Author: Mike Schumann

This season can officially be called a rebuilding campaign.  IU is just 5-6 over its last 11 games, and the schedule only gets tougher. Indiana only scored two points over more than seven minutes to start the game, and they’d never lead.  Iowa took multiple double-digit leads in the first half.  The Hoosiers got as close as 49-45 with 11 minutes remaining, but as they’ve done on multiple occasions, Indiana cratered midway through the second half.  A 17-3 Iowa run from there put IU away for good. Let’s take a deeper look at how Indiana lost 74-57 with our latest…

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana lost to Iowa Saturday afternoon at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall by a final score of 74-57. The three keys to the game, highlights and final stats are below. Iowa led 38-28 at halftime.  The Hoosiers were led in the game by Tayton Conerway with 16 points. For Darian DeVries postgame, GO HERE. Indiana (12-6, 3-4) will travel to Michigan for a Tuesday contest. THREE KEYS TO THE GAME 1. Indiana struggles to contain Stirtz.  Iowa guard Bennett Stirtz was a handful on Saturday afternoon.  The senior had Conor Enright in foul trouble early, and Tayton Conerway injured…

MIAMI — IU football coach Curt Cignetti has been tied to virtually every major college and pro football job opening over the last year. And the two jobs many believed he might be interested in have opened up in the last few months. A native of Pennsylvania, Cignetti likely could have had the Penn State job when James Franklin was fired earlier this year. But Indiana moved quickly and re-signed Cignetti to a new contract that ensures he and his assistants will remain among the highest paid staff in college football. But what about the NFL? If there’s one job…

Former Florida and Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta last weekend. That status gained the three-time national champion a rare level of field access as Indiana and Oregon warmed up for the Peach Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Meyer was allowed to go inside the white lines.  And ever the coach and football junkie, Meyer took full advantage, stopping at each IU position group to examine the players up close and personal. What he saw he couldn’t believe. Much has been made of Indiana not having the roster of a…

Led by coordinator Corey Hetherman, a former Curt Cignetti assistant, the defense is the strength of this Miami football team. The Hurricanes rank No. 5 in scoring defense, with just 14.0 points allowed per game, and No. 11 in total defense, allowing 292.6 yards per game. The key for Indiana is to continue to do what they’ve done all season — stay ahead of the chains and stay out of third and long.  That won’t be easy.  Miami is No. 11 in third down conversion defense, with opponents moving the chains just 30.8% of the time.  But the Hoosier offense…

If not for the Pop Tarts Bowl, perhaps this whole 2025 season might have played out different. Miami native Fernando Mendoza entered the transfer portal on Dec. 11 of 2024, and it was widely expected early on hometown Miami, and Indiana, where his brother Alberto played, would headline his recruitment. But let there be no doubt, Mendoza grew up a Miami fan and dreamed as a boy of playing for “The U.” He said as much in a May, 2025 interview with Nicole Auerbach of NBC Sports. “The dream was to play for Miami as a Hurricane,” Mendoza told Auerbach. …

Famous IU alumnus and billionaire Mark Cuban made headlines last week when it was reported he had made a second sizable contribution to IU Athletics in as many years. The 1981 Indiana business school graduate made his initial fortune by developing technology that made it possible to stream radio broadcasts over the internet.  The inspiration for that?  He wanted a better way to listen to Don Fischer’s call of IU basketball games than having his friends in Indiana put a radio next to a speakerphone for two hours. Cuban probably never dreamed a portion of his fortune would be spent…

There will be a lot of inside knowledge for both sides when Indiana has the football during Monday night’s national championship game. Miami defensive coordinator Corey Hetherman was IU coach Curt Cignetti’s defensive coordinator his first three years at James Madison, from 2019 to 2021. And Hetherman played a key role in Cignetti’s success at JMU.  During the 2021 season with the Dukes, Hetherman was named the American Football Coaches Association’s FCS Assistant Coach of the Year.  The Dukes were in the national top-10 for total defense in each of Hetherman’s seasons with Cignetti in Harrisonburg. Working under Hetherman all…

The Wisconsin to Indiana transfer pipeline continues. Indiana has added Wisconsin transfer offensive lineman Joe Brunner from the portal according to multiple Wednesday reports. The 6-foot-5 and 317-pound Brunner has been a starter at left guard for the Badgers each of the last two seasons. Brunner has one year of eligibility remaining. Brunner earned honorable mention All-Big Ten honors after starting all 12 games on the Badger offensive line in 2025. Brunner posted four consecutive games with PFF pass blocking grades above 80.0 during Big Ten play, all against ranked teams (Ohio State, Oregon, Washington, Indiana). In 2024 he started…

The Big Ten is going to be a grind for Indiana, especially on the road. A pair of massive Michigan State runs made the difference in this one.  After IU led 17-10 in the first half, the Spartans responded with a 26-10 run.  MSU led 43-35 early in the second half.  But IU responded, and a Lamar Wilkerson dunk tied the game at 53.  The Hoosiers appeared to have all of the momentum.  But from there MSU scored 19 straight to put the game away. Let’s take a deeper look at how Indiana lost 81-60 with our latest edition of…