Author: Mike Schumann

As you’ve probably learned via your favorite search engine, Curt Cignetti wins. Pick your stretch of success for Cignetti ahead of the Ohio State game — no losing seasons, 22 straight overall, 19 straight at home, or how about this — 47 of his last 50 games were wins going back to the 2022 season. But as you were reminded Saturday, sometimes Cignetti does in fact lose. So we wondered, what happens after a Cignetti loss? Overall in his 16 years as a head coach, Cignetti is 152-38 (.800) .  After the first 37 losses he has gone 17-10 (.630)…

IU football is turning the page from a devastating 19-15 home loss to Ohio State. The Hoosiers need to regroup quickly, as they head to a venue where they haven’t won in 60 years. Another physical challenge awaits, against a team loaded with high-end talent. Here are some final notes on Ohio State and a glance ahead at Michigan as Indiana looks to return to its winning ways. NOT ALL ON NICK Coach Curt Cignetti was asked Monday whether he will talk to his star receiver Nick Marsh to check on his state of mind after he stepped out of…

Indiana fell to 6-1 with a 19-15 loss to Ohio State Saturday afternoon in Bloomington. The full defensive snap counts from the game are below. But first, here are some position-by-position notes on the defense coming out of the contest. For a look at the offense vs. Ohio State, GO HERE. Defensive Line Stephen Daley had the best overall defensive grade on the team according to PFF.  He had three quarterback pressures, and all four of his tackles were registered as “stops,” which are tackles that constitute a failure for the offense. Tobi Osunsanmi led the team with four QB…

IU fans attending the Minnesota game on Halloween may want to plan to trick or treat at the postgame tailgates. As is the case each season, the Big Ten is rolling out kick times and television designations a couple weeks ahead of each game. Indiana’s week nine game against Minnesota in Bloomington will kick at 3:30 p.m. ET and air to a national audience on CBS.  This is the first time this season IU plays in the 3:30 slot on CBS. Indiana has not played Minnesota since 2021, and the Hoosiers have lost four straight to the Gophers. Minnesota has…

Coming off a loss, IU football heads to Michigan Stadium — where the Hoosiers have not won in nearly 60 years. Indiana will need to leave Ann Arbor victorious for the first time since 1967 to avoid the first two-game losing streak of the Curt Cignetti era. No. 6 Indiana (6-1) will take on Michigan (4-2) Saturday afternoon at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor (Noon ET, FOX). Indiana is 11-62 all-time against the Wolverines, but the Hoosiers won the last meeting 20-15 in 2024.  IU has not defeated Michigan two games in a row since 1958-59.  Despite the poor all-time…

Indiana dropped to 6-1 with a 19-15 loss to Ohio State Saturday afternoon in Bloomington. The full offensive snap counts from the game are below. But first, here are some position-by-position notes on the offense coming out of the contest: Quarterback PFF gave Josh Hoover a solid grade despite his 50% completion percentage.  It credited him with five “Big Time Throws,” which it describes as “a pass with excellent ball location and timing, generally thrown further down the field and/or into a tighter window.”  They also say he had two turnover worthy throws, though he did not throw any interceptions. …

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana continued exhibition action Sunday against North Carolina at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Here are some quick notes, observations and stats from IU’s 76-58 win over the Tar Heels: — Same starting five:  The Hoosiers went with the same starters as the Butler game — Aiden Sherrell, Samet Yigitoglu, Jaeden Mustaf, Darren Harris and Markus Burton. — Nine-deep rotation:  In addition to the starters, Bryce Lindsay, Sam Alexis, Trevor Manhertz and Trent Sisley. — Lindsay shines:  Burton got in early foul trouble for the second straight game, which opened up a big role for Villanova transfer Bryce Lindsay.  He capitalized with a…

At least this time Indiana lost ahead of a drop in the polls. IU football moved down in both the AP and Coaches polls following its first loss of the 2026 season, a 19-15 setback against Ohio State on Saturday. Indiana was one of many top-10 teams to drop in the polls after five of the top-seven lost on Saturday. The Hoosiers fell one spot to No. 6 in this week’s AP top-25, behind No. 1 Miami, BYU, Ohio State, Notre Dame and Georgia — in that order. IU has been ranked in the AP Top-10 for 20 straight weeks…

If there’s value to be gained by losing for the first time in nearly two years, IU football coach Curt Cignetti wasn’t ready to acknowledge it on Saturday afternoon in the immediate aftermath of his team’s 19-15 loss to Ohio State. Indiana hadn’t lost any game since December of 2024, and it hadn’t lost a regular season game since November of that year. If you’re an Indiana fan, hopefully at some point you’ve taken a moment to let that sink in.  The run was 14 games longer than the previous program-record high of eight straight wins.  And the 19-game home…

Coming off an impressive road win at Butler to begin exhibition play, IU basketball will face an even more challenging preseason test Sunday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The Hoosiers take on North Carolina at 5 p.m. ET. The Tar Heels are under the direction of first-year head coach Michael Malone, who spent 24 seasons on the sidelines in the National Basketball Association. He spent 12 seasons as a head coach in the league, which included 10 years with the Denver Nuggets. He won the NBA Championship in 2023 and won 510 career games. Senior forward Jarin Stevenson, one of…