Author: Seth Tow

Indiana football’s Rose Bowl matchup is set. The top-seeded Hoosiers will take on No. 9 seed Alabama in Pasadena, Calif. on New Year’s Day in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals. The Crimson Tide took down No. 8 Oklahoma, 34-24, on Friday night in Norman, Okla. in the CFP first round. Alabama (11-3) trailed 17-0 early in the second quarter, but scored 24 unanswered points to flip the game around. Oklahoma (10-3) lost its lead by halftime, and then recorded only 27 yards of offense against the Tide defense in the third quarter. OU won this matchup in the regular season in Tuscaloosa, Ala.,…

By the end of Friday night, Indiana football will know its Rose Bowl opponent. No. 8 seed Oklahoma hosts No. 9 seed Alabama in the first round of the College Football Playoff Friday at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman. The winner advances to Pasadena, Calif. to face the Hoosiers on New Year’s Day. Curt Cignetti, his staff and players, and plenty of IU fans will have close eyes on this SEC matchup, as Indiana prepares for its first Rose Bowl appearance since 1967. The Crimson Tide are getting a second crack at the Sooners here — OU defeated…

Indiana football had plenty of players transfer out of the program in between the 2024 and 2025 seasons, just like everyone in the sport. Those outbound transfers had very mixed results at their new destinations — and, certainly, none of them achieved the level of team success that Curt Cignetti’s Hoosiers reached this year. Here is a roundup of how those players performed this season. Donaven McCulley, WR, Michigan After a tumultuous end to his IU career, McCulley landed at Big Ten rival Michigan. He had a solid year with the Wolverines, finishing as their second-leading receiver with 534 yards…

Indiana men’s and women’s basketball took home several Big Ten weekly awards Monday. IU men’s basketball guard Lamar Wilkerson was named co-Big Ten Player of the Week, sharing the honor with Nebraska’s Pryce Sandfort. Wilkerson enjoyed a historic performance against Penn State on Tuesday, setting a program record with 10 3-pointers and setting a Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall scoring record with 44 points. The fifth-year added four rebounds, four assists, and three steals in Indiana’s 113-72 win over the Nittany Lions. He then followed it up with 15 points in IU’s 72-60 loss at Kentucky. Wilkerson is the second player…

Valentyna Kadlecova started the first 10 games of the season for Indiana women’s basketball. But as of Monday, Kadlecova is no longer a Hoosier. The sophomore has left the program to return home to the Czech Republic to play professionally. “This was a decision Valentyna made with careful consideration,” IU head coach Teri Moren said in a statement, “and we wish her the best in her next chapter.” Kadlecova averaged 22.6 minutes per game through Indiana’s first 10 contests this season, as she started for a new-look Hoosier team. But her playing time was trending downwards, as she went over…

The first six weeks of Darian DeVries’ first season coaching Indiana men’s basketball brought plenty of ups and downs. The Hoosiers, sporting a completely overhauled roster from last season, have had games where they’ve looked unstoppable. Everything on both ends of the court flows so seamlessly on those nights, and opponents struggle to keep up and then stop the bleeding. There have also been some ugly wins, where the final score doesn’t reflect how Indiana actually played, and some cracks showed. But IU’s games against Louisville and Kentucky always looked like the litmus tests on the non-conference schedule; those two…

Watch as quarterback Fernando Mendoza is announced as the winner of the Heisman Trophy — Indiana’s first in program history — along with his reaction, his trophy lift, and his victory speech. Video credit to ESPN. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyTi2f38KQw For complete coverage of IU football, GO HERE.  The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans assemble when they’re not at Assembly” Find us on Instagram, X, and Facebook Seven ways to support completely free IU coverage at no cost to you.

Fernando Mendoza has won the first-ever Heisman Trophy in Indiana football history. The redshirt junior was named the winner Saturday evening in New York, taking home the 91st Heisman Trophy. IU’s quarterback beat out fellow finalists Diego Pavia (Vanderbilt quarterback), Jeremiyah Love (Notre Dame running back), and Julian Sayin (Ohio State quarterback). Mendoza — 6-foot-5, 225 pounds — has led the way for Indiana’s historic 13-0 season, earning the No. 1 overall seed in the College Football Playoff and a berth in the Rose Bowl. The 22-year-old has come through for the Hoosiers in several clutch moments this year. His…

Going into his first season at Indiana, Fernando Mendoza set a lofty goal for himself. The quarterback saw a list online of the top 10 early-season Heisman Trophy contenders, and he wasn’t on it. An ESPN story from August listed 21 players with better odds of winning the award. Mendoza didn’t tell anyone, but he decided to take his shot at the Heisman. “I was like, ‘Wow. I want to make a goal to myself.’ It’d be so special, and I prayed about, ‘Imagine if I could just make the ceremony. How cool would that be? I’d be able to…

Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza is in New York City for the Heisman Trophy ceremony Saturday night, but he’s already won multiple other player of the year awards. Mendoza joined IU head coach Curt Cignetti in sweeping the Walter Camp Awards on Wednesday. He was named AP Player of the Year on Thursday. And Friday evening, he added the Maxwell Award and the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award to his haul. The Maxwell goes to “the most outstanding college football player,” while the O’Brien goes to the best quarterback in the country. Mendoza is the second IU player to receive the…