Author: Seth Tow

Indiana football’s game against Northwestern has been moved to Friday, Sept. 25 as part of the FOX College Football Friday series, the program announced. The matchup was originally slated for Saturday, Sept. 26. A kickoff time has yet to be announced. The Hoosiers will now play on a Friday night for a fifth consecutive season. This is their first Big Ten game on a Friday night since they hosted Illinois on opening night in 2022. Indiana’s last three Friday night games have come against FCS opponents. This will be the Big Ten opener for Curt Cignetti’s team in 2026, following…

After a year with Indiana men’s basketball in the Big Ten, head coach Darian DeVries adapted his strategy for the transfer portal. Though he didn’t take the Indiana job in March 2025 any later than some other recent hires who found immediate success, the timeline of getting things set up behind the scenes early on impacted roster-building efforts. IU, for one reason or another, wound up with a flawed team largely filled by mid-major transfers. The Hoosiers, forced to build nearly an entirely new roster for a second straight year, have gone a different route this offseason. They emphasized size…

Indiana women’s basketball is headed to Florida over Thanksgiving this coming year. The Hoosiers will take part in the Elevance Health Fort Myers Tipoff on Friday, Nov. 27 and Saturday, Nov. 28 at Florida Southwestern State College. They’ll play games against Mississippi State and Georgia Tech in the event, with specific dates and times yet to be determined. The games will air on ION. Teri Moren’s program participated in this same event in Nov. 2023, when it picked up wins over Tennessee and Princeton. IU also played in Fort Myers, Fla. last season, but in a different tournament — Coconut…

College football hasn’t been the same since November 30, 2023. Curt Cignetti’s arrival at Indiana began one of the greatest turnarounds in the sport’s history — and, really, in any sport. He took over a program coming off three straight losing seasons and without a postseason victory in more than 30 years. His Hoosiers shrugged at that history and won a program-record 11 games in 2024 with a remarkable College Football Playoff appearance, and then they went several steps further last season with a 16-0 campaign ending in Big Ten and national championships. Cignetti’s tenure in Bloomington has coincided with…

Indiana football’s national championship celebration is headed to Washington D.C. The Hoosiers are set to visit the White House on Monday, May 11, a source confirmed to The Daily Hoosier. The Herald-Times reported the news first. The tradition of championship sports teams visiting the White House and the president of the United States dates back to the 1800s. The undefeated Indiana men’s basketball team in 1976 was the first men’s college basketball team to attend a White House celebration; college football champions have gone to Washington since Alabama in 1961. IU will become the latest group to visit the White…

BLOOMINGTON — When Josh Hoover thought about his wide receivers at Indiana, he smiled. Hoover has played with some receivers at TCU that made it to the NFL, namely Savion Williams. But IU’s duo of Charlie Becker and Nick Marsh are an entirely different caliber. Both are projected as potential first round picks in the 2027 NFL Draft. The Athletic released an early mock draft looking through a loaded class for next year, which had Becker at No. 11 and Marsh at No. 20. “They’re good players,” Hoover said after IU’s spring game. “I have great expectations for both of…

Indiana football has now seen a program-record eight players selected in the 2026 NFL Draft. Linebacker Aiden Fisher set that mark Saturday evening, as the Houston Texans took him in the seventh round at No. 243 overall. He’s the second defensive player taken from Indiana this year, along with cornerback D’Angelo Ponds. IU’s previous record came in 1976, when seven Hoosiers were picked. Fisher was Indiana’s primary leader on and off the field ever since Curt Cignetti took over in December 2023. He led the Hoosiers with 118 tackles in 2024, and finished second in 2025 with 97. The Fredericksburg,…

IU football has tied another historic milestone during the 2026 NFL Draft. Indiana now has seven players whose names have been called in Pittsburgh, tying a program record for most players taken in one draft. Center Pat Coogan joined the party during the sixth round, going to the Tennessee Titans at No. 194 overall. Coogan earned Rose Bowl MVP honors in January after Indiana’s 38-3 rout over Alabama, on its way to winning the national championship. The center didn’t allow a sack all season, and he played 100 percent of IU’s snaps throughout all 16 games. Coogan transferred to IU…

Indiana tight end Riley Nowakowski has been selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the fifth round of the 2026 NFL Draft at No. 169 overall. Nowakowski is the sixth IU player taken in the draft, joining Fernando Mendoza (Las Vegas), Omar Cooper Jr. (New York Jets), D’Angelo Ponds (Jets), Kaelon Black (San Francisco), and Eljiah Sarratt (Baltimore). Nowakowski transferred to Indiana last season from Wisconsin and enjoyed a breakout season. He entered Bloomington seen as a block-first tight end, but proved to be a two-way threat at the position. He caught 32 passes for 387 yards with two touchdowns last…

Elijah Sarratt has joined the IU football party at the NFL Draft. The wide receiver became the fifth Hoosier taken in Pittsburgh, drafted in the fourth round at No. 115 overall by the Baltimore Ravens on Saturday. In the first round on Thursday, quarterback Fernando Mendoza went No. 1 overall to the Las Vegas Raiders, and receiver Omar Cooper Jr. was drafted by the New York Jets. Cornerback D’Angelo Ponds joined Cooper with the Jets in the second round Friday, and then running back Kaelon Black went to the San Francisco 49ers in the third round. This is now the first time…