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For the first time in 35 years, Indiana has a Heisman Trophy finalist. Fernando Mendoza, who led the Hoosiers to a 12-0 regular season finish, a 13-10 win over Ohio State in the Big Ten Football Championship game and the No. 1 seed in the 2025-26 College Football Playoff, was named as one of four […]
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No. 1 Indiana football quarterback Fernando Mendoza was named a finalist for the 2025 Heisman Trophy on Monday night via ESPN. He’ll be making the trip to New York for the trophy ceremony where he’ll be joined by fellow finalists in Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia, Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love and Ohio State quarterback […]
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Fernando Mendoza is going to New York City. No. 1 Indiana football’s quarterback has been named a finalist for the 2025 Heisman Trophy and will be in attendance for the ceremony in the Big Apple, per an announcement on ESPN. The other finalists are Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia, Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love and […]
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Indiana’s 13-10 win over Ohio State in the Big Ten Football Championship game on Saturday night didn’t come without a few loose ends. A few Hoosiers were in and out of the game with seemingly some injury issues with wide receiver Omar Cooper Jr., defensive back Louis Moore and defensive lineman Mikail Kamara being among […]
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Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza may have been the one hoisting the MVP trophy following the Hoosiers’ 13-10 win over Ohio State in the Big Ten Football Championship game on Saturday night at Lucas Oil Stadium, but he’d be the first to tell you he couldn’t have done it without his receivers. None shined brighter under […]
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Indiana finally reached the conference’s mountaintop on Saturday night with a 13-10 win over Ohio State in the Big Ten Football Championship Game at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. It’s the Hoosiers’ first win over the Buckeyes and first Big Ten championship in several decades, coming in their first appearance in the conference title game […]
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No. 1 Indiana football, coming off of a perfect 12-0 regular season and a 13-10 win in the Big Ten Football game, has earned the No. 1 overall seed in this season’s College Football Playoff, with the bracket being revealed during a selection show on ESPN. Indiana’s seeding comes with a bid in this season’s […]
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For the first time in program history, Indiana is the highest-ranked team in all of college football. The Hoosiers reached the No. 1 spot in the AP top-25 poll following Saturday’s 13-10 win over previous No. 1 Ohio State in the Big Ten Football Championship Game, with the Hoosiers supplanting the Buckeyes atop the rankings. […]
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It happened. It’s real. Indiana University Hoosiers football. Big Ten Conference champions. Truly, there’s so many things that can be said about this. Too many. Way too many for a single blog, be it this story or website as a whole. I’m gonna do my best though, so bear with me here. Indiana winning the […]
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Seven years ago I was a freshman student at IU Southeast (story for another day) sitting in the school’s food court in a gap between classes engaging in my usual routine: Food court Papa John’s pizza and 2018 Indiana Hoosiers football highlights. The pizza? Meh. The football? Also meh. My heart? Taken. Of all the […]
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No. 2 Indiana beat No. 1 Ohio State in the Big Ten Football Championship game on Saturday night at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was the Hoosiers’ first appearance in the conference title game and marks the program’s first Big Ten championship since 1967. The win caps off Indiana’s first 12-0 regular season […]
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No. 2 Indiana football quarterback Fernando Mendoza is now the overwhelming favorite to win the 2025 Heisman Trophy following Saturday’s Big Ten Football Championship game win over No. 1 Ohio State at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, per FanDuel Sportsbook. As of Saturday night, Mendoza sits at -3000 to win the award. He’s trailed by […]
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No. 2 Indiana football beat No. 1 Ohio State 13-10 in the Big Ten Football Championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. As the score indicates, it was a defensive affair. The Hoosiers slightly outgained the Buckeyes overall 340-322 but dominated the matchup on the ground 118-58, picking up 3.5 yards per carry […]
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Having suffered his first loss as Indiana head coach, Darian DeVries came into the neutral site matchup facing a number of questions that could define his first season at the helm of the Hoosiers. Could he have his group ready for such a consequential game so early? Can this team punch back against somebody other […]
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Following an upset loss on the road at Minnesota, Indiana had a shot to preserve its AP Top 25 ranking with a win today over top 10 Louisville. A neutral site game in a city already buzzing for the school’s first Big Ten Championship football game should have provided the perfect setting for Indiana to […]
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Indiana women’s basketball dropped to 0-1 in Big Ten play and 8-2 on the season with after a 78-57 battering on the road against Illinois at the State Farm Center in Champaign. If something could go wrong for the Hoosiers, it did. Indiana has been without starting center Zania Socka-Nguemen for the past two games […]
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No. 2 Indiana is all set for a historic Big Ten Football Championship game against No. 1 Ohio State at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Hoosiers and Buckeyes have spent the bulk of the latter half of the season at first in second in both major polls and the College Football Playoff rankings. […]
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34. 37. 58. 80. That’s the amount of years that have passed since Indiana football’s last postseason win, last win over Ohio State, last Big Ten championship of any kind and last outright Big Ten championship. Curt Cignetti has already made a ton of history in his two seasons as the Hoosiers’ head coach, setting […]
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Indiana’s athletics department exists in a weird spot. Like, geographically. The Hoosiers are in the Big Ten, the premier conference of the Midwest. For most of its history, its teams have shared common threads in agriculture, casserole, a tolerance of the biting cold that comes with late season football and early season basketball, a love […]
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No. 22 Indiana men’s basketball is set to take on No. 6 Louisville this afternoon at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. It’s the third matchup in as many seasons for the two programs, both of which have undergone a coaching change since the first in 2023. Mike Woodson’s Hoosiers beat Kenny Payne’s Cardinals at Madison Square […]
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No. 2 Indiana is set for a game of the century matchup against No. 1 Ohio State in the Big Ten Football Championship game this evening at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. It’s set to be a huge day for the athletics department in the circle city, with No. 22 Indiana men’s basketball taking […]
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If you’ve been at all plugged into the National Discourse around the coming Big Ten title game you’ve probably heard some variation of the take that it doesn’t matter. Well, no. It does. The crux of this opinion is that the game’s outcome won’t have too much of an impact on the coming College Football […]
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No. 2 Indiana’s ground attack will prove crucial when the Hoosiers take on No. 1 Ohio State in the Big Ten Football Championship game on Saturday night. That’s what the fans think, at least. A pretty strong majority of fans selected the Hoosiers’ running game as being more important than their passing game in a […]
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No. 2 Indiana is all set for a historic Big Ten Football Championship game against No. 1 Ohio State at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Hoosiers and Buckeyes have spent the bulk of the latter half of the season at first in second in both major polls and the College Football Playoff rankings. […]
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There’s nothing like a good coaching battle. Saturday’s clash between No. 2 Indiana and No. 1 Ohio State will feature one of the nation’s top offenses against the very best defense when Hoosiers offensive coordinator Mike Shanahan’s unit lines up against that of Buckeye defensive coordinator Matt Patricia. That’s a name most football fans know […]
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