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Former Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza signs rookie contract with Las Vegas Raiders
The long wait is finally over: former Indiana football quarterback Fernando Mendoza has signed his rookie contract with the Las Vegas Raiders. Mendoza, coming off of a national championship season that saw him win the Heisman Trophy, was selected by the Raiders with the first overall pick in this past spring’s NFL Draft. He’s the […]
Hoosiers Daily News: Indiana football is recruiting like never before
Indiana football has had its moments in recruiting. Tom Allen had his moments on the field and the trail, landing multiple of the program’s highest-rated signings at the time including Dasan McCullough, son of then-running backs coach Deland McCullough. But the Hoosiers have never seen the types of prospects Curt Cignetti is landing on the […]
Indiana men’s basketball adds yet another exhibition, will face Butler
Indiana men’s basketball has added its third preseason exhibition matchup against another NCAA Division-I college basketball program. The Hoosiers will face Butler at historic Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Sunday, October 11 with the Bulldogs traveling down to Bloomington the next year for a return exhibition game at Assembly Hall. This October’s game will be […]
Indiana football lands commitment from 2028 QB Lukas Prock
Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti and company kept the momentum going on the recruiting trail, landing their first commit of the class of 2028 in Lukas Prock, a four-star quarterback out of New Jersey. Prock is a consensus top-10 quarterback in the class of 2028, ranked between fifth and seventh by various recruiting outlets. Prock, […]
Hoosiers Daily News: Men’s basketball begins play in FISU America Games
Indiana men’s basketball’s second international trip in as many years under head coach Darian DeVries is underway as FISU America Games play begins in Lima, Peru. The Hoosiers, representing the United States in the event, handed Peru a 115-36 loss without breaking a sweat on Tuesday, YouTube livestreaming issues aside. They’ll be back in action […]
Indiana football receives expert prediction to land top 2028 QB prospect
Indiana football keeps gaining momentum on the recruiting trail as the staff puts together the 2027 recruiting class. But there’s always an eye on the future at the sport’s premier position. Lukas Prock, a quarterback prospect in the class of 2028, has received an expert prediction to commit to Indiana from On3/Rivals is the vice […]
How to watch Indiana men’s basketball vs Virgin Islands in the FISU America games
Indiana men’s basketball, representing the United States, is set for its second matchup in the FISU America Games. The FISU America Games is a multi-sport event held every two years between collegiate athletes from the Americas as a leadup to the FISU World University Games, a larger scale event featuring collegiate athletes from around the […]
Indiana Reacts Survey: How confident are you in Indiana football recruiting?
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in IU fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Indiana football landed its first verbal commitment from a 5-star recruiting prospect last Friday when Monshun […]
What to know about Indiana men’s basketball’s FISU America Games schedule
Indiana men’s basketball, representing the United States in the FISU America Games, is set to begin play in the FISU America Games this week in Lima, Peru. The FISU America Games is a multi-sport event held every two years between collegiate athletes from the Americas leading up to the FISU World University Games, a larger […]
How to watch Indiana men’s basketball vs Peru in the FISU America games
Indiana men’s basketball, representing the United States, is set for its first matchup in the FISU America Games. The FISU America Games is a multi-sport event held every two years between collegiate athletes from the Americas as a leadup to the FISU World University Games, a larger scale event featuring collegiate athletes from around the […]
Hoosiers Daily News: Indiana men’s basketball strengthens non-conference schedule
Indiana men’s basketball’s 2026-27 non-conference schedule just got considerably stronger. The Hoosiers added another neutral site game to their slate with a matchup against Arkansas set for November 17 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. It’ll be the program’s first game against Arkansas since 2019 and the first against a John Calipari-coached team […]
Indiana’s Curt Cignetti flips another script by landing Monshun Sales
Indiana isn’t the first team to rise to prominence and reach the top of its sport, far from it. But the Hoosiers’ path to that championship and its epilogue differs from their predecessors. Landing commitments from 5-star recruits is usually part of the rise to said championship rather than a feature of its aftermath. But […]
Indiana football: Monshun Sales scouting report
Indiana football landed a commitment from the No. 1 wide receiver prospect in the class of 2027, Lawrence North’s Monshun Sales, on Friday. Curt Cignetti already has 16 recruits signed in that class, putting Indiana in the top 50 nationally, but Sales is a major addition. For reference, Indiana’s best high school recruit in program […]
Indiana Football, Monshun Sales and recruiting with the best
In just two years at Indiana, Curt Cignetti has accomplished seemingly all there is to accomplish in the sport. He did the impossible in bringing the Hoosiers their first National Championship, first Heisman Trophy winner, first Rose Bowl victory, and on, and on. By now, his detractors are mostly acting in bad faith, pretending that […]
Indiana football lands commitment from Monshun Sales, nation’s No. 1 wide receiver
Indiana football head coach Curt Cignetti has led the program to several previously unthinkable firsts during his two years in Bloomington. He added another on Friday afternoon: first 5-star prospect commitment. Monshun Sales, a wide receiver out of Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis, announced his commitment to Indiana during an appearance on the Pat […]
How to watch No. 1 2027 WR Monshun Sales’ commitment announcement
Monshun Sales, a wide receiver in the class of 2027 out of Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis, is set to announce his college decision at 12 p.m. ET on Friday, July 17. He’ll choose from a group of finalists composed of in-state reigning national champion Indiana, Texas, Alabama, Ohio State and LSU. Here’s what […]
Hoosiers Daily News: Fernando Mendoza wins an ESPY
Undefeated. Big Ten champion. Heisman Trophy winner. National champion. Former Indiana football quarterback Fernando Mendoza added quite a few titles to his name during his one season with the Hoosiers, adding another on Wednesday evening: Best College Athlete in Men’s Sports at the ESPYS. Watch Mendoza accept the award below: Here’s what else to know […]
Hoosiers Daily News: Indiana men’s basketball set for exhibition play
We’re only three months removed from the end of the men’s college basketball season and we’re already getting an early look at Indiana’s new roster ahead of 2026-27. The Hoosiers are hosting Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, a secondary school in Montreal, Quebec, for an exhibition matchup this evening ahead of the program’s participation in the FISU America […]
Hoosiers Daily News: Top football recruiting target sets decision date
Indiana has been one of the major players in 5-star wide receiver Monshun Sales’ recruitment since it began. Now, we’re set to learn his decision. Sales, who plays at Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis, is set to announce his decision at noon on Friday via the Pat McAfee Show, per his social media. He’ll […]
Indiana Reacts Results: Hoosier fans want to see Charlie Becker take the pitch
With the World Cup taking the United States by storm, we decided to have a bit of fun with it last week. We selected four male Hoosier athletes and asked you, said fans, which one you’d like to see out on the pitch with Todd Yeagley’s Indiana men’s soccer program the most. The votes are […]
Hoosiers Daily News: Is Curt Cignetti college football’s best coach?
Curt Cignetti has nothing left to prove. Two years ago, Indiana’s head football coach walked into the facilities of one of the sport’s least accomplished programs and spoke of something they hadn’t seen much of: winning. A lot of it. Two years later, Cignetti was won as much as anyone in college football, leading the […]
Where Indiana commit Chase Branham ranks in updated Rivals150 ranking
Rivals recently updated its top-150 player rankings for boys basketball in the class of 2027, marking the sixth update for the class. Updates are based on in-person player evaluation, film study and intel, per the service. Chase Branham, Indiana men’s basketball’s lone committed player in the class as of this writing, rose slightly. He remains […]
Indiana men’s basketball schedules visit with top 2027 center Darius Wabbington
Indiana men’s basketball, as we’ve documented, has been in need of a center from the high school recruiting ranks for half a decade. The current staff, led by Darian DeVries, is on the case and has made progress with one of the top prospects at the position in the class of 2027. The Hoosiers have […]
Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza named Big Ten Male Athlete of the Year
Former Indiana football quarterback Fernando Mendoza is going to have to make even more room in his home trophy case. Mendoza was named the 2025-26 Big Ten Conference Jesse Owens Male Athlete of the Year on Wednesday via an official release. He’s the sixth Hoosier to earn the award, first football player since Anthony Thompson […]
Where Curt Cignetti ranks among ESPN’s top college football coaches
Indiana football’s Curt Cignetti has always been a winner as a head coach, but the wider college football world only took notice once he started doing it in Bloomington. His 27-2 record through two seasons with the Hoosiers defies the program’s history. He more postseason games in one season as Indiana had across its previous […]
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