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WATCH: Curt Cignetti press conference, North Texas preview
Indiana football head coach Curt Cignetti addressed the media on Monday for his usual game week press conference ahead of the Hoosiers’ season opener against North Texas. Cignetti was asked about moving forward from the 2025 season, how his life has changed since he first arrived in Bloomington, facing former Hoosier quarterback Tayven Jackson and […]
TRANSCRIPT: Everything Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti said to preview North Texas
Indiana football head coach Curt Cignetti addressed the media in his usual game week press conference on Monday afternoon, answering questions about the 2025 season, the offensive line, Tayven Jackson and more. Here’s everything he had to say: CIGNETTI: All right. Looking forward to prep for game week. I know our guys are tired of […]
Here’s all 18 Hoosiers who made 53-man NFL rosters this week
Football is in the air. Well, sort of, with the heat and whatnot, but you get the point. Indiana, coming off of a national championship in 2025 is preparing for the 2026 season with plenty of new faces on the roster from both the transfer portal and high school recruiting ranks. Several members of that […]
Which Indiana wide receiver will step up in 2026?
Despite losing Omar Cooper Jr. and Elijah Sarratt to the NFL, Indiana’s 2026 wide receiver room is a big reason Curt Cignetti’s group starts the season in the top 10, with a legitimate shot to repeat as National Champions. Both Charlie Becker – whose late season heroics were a big part of Indiana’s 2025 title […]
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Hey friends, we’ve got some news. Today, the SB Nation app is live, and it’s gonna be the best way to follow the Hoosiers. You can download it by searching SB Nation for iOS or Android. A year ago we made some big changes to our community, including offering fewer ads and the addition of […]
Hoosiers Daily News: Indiana football starts game week prep for North Texas
We’re finally here. The 2026 college football season is upon us and Indiana, coming off of its first national championship in program history, has transitioned from fall camp into game week prep as the Hoosiers prepare to welcome North Texas this Saturday. Look for more from us on the game this week. For now, here’s […]
Candystripe Catchup: Sam Alexis’ eligibility, fall camp updates, non-conference scheduling
It’s been a pretty eventful week around Indiana Athletics and we’re here to catch you up on all the news you need to know. From an update in the Sam Alexis eligibility saga, football position previews ahead of the 2026 season and the men’s and women’s basketball non-conference schedule, here’s what happened with the Hoosiers […]
Breaking down Indiana men’s basketball’s 2026-27 non-conference schedule
Indiana men’s basketball’s non-conference schedule is officially here and, well, these are certainly games they’re gonna play. I’ll just be blunt right out of the gate here: we’re entering just about the third season in a row where Indiana’s non-conference performance will be judged largely on how it responds to a few power conference opponents […]
Indiana football 2026 position preview: Safeties
With the 2026 Indiana football season rapidly approaching, we’re going through the Hoosiers’ roster with position by position previews as the program moves into a post-national title era. We’ll be previewing the offense first this week with the defense following next week. Follow along! Safeties Amare Ferrell – Sr Ferrell is Indiana’s lone returning starter […]
Indiana football 2026 opponent preview: North Texas
Indiana begins its National Championship defense September 5th with a matchup against North Texas in Memorial Stadium. The Hoosiers should be favored by a wide margin, but this is a North Texas program with high expectations heading into 2026. Here’s what you need to know about the Mean Green: North Texas Mean Green If you […]
Indiana men’s basketball makes top-10 for 2027 guard Nasir Anderson
It’s getting to feel a lot like football season, but basketball news is still rolling in. Nasir Anderson, one of the top guard prospects in the class of 2027, recently cut his list to just 10 programs, with Indiana being among them. Anderson will chose from the Hoosiers or a group consisting of Kentucky, North […]
Indiana football 2026 position preview: Defensive line
With the 2026 Indiana football season rapidly approaching, we’re going through the Hoosiers’ roster with position by position previews as the program moves into a post-national title era. We’ll be previewing the offense first this week with the defense following next week. Follow along! Defensive line Tackles Tyrique Tucker – Sr Other than Fernando Mendoza […]
Hoosiers Daily News: Indiana men’s, women’s basketball announce non-conference slates
Both Indiana’s men’s and women’s basketball programs went official with their non-conference schedules this week. The men’s basketball team will tip off its 2026-27 season, the second under head coach Darian DeVries, against Eastern Illinois on November 2. The remainder of its non-conference slate is highlighted by home matchups against Missouri and UCF and neutral […]
Indiana’s Sam Alexis now ineligible for 2026-27 following court order
Talk about deja vu. Indiana men’s basketball’s Sam Alexis, who was set to rejoin the Hoosiers’ roster for the 2026-27 season following an injunction in Tennessee, is now ineligibile after the Tennessee Court of Appeals stayed said injunction on Wednesday afternoon, per Sam C. Erlich of Boise State University. Alexis was one of several players […]
Hoosiers Daily News: How the Big Ten’s new rule barring pros affects Indiana football
The Big Ten recently passed a new rule that effectively bans players in professional leagues such as the NFL from returning to play for member institutions. Does this have any impact on Indiana football? Well, no. Indiana made the move in recent weeks to add both Stephen Daley and Kellan Wyatt, members of the Hoosiers’ […]
Hoosiers Daily News: Indiana football enters week four of fall camp
There’s less than two weeks before Indiana football returns for the 2026 season, taking on North Texas in Bloomington on September 5. There’s still some camp concerns left with game week preparation set for next week. The Hoosiers still have to settle who’s starting at corner alongside Jamari Sharpe, who’s backing up Josh Hoover in […]
WATCH: Curt Cignetti press conference, fall camp week four
Indiana football entered its fourth and final week of Fall camp on Monday with the Hoosiers set for game week preparation next week ahead of the season opener. Curt Cignetti, as he has on camp Mondays, addressed the media yesterday to discuss the week ahead while answering questions on how Josh Hoover has progressed throughout […]
ESPN analyst sees Indiana as the Big Ten’s strongest national title contender in 2026
Indiana football has had (far) more than its fair share of doubters since Curt Cignetti arrived in the winter of 2023. Nationally-baed proponents of Cignetti’s turnaround in Bloomington were few and far between prior to the Hoosiers’ run to the national championship in 2025. ESPN’s Kevin Clark, speaking with one of the program’s loudest detractors […]
Where Indiana football lands in The Athletic’s ranking of all 138 FBS teams
We’re within weeks of the start of the college football season and you know what that means: preseason rankings. The usual suspects, the USA Today Coaches Poll and the AP Top-25, have been out for weeks now and have the Hoosiers at No. 6 entering 2026. But what about the fun ones? The Athletic goes […]
Indiana football 2026 position preview: Cornerbacks
With the 2026 Indiana football season rapidly approaching, we’re going through the Hoosiers’ roster with position by position previews as the program moves into a post-national title era. We’ll be previewing the offense first this week with the defense following next week. Follow along! Positions – Defense Cornerbacks Jamari Sharpe – Sr (5) I mean, […]
Indiana football 2026 position preview: Linebackers
With the 2026 Indiana football season rapidly approaching, we’re going through the Hoosiers’ roster with position by position previews as the program moves into a post-national title era. We’ll be previewing the offense first this week with the defense following next week. Follow along! Positions Linebackers Isaiah Jones – Sr (5) Jones’ 2025 production speaks […]
Indiana football has two great coordinators. Appreciate it while you can
When Indiana football inked both Bryant Haines and Mike Shanahan to contract extensions this past December, it knew it was only buying time. That was before the National Championship and Haines winning the 2025 Broyles Award, presented to the nation’s top assistant coach. Like the Heisman trophy and National Championship, it was Indiana’s first time […]
Assessing Indiana’s defensive line after Stephen Daley and Kellan Wyatt lose their eligibility
Well. For a week there, Indiana probably had one of the deepest, most distruptive disruptive defensive lines in college football. Now it just has the latter. To be extraordinarily clear on that point: Stephen Daley and Kellan Wyatt are both tremendously impactful football players, that’s not a slight against either’s ability on the field. It’s […]
Candystripe Catchup: Stephen Daley and Kellan Wyatt, Indiana’s win total, NIL spending
It’s been a pretty big week around Indiana Athletics as the Fall sports season gets started with men’s and women’s soccer and football looming large. The biggest news came right here at the end of the week with Indiana football defensive linemen Stephen Daley and Kellan Wyatt losing their previously granted fifth seasons of eligibility […]
Indiana football’s Kellan Wyatt and Stephen Daley ruled ineligible for 2026
In a new opinion, issued Friday, August 21, the 10th circuit granted the NCAA a stay of the preliminary injunction issued earlier in favor of Stephen Daley and Kellan Wyatt. The new ruling renders the two players ineligible, pending another decision down the line. Wisne v. NCAA, the case at issue here, had resulted in […]
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