scheduled for Friday. The delay keeps their temporary restraining order in effect, and the IU football defensive ends eligible for this weekend’s game against Howard. Daley and Wyatt were both members of the high school class of 2022 who played their fourth season of eligibility during the 2025-26 academic year.  They were two of multiple athletes who received a temporary restraining order from an Indiana judge against the…

Yeah, we get it. Howard?  Another FCS game?  Ho hum, right? What can Indiana get out of playing this game against Howard on Saturday?  After all, in their last two games against FCS schools, IU won by a combined score of 150-3. But there’s more to these games than meets the eye. There will be moments from Saturday’s game against Howard (Noon ET, BTN) we’ll be talking about in the months and years to come. SETTING THE STANDARD If they don’t already get it, Indiana’s new and younger player learn the unwavering focus and discipline within the program during these…

Fernando Mendoza quickly learned to not look forward to watching a highlight moment on film, or wait for a pat on the back from Curt Cignetti after a big play. Instead, the micro-level critiques he heard after what seemed like a positive were burned into the recesses of his brain for later recall. “Having spent a whole season with him, like when he’s riding me on all these things in fall camp, I’m like, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me,'” Mendoza said on “The Rush with Maxx Crosby” podcast. “And then in the season you see it show up. And…

One of Curt Cignetti’s favorite mantras is “how you do something is how you do everything.” For the IU head coach, it seems that guiding principle extends beyond the football field. Because the more we learn about the 65-year-old, it seems what he does one day is what he does every day. As if stuck in his own version of the movie Groundhog Day, Cignetti eats the same food, wears the same clothes, and listens to the same song on his way to Memorial Stadium — every day.  We’re still working to confirm if “I’ve Got You Babe” plays on…

Trayce Jackson-Davis could have used a fifth year in college to push his name higher up NBA Draft boards. And the door to return to Indiana was of course wide open. He could have tried to show he could knock down the occasional three-pointer, or display other skills that complemented the dominant aspects of his game. But already the program’s all-time leader in rebounds and blocks, it just didn’t feel right to Jackson-Davis to utilize the extra year created by the COVID-19. “It was fake almost.  If I would have beat the scoring record and pushed out records, that extra…

If you’ve learned nothing else in two-plus seasons watching the Curt Cignetti-led Indiana Hoosiers, you know this:  Don’t sweat the first game. Indiana wasn’t impressive in its 27-14 win over Old Dominion a year ago, and the same went for the 31-7 win over Florida International to start the 2024 campaign. Perhaps that’s part of Cignetti’s calculus when it comes to the nonconference schedule in the age of the transfer portal.  Give yourself some runway with a manageable start to work out the kinks. Now that we know what finely tuned IU football looks like by midseason, we can quickly…