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IU football’s Curt Cignetti reveals rationale for major role in video game: “Really good for the program”
Flip on the latest edition of EA Sports College Football 27, and you're likely to be greeted by IU football ...
Cignetti reacts to IU football not winning best team ESPY: “Some networks are consistent getting it wrong”
Curt Cignetti dropped the latest bomb in a war of words with ESPN that dates back to the 2024 season ...
Is IU football commit Monshun Sales a sure thing? Here’s how recent top high school WRs performed
How much of a certainty is it IU verbal pledge Monshun Sales will go on to have a great college ...
Watch: IU football coach Curt Cignetti makes summer appearance on Pat McAfee Show
Watch as IU football coach Curt Cignetti joined the Pat McAfee Show on Friday afternoon. Cignetti is 27-2 in two ...
“Cuddly and likable” Curt Cignetti soon to appear in State Farm commercial
Although he's a seemingly never ending source of viral quotes and led his team to a national title, IU football's ...
IU football’s percentage chance to win each game in 2026 via ESPN matchup predictor
ESPN has posted its matchup predictor to each of the Gamecast pages for Indiana’s 2026 football season. The matchup predictor ...
Fernando Mendoza, OG Anunoby win ESPY Awards
Former IU athletes took center stage Wednesday evening at the ESPY Awards in New York. Quarterback Fernando Mendoza was named ...
Watch: Episode 6 of IU football series “The Standard” features safety Amare Ferrell
Watch below Episode 6 of IU football's offseason series, "The Standard." Safety Amare Ferrell is featured in this episode. A ...
IU football 2026 opponent overview, Week 2: Howard
College football season is rapidly approaching, with fall camp opening in early August. We're going through Indiana's schedule to look ...
Watch: IU football coach Curt Cignetti interview with Kay Adams
Watch as IU football coach Curt Cignetti joined Kay Adams on the Up & Adams Show. The pair covered several ...
IU football is hosting “Summer Fan Night” at Memorial Stadium
IU is inviting football fans inside Memorial Stadium next week for a free event ahead of the 2026 season. Indiana ...
“These guys are locked in”: Kyle Schwarber in awe of the IU football turnaround
Although baseball was his best sport, Kyle Schwarber was also a football star from Ohio with college offers. He was ...
Four projected starters on IU football’s 2026 OL gave up zero sacks in 2025 regular season
Indiana returns four starters along the offensive line from its 2025 national championship team. And with the addition of Wisconsin ...
Preseason game odds favor IU football to end one long streak, another forever streak
IU football has a chance to keep the first time ever, first time since train rolling in 2026. The Hoosiers ...
Money vs. Model: Vegas likes IU football’s 2026 outlook better than ESPN FPI
When money is on the line, people tend to eliminate the noise and get down business. Perhaps that's why Vegas ...
IU football 2025 season rewatch in 60: Games 14-16 — The College Football Playoff run
Let’s continue our look back at each of Indiana’s 16 wins in 2025 via condensed versions of each game. Below ...
Here’s where IU football is ranked in ESPN’s updated Football Power Index for 2026
As we approach the start of the 2026 season, ESPN has updated its popular College Football Power Index (FPI) this ...
IU football’s Curt Cignetti sits atop head coach rankings, preseason watch lists — is there another choice?
It would be disingenuous to have IU football coach Curt Cignetti anywhere but the top of any attempt to rank ...
TCU coach Sonny Dykes acknowledges Curt Cignetti was fair in his defense of Josh Hoover
Chalk up another win for Curt Cignetti. TCU head coach Sonny Dykes has conceded in their back-and-forth related to quarterback ...
“Best version of you”: Fernando Mendoza explains why he took less money to play for IU football
The money was better at Georgia and Miami. But Fernando Mendoza saw his younger brother's football knowledge soar in one ...
IU football’s Fernando Mendoza wins Big Ten Male Athlete of the Year
IU football quarterback Fernando Mendoza has been selected as the 2025-26 Big Ten Conference Jesse Owens Male Athlete of the ...
IU football 2026 opponent overview, Week 1: North Texas
College football season is rapidly approaching, with fall camp opening in early August. We're going through Indiana's schedule to look ...
Meet the transfers: Don Fischer interviews IU football’s Obiazor, Gowers and Williams
Watch below as the legendary voice of IU football Don Fischer conducts quick getting to know you interviews with transfer ...
D’Angelo Ponds’ Oregon pick-6 illustrates intelligence, instincts required of IU football players
Omar Cooper, Jr. had the greatest catch in IU football history at Penn State in November. But he doesn't even ...
IU football 2025 season rewatch in 60: Game 13 — vs. Ohio State at Big Ten Championship
Let’s continue our look back at each of Indiana’s 16 wins in 2025 via BTN’s 60 minute condensed versions of ...
IU football 2025 season rewatch in 60: Game 12 — at Purdue
Let’s continue our look back at each of Indiana’s 16 wins in 2025 via BTN’s 60 minute condensed versions of ...
IU football was first team outside preseason top-6 to win national title in CFP era
College football was getting very predictable for a while. Alabama. Clemson. Rinse. Repeat. Although still among the traditional powers of ...
New York Jets LB, former Hoosier Marcelino McCrary-Ball: “Bring that IU culture here”
Former IU defensive star Marcelino McCrary-Ball saw three postseason appearances in his six years in Bloomington. But of course he ...
Watch: D’Angelo Ponds and Omar Cooper, Jr. tell IU football stories on Jets podcast
Watch as former IU football stars Omar Cooper, Jr. and D'Angelo Ponds joined the New York Jets' official podcast to ...
Four IU football players, including both linebackers, earn Walter Camp preseason All-American honors
Preseason accolades continue rolling in for Indiana football. Walter Camp announced its preseason All-Americans Tuesday, and four Hoosiers made the ...
Illinois coach Bret Bielema calls IU football coordinators Haines and Shanahan “extremely special”
Illinois was humbled by Indiana in their Big Ten opener last September. So much so that the 63-10 dismantling they ...
IU football 2025 season rewatch in 60: Game 11 — vs. Wisconsin
Let’s continue our look back at each of Indiana’s 16 wins in 2025 via BTN’s 60 minute condensed versions of ...
Eight Hoosiers named preseason All-Americans by Athlon Sports
Eight IU football players are on 2026 preseason All-American teams at Athlon Sports. A theme is developing, as these are ...
Curt Cignetti continues to tease stadium expansion in IU football’s future
Since Memorial Stadium was completed in 1960, the idea of expanding its capacity has been a bit of a joke ...
IU football and OG Anunoby up for ESPY Awards
IU Athletics will be prominent at the 2026 ESPY Awards. The 2025 national championship football squad is up for Best ...
Here are four IU football players in PFF’s top-10 returners at their position
IU football offensive tackle Carter Smith highlights the program's top returning players in 2026. The Big Ten's 2025 offensive lineman ...
“Compete best when I’m angry”: IU football’s Curt Cignetti has chips on his shoulder for all 12 opponents
Fair warning to Howard: Curt Cignetti has found something to be angry about your Sept. 12 trip to Bloomington. No, ...
Watch: IU football’s Curt Cignetti sits down for long form interview with Adam Breneman
Watch as IU football coach Curt Cignetti sat down for a long form interview with Adam Breneman. The pair covered ...
IU football roundup: Brees impressed, uniform tweaks, CBS Sports season projection
Here are some quick news items and notes related to IU football this week: FORMER PURDUE GREAT IMPRESSED WITH CIGNETTI ...
IU football 2025 season rewatch in 60: Game 10 — at Penn State
Let’s continue our look back at each of Indiana’s 16 wins in 2025 via BTN’s 60 minute condensed versions of ...
IU football’s Curt Cignetti has a simple answer when players ask for more money at the wrong time
There is a time and a place to renegotiate money with the head coach at Indiana. That's in December, when ...
Meet the transfers: Don Fischer interviews IU football’s Josh Hoover and Joe Brunner
Watch below as the legendary voice of IU football Don Fischer conducts quick getting to know you interviews with transfer ...
‘Real plus for college football’: IU coach Curt Cignetti happy with Brendan Sorsby outcome
Count IU football coach Curt Cignetti among the overwhelming majority who felt former Hoosiers quarterback Brendan Sorsby should not be ...
Watch: IU football coach Curt Cignetti covers wide range of topics with Rich Eisen
Watch as IU football coach Curt Cignetti joined Rich Eisen of ESPN to cover a number of topics. The pair ...
Projecting Josh Hoover’s season based on IU football coach Curt Cignetti’s success with QBs
All signs point to a career-best season loading for Indiana quarterback Josh Hoover. Why's that? As we outlined earlier this ...
Former IU QB Brendan Sorsby decides against playing for Texas Tech
After a wave of near consensus public outcry, former IU football quarterback Brendan Sorsby has decided to end his college ...
The Cignetti Effect: Quarterbacks have improved dramatically under his direction
Is IU football coach Curt Cignetti a quarterback whisperer? The son of a college coach, a quarterback at West Virginia ...
IU football 2025 season rewatch in 60: Game 9 — at Maryland
Let’s continue our look back at each of Indiana’s 16 wins in 2025 via BTN’s 60 minute condensed versions of ...
Eight IU football players named 2026 preseason All-Americans by Phil Steele
Eight IU players were named to well known college football analyst Phil Steele's annual preseason All-American teams. This is double ...
Meet the transfers: Don Fischer interviews IU football’s Joshua Burnham, Tobi Osunsanmi
Watch below as the legendary voice of IU football Don Fischer conducts quick getting to know you interviews with transfer ...
ESPN: IU football has 2 of the nation’s top-5 wide receivers in 2026
When he drops back to pass this fall, new Indiana quarterback Josh Hoover will have several enticing options. Headlining Hoover's ...
Watch: IU football WR Charlie Becker featured in latest edition of “The Standard”
Watch as IU football wide receiver Charlie Becker was featured on the latest edition of The Standard. The 6-foot-4 and ...
Where IU football ranks in total college snaps on a roster in 2026
Production over potential. It's one of IU football coach Curt Cignetti's favorite lines when discussing the transfer portal. Some desperate ...
IU football 2025 season rewatch in 60: Game 8 — vs. UCLA
Let’s continue our look back at each of Indiana’s 16 wins in 2025 via BTN’s 60 minute condensed versions of ...
IU football’s Curt Cignetti named to Time’s 100 most influential people in sports in 2026
From athletes and coaches to advocates and investors, these are the people shaping sports today, says Time Magazine. Time included ...
Brendan Sorsby is threatening ‘probable, imminent and irreparable injury’ to college sports
Congratulations to former Indiana quarterback Brendan Sorsby. No, not for his shameful victory in a Texas court that will ostensibly ...
The Cignetti Effect: “He drastically changed the way I thought and played quarterback”
James Madison quarterback Ben DiNucci found out very quickly things were going to be different in 2019. DiNucci's redshirt senior ...
“The big step for us”: This October win had IU football believing it could do anything
Nobody outside the IU football program thought the Hoosiers could do it. For nearly three years, no one had done ...
Fundraiser established for homeless former IU football player
Former IU football running back Sampson James was recognized on the street in Austin, Texas by an individual named Jasper ...
The Cignetti Effect: Longtime detractor Paul Finebaum now asking Auburn coach if he can be next IU football
For the first 26 games of the Curt Cignetti era at Indiana, ESPN college football analyst Paul Finebaum couldn't get ...
The Cignetti Effect: Texas’ Steve Sarkisian cites IU football in nonconference scheduling debate
Curt Cignetti entered the national conversation on nonconference scheduling a year ago on brand, jumping in unfiltered with two feet ...
Curt Cignetti featured in reveal trailer for EA Sports College Football 27
EA Sports revealed College Football 27 on Thursday evening, and IU football coach Curt Cignetti was prominently featured in the ...
ESPN names IU’s Tyrique Tucker one of “college football’s top 15 non-QB playmakers in 2026”
Interior linemen on both sides of the football rarely get the respect they deserve. While the edge rushers get most ...
Watch: IU football coach Curt Cignetti discusses the offseason on the Big Ten Network
Watch as IU football coach Curt Cignetti joined Rick Pizzo of the Big Ten Network at the league meetings in ...
Meet the transfers: Don Fischer interviews Shazz Preston, Turbo Richard, Preston Zachman
Watch below as the legendary voice of IU football Don Fischer conducts quick getting to know you interviews with transfer ...
Four IU football players among ESPN’s top-100 newcomers for 2026
On a mission to repeat as national champs, IU football has reloaded during the offseason. The Hoosiers have four of ...
Two national outlets place IU football as 2026 preseason No. 1
IU football seems certain to accomplish yet another first-time-ever feat when the preseason AP top-25 is released in early August ...
IU football’s Dunbar, Randle El back on Hall of Fame ballot, several from 2025 team eligible
Former IU football greats Antwaan Randle El and Vaughn Dunbar are back on the College Football Hall of Fame ballot ...
IU football’s Cignetti, Memorial Stadium appear on leaked College Football 27 cover
The value of Indiana football's brand has never been higer. The return of the EA Sports College Football video game ...
IU football 2025 season rewatch in 60: Game 7 — vs. Michigan State
Let’s continue our look back at each of Indiana’s 16 wins in 2025 via BTN’s 60 minute condensed versions of ...
CBS Sports panel finally dragged to reality: IU football’s Curt Cignetti is an elite coach
Is IU football coach Curt Cignetti the best coach at the Power 4 level of college football? That's what a ...
Watch: IU football coach Curt Cignetti annual media Q&A at Hubers event
BORDEN, Ind. -- Watch as IU football coach Curt Cignetti met with the media on Wednesday evening. See also: Curt ...
IU football’s Curt Cignetti doesn’t want to be outspoken on state of college football. But he has concerns.
BORDEN, Ind. -- IU football coach Curt Cignetti insists he doesn't want to get into the public discourse about the ...
FOX Big Noon Kickoff will start 2026 season in Bloomington
FOX is opening the 2026 college football season at the home of the reigning national champs. The network's “Big Noon ...
Kickoff times and television set for early weeks of 2026 IU football season
The Big Ten Conference and its media partners revealed today the kickoff times and television designations for the early weeks ...
Here are the IU football players who could gain an extra year under 5-year eligibility
Universal five-year eligibility appears to be on track to become a reality in Division I college sports. The NCAA says ...
Watch: IU football tight end Brock Schott gives interviews
Watch below as promising young IU football tight end Brock Schott met with Fort Wayne media over the last couple ...
Look: Some of the sights and sounds from Curt Cignetti’s day at the Indy 500
IU football coach Curt Cignetti was the honorary pace car driver to start the 2026 Indianapolis 500. Below are some ...
Watch: Curt Cignetti prepares to drive the Indy 500 pace car
Watch as IU football coach Curt Cignetti goes through the preparation to drive the pace car at Sunday's Indianapolis 500 ...
IU football’s Sharpe and Tucker both on Lott Trophy preseason watch list
The Lott IMPACT Trophy has announced 42 candidates for the 2026 Lott IMPACT Trophy. Included on the list are two ...
IU football coach Curt Cignetti says he used to be a recipient of those 4th quarter scowls
At times it seems like Curt Cignetti is a walking meme. Google this, these teams suck, and so on. But ...
Watch: IU football’s “The Standard” episode 4 features Tyrique Tucker and Carter Smith
Watch below episode four of "The Standard," featuring two key members of the 2025 national championship team -- IU football ...
Brendan Sorsby says he bet on IU football games to “feel more connected to game and teammates”
Former Indiana quarterback Brendan Sorsby filed for an injunction against the NCAA this week, seeking his eligibility for the 2026 ...
Watch: Mark Cuban talks Fernando Mendoza, state of NBA, sports betting
Watch as IU billionaire alumnus Mark Cuban sat down with Front Office Sports for a long form interview. Cuban discusses ...
“Not gonna underestimate Indiana again”: What anonymous Big Ten coaches said about IU football
It’s difficult to get college coaches to speak candidly on much of anything. That’s why we like Athlon’s annual tradition ...
IU Football: The 2026 Schedule Page
Below is the schedule for the the 142nd season of Indiana football, and the third of the Curt Cignetti era ...
“Get my ass out of that car real fast”: Don’t worry — Curt Cignetti won’t try to race in Indy 500
If there's one thing Curt Cignetti is known for above all else, it's preparation. Typically, that means watching football film ...
Watch: IU football coach Curt Cignetti takes questions at Carmel event
Watch as IU football coach Curt Cignetti took questions from the media in Carmel, Ind. on Thursday evening. Cignetti was ...
“Had a mentality about them”: Alabama coach says program still learning from loss to IU football
Indiana's 38-3 Rose Bowl win over Alabama felt like a sea change in college football. In the age of the ...
Watch: IU football coach Curt Cignetti sits down for long interview with Josh Pate
Watch as IU coach Curt Cignetti sat down this week for a lengthy interview with Josh Pate. Cignetti is 27-2 ...
Look: Photos from IU football’s visit to the White House
Below is a selection of photos from IU football's visit to the White House on Monday afternoon. For complete coverage ...
Watch: National champion IU football team welcomed to the White House
Watch below as IU football is welcomed to the White House on May 11, 2026. Head coach Curt Cignetti and ...
Will IU football slide with just one JMU player back? It was never really about that.
It's interesting how quickly one particular narrative changed early in Curt Cignetti's tenure at Indiana. In the beginning, many were ...
IU football home game against Northwestern moved to Friday, Sept. 25
Indiana football's game against Northwestern has been moved to Friday, Sept. 25 as part of the FOX College Football Friday ...
Stepping into big shoes: IU football QB Josh Hoover “embraced that challenge”
Indiana fans have learned their lesson after two seasons with Curt Cignetti. You can't judge a transfer quarterback based on ...
ESPN says IU had best offseason in college football based on these three criteria
In December, Indiana won its first Big Ten title since 1967. In January the Hoosiers won the program's first-ever national ...
College football coaches want expanded CFP, elimination of conference title games
College football coaches want to follow in the path of college basketball and expand the postseason tournament. But they also ...
Watch: IU football releases The Standard episode 3 — NFL Draft edition
Watch below episode 3 of IU Athletics' feature series on the football program. This edition focuses on the 2026 NFL ...
Mark Cuban tells story of putting IU football past the goal line for Fernando Mendoza
Curt Cignetti and Indiana were deep in enemy territory, but it was 4th and 5 late in the fourth quarter, ...
“Want to line up and beat the s—t out of them”: Former IU staffer explains mindset going into Alabama game
IU football coach Curt Cignetti credits his time working under Nick Saban at Alabama as highly instrumental in his career ...