Author: Mike Schumann

Indiana will have a familiar face on campus for a visit this weekend. The transfer portal formally opened today, and according to multiple reports, Michigan State transfer wide receiver Nick Marsh will be in Bloomington Saturday and Sunday. Marsh scored touchdowns against Indiana in each of the last two seasons.  He had seven catches for 64 yards and a score in Bloomington this season, and five catches for 78 yards and a score a season ago in East Lansing. The 6-foot-3 and 203-pound sophomore has two years of eligibility remaining. In 2025 Marsh had 59 catches for 662 yards and…

How rare is it for an offensive lineman to win the offensive most valuable player award in a game the magnitude of the Rose Bowl? Indiana’s winner suspects it has never happened. As ESPN’s Rece Davis was about to announce the offensive MVP on the field after IU’s 38-3 destruction of Alabama, Indiana wide receiver Elijah Sarratt started pointing at quarterback Fernando Mendoza while jumping up and down.  Sarratt was genuinely excited for what was a worthy performance by Mendoza, who had more touchdown passes than incompletions on the day. It’s so rare that the winner, IU center Pat Coogan,…

PASADENA, Calif. — Indiana defeated Alabama in the CFP quarterfinals at the Rose Bowl by a final score of 38-3. The Hoosiers won their first bowl game since 1991, and advanced to the CFP national semifinals where they’ll face Oregon at the Peach Bowl in Atlanta. Below are three quick reasons why the Hoosiers won, along with highlights and final stats. This story will be updated.  Stay tuned for more coverage of the game from The Daily Hoosier. —————————————————— Three quick reasons why Indiana won 1. Indiana runs it down Alabama’s throat.  Could Indiana run the football against Alabama’s size and…

Indiana women’s basketball opened the new year with another Big Ten loss. The Hoosiers (11-4) fell at home 80-60 to No. 24 Michigan State.  IU has started league play 0-3. The Spartans led 40-35 at halftime and used a 21-12 third quarter to pull away. Indiana had 16 turnovers for the game and shot just 40.7% from the field including 27.3% from three. IU was led in the game by Shay Ciezki’s 16 points, but she turned it over five times.  Lenee Beaumont added 14 points, seven rebounds and four assists. Things won’t get any easier in the near term. …

The long waits are over. It’s been 58 years since Indiana’s last trip to the Rose Bowl, and 25 days since the Hoosiers beat Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship game.  Up next — the biggest game in program history. Waiting in Pasadena is traditional power Alabama, with a spot in the national semifinals on the line. Here’s everything you need to know about Indiana’s CFP quarterfinal opponent and the Rose Bowl. No. 1 INDIANA (13-0) vs. No. 9 ALABAMA (11-3) Kickoff:  4:00 p.m. ET, Thursday Location:  Rose Bowl Stadium (89,702, natural grass) Television:  ESPN — Chris Fowler (pbp),…

Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer is a legend in Sioux Falls, S.D. Indiana coach Curt Cignetti and his father are household names in Indiana, Pa. It was from relatively humble beginnings in those towns that Thursday’s Rose Bowl head coaches learned how to grind. DeBoer starred as a receiver on the University of Sioux Falls football team before he later became its head coach.  He went 67-3 at the NAIA school and won four straight national titles from 2005-09. Cignetti saw his father, Frank, Sr., build a College Football Hall of Fame coaching career at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.  Curt left…

On a typical regular season road trip, IU coach Curt Cignetti likes to arrive late the night before the game and limit disruption to his team’s weekly routine. But the College Football Playoff and the Rose Bowl provide little opportunity for situation normal. Indiana arrived in Los Angeles late Monday evening east coast time, and almost the entire team had media obligations the following morning. The Hoosiers did practice in Los Angeles Tuesday afternoon, but going into the final day of prep, nothing has felt quite right to Cignetti since the Hoosiers touched down in California. That’s left Cignetti feeling…

LOS ANGELES — No. 1 and an underdog? Although Indiana has arrived in Los Angeles as the top seed in the 2025 College Football Playoff, the Hoosiers are staying true to their identity. That was apparent as Indiana walked off the bus at their hotel Monday evening. While the Hoosiers are the No. 1 team in America and the oddsmakers favor them vs. Alabama, the Indiana players also know they are a cast of 0-star recruits going up against 4 and 5-stars. “There’s always a chip on our shoulder,” linebacker Aiden Fisher said. “Not a lot of people recruited us…

Indiana has a chance to get kickoff specialist Brendan Franke back for the College Football Playoff.  Franke was listed as “probable” in the first injury report issued Monday for the CFP quarterfinal at The Rose Bowl when IU football faces Alabama. Franke was injured during a kickoff when IU played UCLA in October and he hasn’t played since. One of the top kickoff specialists in the nation, Franke has produced 46 touchbacks on 51 kickoffs this season, averaging 71 yards per kick.  He also made a 58-yard field goal at Oregon in October. Among kickers with at least 50 kickoffs,…

Indiana’s defense will face an elite cast of skilled athletes and extraordinarily large humans when they take on Alabama at The Rose Bowl on Thursday. What are the keys to watch for when the Crimson Tide has the football? Nationally, Alabama ranks No. 33 in scoring offense at 31.4 points per game, while IU ranks No. 2 in scoring defense at 10.8 points allowed per contest.  If you take out Alabama’s two games against non-Power 4 opponents, the Tide averaged just 22.2 points per contest.  Indiana, on the other hand, still only allowed 11.8 points per game to Power 4…