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Indiana football landed its second No. 1 overall pick in program history when Fernando Mendoza had his name called by the Oakland Raiders Thursday night. Omar Cooper Jr. was also a first round selection, going No. 30 to the New York Jets. By Saturday night, a total of eight Hoosiers had been selected breaking the […]
Indiana football saw its eighth player taken in the NFL Draft on Saturday when the Houston Texans selected linebacker Aiden Fisher with the 243rd overall pick pick in the seventh round. Here’s what to know about the newest Texan (like, for the team and state, I suppose). Aiden Fisher – LB – 6’1”, 232 lbs […]
Indiana football saw its seventh player taken in the NFL Draft on Saturday when the Tennessee Titans selected center Pat Coogan with the 194th overall pick in the sixth round. Here’s what to know about the newest Titan: Pat Coogan – C – 6’5”, 311 lbs Coogan transferred to Indiana ahead of the 2025 season […]
Indiana football saw its sixth player taken in the NFL Draft on Saturday when the Pittsburgh Steelers selected tight end Riley Nowakowski with the 169th overall pick in the fifth round. Here’s what to know about the newest Steeler: Riley Nowakowski – TE/FB – 6’2”, 243 lbs One of the most telling things about Nowakowski […]
Indiana football saw its fourth player taken in the NFL Draft on Friday when the San Francisco 49ers selected running back Kaelon Black with the 90th overall pick in the third round, reuniting him with quarterback Kurtis Rourke, who was selected in last year’s draft. Here’s what to know about the newest 49er: Kaelon Black […]
Indiana football saw its fifth player taken in the NFL Draft on Saturday when the Baltimore Ravens selected wide receiver Elijah Sarratt with the 115th overall pick in the fourth round. Here’s what to know about the newest Raven: Elijah Sarratt – WR – 6’2”, 210 lbs Sarratt’s journey to the NFL went through Saint […]
Indiana football saw its third player taken in the NFL Draft on Friday when the New York Jets selected cornerback D’Angelo Ponds with the 50th overall pick in the second round, reuniting him with wide receiver Omar Cooper Jr. Here’s what to know about the newest Jet: D’Angelo Ponds – CB – 5’8”, 182 lbs […]
It was a huge week for Indiana Athletics as Heisman Trophy winner and national champion quarterback Fernando Mendoza was selected by the Las Vegas Raiders with the first overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft on Thursday while the football program held the annual spring game. There’s plenty to talk about. Here’s what you need […]
Indiana football broke its NFL first round drought of multiple decades when quarterback Fernando Mendoza was picked first overall on Sunday night. The program added a second when wide receiver Omar Cooper Jr. was selected 30th overall by the New York Jets. Cooper Jr. spent three seasons in Bloomington, remaining with the program during the […]
Can you hear the drums Fernando? I remember long ago another starry night like this Fernando Mendoza arrived in Bloomington in the Spring of 2025 after transferring in from California. His younger brother, Alberto Mendoza, had been recruited by then-James Madison head coach Curt Cignetti and elected to follow Cignetti and staff once he’d accepted […]
Indiana football and Curt Cignetti made even more history on Thursday night. Fernando Mendoza, the Hoosiers’ Heisman Trophy winning national champion quarterback, was selected by the Las Vegas Raiders with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft months after leading one of the most historically downtrodden programs in college football to the […]
Indiana football is officially set for the program’s spring game this evening, which will coincide with the beginning of the 2026 NFL Draft in an effort to celebrate outgoing starting quarterback, Heisman Trophy winner and national champion Fernando Mendoza. Former TCU quarterback Josh Hoover has stepped into Mendoza’s massive shoes as an experienced hand to […]
Indiana football’s spring game is officially upon us as the program looks to round out weeks of practice into the beginnings of another winner in Bloomington. This year is more special than any in recent memory, with the game itself coinciding with the beginning of the first round of the NFL Draft, where Hoosier legend, […]
Believe it or not, an Indiana football player has actually been selected with the first overall pick of the NFL Draft before. Richard Corbett “Corby” Davis, an Indiana native and fullback for the Hoosiers, was picked first overall by the Cleveland Rams in 1938. Fernando Mendoza, the Heisman Trophy winner and national champion, can still […]
Indiana men’s basketball fans have been through their fair share of great-on-paper offseasons that don’t end up working out once the roster hits the floor and the shots start to count. Darian DeVries, Ryan Carr and the rest of Indiana’s staff have to see this roster reload through to what actually matters, but it’s fair […]
It’s shaping up to be an incredibly eventful week for Indiana Athletics, even before the onset of new online beef between Indiana and Alabama. Indiana’s spring game is set for Thursday, the same day as the NFL Draft. Attendees will be able to watch Heisman Trophy winner and national champion Fernando Mendoza’s selection. With that […]
Indiana men’s basketball is set to welcome a bit of a familiar face to Assembly Hall for the 2026-27 season. Eric Reibe, a transfer center out of UConn, has committed to USC and head coach Eric Musselman. Reibe, who’s originally from Germany, committed to UConn as a member of the class of 2025 out of […]
Former Indiana men’s basketball head coach Mike Davis is reportedly set to lead a program once again after a brief stop as an assistant at Memphis, his first assistant role since his time in Bloomington. Davis is set to be named the head coach at Mississippi Valley State University in Itta Bena, Mississippi, per reporting […]
Every time a top college basketball coaching position opens, one name from the NBA ranks seems to light up the message boards, Twitter and wherever else fans talk about the sport as a “make him say no” candidate. You know who I’m talking about. That’s right. Bra- *dragged offstage by vaudeville hook* Okay, alright, not […]
Indiana football defensive coordinator Bryant Haines has done several things at a high level since arriving in Bloomington in 2024, but two things in particular stick out. Haines was named the winner of this past season’s Broyles Award as the top assistant coach in college football after coordinating smothering performances throughout the regular season and […]
Indiana football is in the news once again with a new spat with Alabama months after the Hoosiers’ 38-3 demolition of the Crimson Tide in the Rose Bowl Game. Former Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson appeared on a podcast in the leadup to the NFL Draft this week and was asked about the Tide’s performance against […]
Indiana women’s basketball landed its third transfer portal commitment of the offseason and second from Iowa State when former Cyclone Kenzie Hare announced her intentions to join the Hoosiers for the 2026-27 season via social media. Hare has spent the past two seasons with Iowa State after spending the first two seasons of her career […]
Indiana men’s basketball is set to have an almost entirely new roster ahead of the 2026-27 season with Trent Sisley being the only Hoosier who received minutes in 2025-26 to return. Darian DeVries, Ryan Carr and the rest of Indiana’s staff have been putting in work in the transfer portal to reload, with six commitments […]
Indiana Athetics has had a pretty busy week between even more transfer portal commitments for the men’s basketball program, the women’s basketball roster taking greater shape and spring practice carrying onward for the football program. Here’s what you need to know about the Hoosiers today: What they’re saying about the Hoosiers ICYMI on The Crimson […]
Indiana men’s basketball is naturally going to be compared, contrasted and measured against fellow Big Ten programs, but carries the additional wrinkle of the same being true for Louisville and Kentucky given the region the program occupies. This is especially true right now with each program having hired a new head coach in the past […]