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An online movement has sparked a name change for a retention pond less than a mile away from Indiana’s Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, per an official release. The pond at Miller-Showers Park, located just under half a mile away from the Hoosiers’ athletic facilities, has been renamed “D’Angelo’s Pond.” in honor of Indiana football cornerback […]
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Indiana football is already turning its historic run through the 2025 season and the ensuing College Football Playoff into success on the recruiting trail. The Hoosiers landed a trio of commitments in the high school class of 2027 in the days following their 56-22 win over Oregon in the Peach Bowl, which sent them to […]
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Indiana football is already turning its run through the College Football Playoff into increasing momentum on the high school recruiting trail. Garyon Hobbs, a safety out of the Christian Academy of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky, committed to join the Hoosiers on Sunday, two days after No. 1-seed Indiana beat No. 5-seed Oregon in the Peach […]
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Indiana football has added onto next season’s recruiting class throughout its run through the College Football Playoff. Monsanna Torbert Jr., an athlete out of Taft High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, committed to join the Hoosiers on Sunday, two days after No. 1-seed Indiana beat No. 5-seed Oregon in the Peach Bowl to advance to the […]
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Indiana football continues building out its wide receivers room ahead of the 2026 season. Shazz Preston, a junior wide receiver formerly of Tulane, committed to join the Hoosiers out of the transfer portal on Monday, he confirmed on Twitter. He’s rated as a 3-star prospect and ranks in as the 52nd highest-rated wide receiver and […]
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Indiana just added onto a strong secondary for the 2026 season. A.J. Harris, a junior cornerback formerly of Penn State, committed to join the Hoosiers out of the transfer portal on Monday afternoon, per ESPN’s Pete Thamel. He’s rated as a 3-star prospect and ranks in as the 17th highest-rated cornerback and 207th highest-rated prospect […]
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No. 1-seed Indiana football head coach Curt Cignetti spoke with the media through a teleconference on Monday afternoon ahead of next week’s College Football Playoff National Championship Game against No. 10-seed Miami. He was asked about the Hoosiers’ health following Friday’s 56-22 win over Oregon in the Peach Bowl, which included defensive end Mikail Kamara […]
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Indiana football has won more bowl games in the past 12 days than it had in the previous 34 years. The Hoosiers beat Alabama 38-3 on January 1 in the Rose Bowl, which doubled as a College Football Playoff Quarterfinal. They followed it up by beating Oregon 56-22 on January 9 in the Peach Bowl, […]
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D’Angelo Ponds isn’t the biggest cornerback on the field, but there’s a good shot he’s the quickest and the fastest. There’s at least one guarantee: he’s the most well prepared. When Indiana took the field on defense to open the Peach Bowl, he was ready. Oregon quarterback Dante Moore dropped back and looked left, his […]
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If winning the Peach Bowl and advancing to the College Football Playoff National Championship game wasn’t enough good news for Indiana football, Saturday provided a bit more. The Hoosiers landed a commitment from Ja’Hyde Brown, a wide receiver in the class of 2027 out of the Christian Academy of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky, on Saturday […]
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With just over 16 minutes left in this afternoon’s game, Indiana looked primed to earn its first win over a ranked opponent in the Darian DeVries era. The Hoosiers had a double digit lead over No. 10 Nebraska, looking like the best versions of themselves on both ends of the floor. The turning point felt […]
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Indiana football, the one-time losingest program in the history of college football, is in the national championship game and favored to win it. The No. 1-seed Hoosiers opened up as a 7.5-point favorite over No. 10-seed Miami with an over/under of 48.5 points in the College Football Playoff National Championship, per FanDuel Sportsbook. Its the […]
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Indiana football went from no bowl wins since the 1990s to two wins in New Year’s Six games in one season. The No. 1-seed Hoosiers dominated No. 5-seed Oregon 56-22 in the Peach Bowl on Friday night, advancing to the College Football Playoff National Championship Game for the first time in program history. It’s, without […]
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No. 1-seed Indiana football beat No. 5-seed Oregon 56-22 in the Peach Bowl on Friday night at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, advancing to the national championship game. Here’s everything head coach Curt Cignetti said in his postgame press conference, courtesy of ASAPSports. CIGNETTI: It’s a great win against a really good football team. Really […]
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Entering today, Curt Cignetti was the only coach in college football history to have survived a first round bye in the College Football Playoff to advance to the Semifinals. Today, Cignetti became the first coach to win a rematch against a power conference opponent in the College Football Playoff. On the first play from scrimmage, […]
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No. 1-seed Indiana football is set to take on No. 5-seed Oregon this evening in the 2026 Peach Bowl Game, which doubles as a College Football Playoff semifinal, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia This is the biggest game in program history for the Hoosiers up to this point. A win here means Indiana advances […]
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No. 1-seed Indiana (13-0, 9-0 Big Ten) is set to take on No. 5-seed Oregon (11-3, 7-1 SEC) in the College Football Playoff semifinals at the Peach Bowl on Friday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. It’s a rematch of a regular season matchup as Indiana beat Oregon 30-20 at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon, […]
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Indiana dispatched with one of the top passing games in the country in its dominant 38-3 victory over the Alabama Crimson Tide in the Rose Bowl. After holding Ty Simpson to a season-low 67 yards last week, Bryant Haines’ group will be tasked with defending another elite college quarterback to advance in the College Football […]
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It’s no secret that, for the strong majority of the past 25 years, college football’s national championship has run through the Southeastern Conference, otherwise known as the SEC. Of the 25 national championships won since 2000, 14 have been won by teams from the SEC. If you include current SEC membership in that tally, the […]
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No. 1-seed Indiana football is set to take on No. 5-seed Oregon in the Peach Bowl, a College Football Playoff semifinal, on Friday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia and fans previewing the game seem to have a strong favorite. A pretty solid majority of national college football fans who responded to an SB Nation […]
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Indiana football wouldn’t be where it is without the play and leadership of linebacker Aiden Fisher. Fisher followed head coach Curt Cignetti and defensive coordinator Bryant Haines from James Madison and has played at a high level ever since as the Hoosiers’ leader on the defensive side of the ball. Indiana fans have him picked […]
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Charlie Becker’s emergence at wide receiver has been crucial to Indiana football’s late-season push for a national championship. He totaled seven receptions in the Hoosiers’ first nine games of the 2025 season before pulling in just as many in Indiana’s 10th game, a slugfest on the road against unranked Penn State. Becker got the Hoosiers […]
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No. 1-seed Indiana football is set to take on No. 5-seed Oregon in the Peach Bowl, a College Football Playoff semifinal, on Friday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. Curt Cignetti and Dan Lanning, head coaches of the Hoosiers and Ducks, respectively, spoke with the media on Thursday ahead of the game. Here’s what they […]
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No. 1-seed Indiana football is set to take on No. 5-seed Oregon in the Peach Bowl, a College Football Playoff semifinal, on Friday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. Bryant Haines, the Hoosiers’ defensive coordinator and a candidates for the Broyles Award in recognition of the top assistant coach in college football, spoke with reporters […]
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No. 1-seed Indiana football is set to take on No. 5-seed Oregon in the Peach Bowl, a College Football Playoff semifinal, on Friday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. Fernando Mendoza, the Hoosiers’ Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback, spoke with members of the press during media day ahead of the game. Here’s what he had to say, […]
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