Author: Seth Tow

Indiana football’s showdown against Illinois has plenty at stake. This is a tone-setter for both teams to start off Big Ten play. This top-20 matchup in Bloomington on Saturday will see one team affirm its ranking and its standing amongst the top teams in the conference, and the other will be left with work to do. The winner should get a nice boost for a potential College Football Playoff résumé. Both No. 9 Illinois and No. 19 Indiana are good teams. Fine margins can often decide games like that. So for this game, specifically, what could make the difference? Here…

Indiana football will be tested on Saturday. The Hoosiers, up to No. 19 in the AP Top 25, have No. 9 Illinois coming to Bloomington for a week four showdown. It’s a game with College Football Playoff implications early in the season at Memorial Stadium, in one of the more significant matchups in series history. IU head coach Curt Cignetti met with local media Monday to discuss the Fighting Illini, along with his Hoosiers. He had some unfortunate news to share: running back Lee Beebe Jr. is out for the season after suffering a non-contact knee injury against Indiana State.…

Indiana women’s basketball has landed a commitment from class of 2026 wing Addison Nyemchek, she announced on social media Sunday. https://www.instagram.com/p/DOlw_i2EWmc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Nyemchek, standing 6-foot-1, is a four-star recruit out of Oceanport, N.J. She’s ranked No. 43 in ESPN’s Top 100 for the class of 2026. She’s IU’s third commit in the class, joining Ashlinn James (ESPN No. 60) and Zoe Jackson (unranked). The wing chose Teri Moren’s program over two other finalists, TCU and Michigan. Per MaxPreps, Nyemchek averaged 14 points, seven rebounds, 3.3 assists, three steals, and 1.2 blocks per game last season as a junior at Red Bank…

BLOOMINGTON — In a matchup with an FCS opponent, anything less than domination for Indiana football would’ve been considered problematic. So IU’s 73-0 victory over Indiana State on Friday at Memorial Stadium is less a historic, eye-popping display, and more a team taking care of business as expected. This game looked like a matchup between varsity and JV, but that’s how a contest between the No. 22 team in FBS and an FCS team — aside from a select few, perhaps — is supposed to look. IU head coach Curt Cignetti used Friday to continue preparing his players mentally for the start…

When Indiana football takes on FCS opponent Indiana State, IU’s second and third units should get plenty of opportunities. The Hoosiers and Sycamores square off on Friday at Merchants Bank Field at Memorial Stadium, with the home team favored to win by nine touchdowns. IU head coach Curt Cignetti left his starters in the game well into the fourth quarter last week against Kennesaw State, despite already building a substantial lead. He didn’t pull quarterback Fernando Mendoza until the middle of the period, when Indiana was up by 40 points. Cignetti is using the non-conference slate to get his team…

Coming into the season, Indiana tight end Riley Nowakowski wasn’t hailed as a reliable receiver. His statistics and receiving grades from his career at Wisconsin supported his role being more of a blocking tight end, or even a fullback, while Holden Staes would be the receiving tight end. This season is still young, and some roles are still not clearly defined — and others will change as the year goes on. But while Nowakowski won’t be at the top of any opposing scouting reports for his receiving ability, he’s looked capable with the ball in his hands. Nowakowski made 11…

Indiana football’s first Big Ten game of the 2025 season will get prime-time treatment. The Hoosiers, ranked No. 22 in the latest AP Poll, are taking on No. 9 Illinois on Sept. 20 to begin conference play. That game will kick off at Merchants Bank Field at Memorial Stadium at 7:30 p.m., the program announced Monday. The game will be televised on NBC. The game will also be a “red out” Indiana announced, so fans in attendance are obviously encouraged to wear red. Indiana previously announced the Illinois game has sold out.  Fans still looking for tickets can use our…

During the week leading up to Indiana’s game against Kennesaw State, defensive coordinator Bryant Haines said he wanted to see more production from his defensive line. Message received. After a quiet season-opener, IU’s defensive front feasted on Saturday. The Hoosiers dominated KSU in the trenches, and rode that to a gaudy 14 tackles for loss in their 56-9 win. “I think we made a lot more plays in the backfield today compared to last week,” defensive end Kellan Wyatt said after the game. “I think we took a step forward today.” Indeed, IU recorded only three TFLs against Old Dominion.…

Following a lopsided win over Kennesaw State, Indiana football is rising in the the polls. The Hoosiers are up two spots in the Coaches Poll to No. 19. And they jumped up one place in the AP Poll to No. 22. This is the 14th consecutive AP Poll with Indiana in the top 25, extending the longest such streak in program history. Four Big Ten teams rank in the top 10 of both polls: No. 1 Ohio State, No. 2 Penn State, No. 4/5 Oregon, and No. 9 Illinois. No. 23/22 Michigan also remains in the rankings after losing to…

BLOOMINGTON — If Indiana football’s first win of the season over Old Dominion fell short of expectations with the 13-point margin, the team silenced those alarms on Saturday. IU maintained control of its week two game against Kennesaw State the entire day, and eventually opened the floodgates en route to a 56-9 victory at Merchants Bank Field at Memorial Stadium. While final scores sometimes don’t reflect how a game really went, this was the sort of blowout head coach Curt Cignetti got Indiana fans accustomed to in 2024. This wasn’t a perfect performance by the 23rd-ranked Hoosiers, but it represented…