Author: Mike Schumann

“It’s time to kickoff.  Been too much practice scripts, watching tape and listening to all that BS on social media that we stirred up from our success.”  — Curt Cignetti. One of the most anticipated seasons in IU football history is here.  Fresh off an 11-win season and an appearance in the College Football Playoff, year two of the Cignetti era has IU fans dreaming big. Up first are the Old Dominion Monarchs from Cignetti’s old conference, the Sun Belt. Here’s everything you need to know about Indiana’s season opening matchup against ODU: OLD DOMINION (0-0) at No. 19/20 INDIANA…

Indiana is no different than any other team throughout college football ahead of week one. The Hoosiers are deeper at some position groups than others.  No news there. But it’s always interesting to hear the head coach acknowledge what we think we’re seeing throughout the depth chart. While he didn’t get into specifics, IU’s Curt Cignetti did state on his radio show Thursday evening there are some players who would be particularly difficult to replace if they suffered an injury. “We’ve got a lot of nice pieces out there, but we’re deeper in some spots than others,” Cignetti told Don…

The New York Jets picked up Cam Jones off the NFL’s waiver wire this week, resulting in a third of the franchise’s linebackers being former Hoosiers. The move reunited Jones with his former IU football teammate Marcelino McCrary-Ball, who was named a captain of the Jets this week. Jones and McCrary-Ball were together in Bloomington for four seasons (2018-2021), and that’s not all they have in common.  Both players have carved-out NFL careers despite being undrafted. Jones (6-2, 227) enters his third season in the league after spending the last two years in Kansas City. He initially joined the Chiefs…

Veteran offensive lineman Kahlil Benson will start at right tackle when IU football kicks off the 2025 season Saturday against Old Dominion. He’ll be joined on the starting unit up front by Carter Smith (left tackle), Drew Evans (left guard), Pat Coogan (center), and Bray Lynch (right guard). That’s all according to head coach Curt Cignetti on his radio show Thursday evening. Benson’s primary competition at right tackle has been Ohio State transfer Zen Michalski, who will back up the guard and tackle spots, Cignetti says. Benson started his career at Indiana but transferred to Colorado for the 2024 season. …

Indiana is endeavoring to match the unsold tickets for the season opening football game against Old Dominion with the energy — and the future — of the football fan base. Several weeks ago season tickets for the more than 11,000 seat student section at Memorial Stadium sold out. Meanwhile, ticket sales to the general public have been surprisingly lackluster coming off an 11-2 season that included an appearance in the College Football Playoff.  While overall ticket revenue and season ticket sales are up, IU has only announced one sellout ahead of a 2025 season that includes seven home games –…

Official visit season begins this weekend for IU basketball, and already the schedule is in a state of fluctuation. Class of 2026 4-star forward Davion Adkins will no longer visit IU the weekend of Sept. 12 as previously planned.  The 6-foot-8 Adkins will instead focus on Kansas, Rutgers, and Houston according to Joe Tipton of Rivals. The Adkins news came around the same time that 2026 forward Latrell Allmond postponed his visit this weekend to Kansas.  The overlap with Kansas and Indiana involving those 6-foot-8 national top-40 prospects seems notable.  Allmond took his official visit to Indiana in June and…

Indiana safety Louis Moore is eligible to play in the first two games of the 2025 season after a Texas judge extended his temporary restraining order against the NCAA to Sept. 10. But Moore’s eligibility for the remainder of the 2025 season, beginning with a Friday, Sept. 12 game vs. Indiana State, remains in question. Moore had been widely viewed as IU’s starting free safety before the NCAA lawsuit. This latest development leaves the IU staff in a challenging situation, as they must decide whether and/or how much to play Moore in the first two games while facing the possibility…

A lot can change along the three-hour drive from Bloomington to Fort Wayne. For IU football head coach Lee Corso, what changed in late 1982 was his understanding of his job status as head coach of the Hoosiers. Driving to Fort Wayne to visit elite prospect Rod Woodson, Corso apparently heard he had been fired while listening to the radio in his car along the way. Perhaps because he was still in disbelief of what he heard — and with no cell phones to confirm — Corso’s pursuit of Fort Wayne Snider H.S. phenom Rod Woodson did not immediately change.…

Myles Price didn’t get an invite to the NFL Combine, so his best chance to catch the attention of the NFL was to deliver a solid Pro Day in March. Catching balls from Fernando Mendoza, Price checked that box, and he just kept turning in solid performances. He wasn’t drafted in April, but Price signed with the Minnesota Vikings right after the draft.  From rookie mini-camp, to training camp, to the preseason, Price just kept turning heads. Price flashed in Minnesota’s first exhibition against Houston, scoring the Vikings lone receiving TD on a 3-yard pass. His other catch of the…

If YouTube TV is your streaming platform of choice, your ability to watch IU football this fall is in jeopardy. YouTube TV and Fox are locked in a carriage dispute that could leave subscribers to the streaming platform unable to watch Week 1 of the college football season this weekend. The sides have until 5 p.m. ET on Wednesday to reach a deal. If an agreement is not reached, YouTube TV subscribers will lose access to Fox channels, including the Fox broadcast network, FS1 and Big Ten Network. Indiana’s season opening game against Old Dominion is on FS1.  Their week…