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The Legend of Fernando Mendoza: Shop Indiana Hoosiers football merch

Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza cemented himself as the best player in college football this past season after going 12-0 in the regular season and beating Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship Game. He added to that legacy with an all-time run in the College Football Playoff, looking just about perfect against Alabama in the Rose […]

Indiana Hoosiers News: Spring Game, Curt Cignetti, Brock Schott

It’s been an eventful week around Indiana Hoosiers athletics. Darian DeVries’ men’s basketball team fell on the road at USC, Teri Moren’s women’s basketball group picked up its second Big Ten win on the season and Curt Cignetti’s football program keeps making headlines following a national title. Here’s what you need to know about the […]

WATCH: Indiana’s Curt Cignetti discusses Hoosiers’ 2026 recruiting class

Indiana football’s coaching staff has been hard at work for well over a year to put together a strong high school signing class in 2026. The Hoosiers ended up signing 22 incoming freshmen while adding 17 players through the transfer portal. The program’s high school signing class ranks 30th nationally in On3/Rivals’ database and 20th […]

Big Ten releases shirt celebrating conference’s football natty 3-peat

Are you just a really, really big (B1G?) fan of the Big Ten Conference and its various member athletics programs? Football in particular? Well, the league just dropped JUST the shirt for you: SEC team belts, you’ve officially met your match. The shirt, released by the conference on Thursday afternoon and pushed out on social […]

Indiana’s Curt Cignetti gives Brock Schott injury update before spring ball

Indiana football head coach Curt Cignetti spoke about the Hoosiers’ signing class of 2026 during an appearance on Big Ten Network on Wednesday, providing a few other updates in the process. Among them was the status of Brock Schott, a transfer from Miami that Indiana landed in the transfer portal. Schott underwent labrum surgery for […]

Curt Cignetti reveals date for Indiana football’s 2026 spring game

Indiana football head coach Curt Cignetti named the date of Indiana’s upcoming 2026 spring game during an appearance on The Triple Option podcast hosted by Urban Meyer, Mark Ingram II and Rob Stone. The Hoosiers’ spring game will take place on Thursday, April 23, the same week of the annual Little 500 races in Bloomington. […]

How to watch Indiana at Wisconsin: Tipoff time, TV and streaming options

Indiana women’s basketball (12-11, 1-10 Big Ten) is set to take on Wisconsin (13-9, 5-6 Big Ten) at home on Wednesday evening. The Hoosiers’ last outing was an 89-75 win over Northwestern at home, their first conference victory on the season. Indiana rode a 30-3 first quarter run to victory, holding off a late comeback […]

3 Takewaways from Indiana men’s basketball’s loss 81-75 at USC

Riding high on a three-game winning streak, Indiana lost its momentum in Tuesday night against USC. While the loss doesn’t negate the pair of Quad 1 wins that the Hoosiers earned last week, the nature of the loss made it feel like Indiana will have to hit the reset button before hosting Wisconsin on Saturday. […]

Indiana football: Tino Sunseri set to return as quarterbacks coach

He’s back (reportedly.) Tino Sunseri, coming off of a brief stint as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at UCLA, is set to return to Indiana as the Hoosiers’ quarterbacks coach and co-offensive coordinator ahead of the 2026 season, according to several reports. Sunseri previously worked in that role on head coach Curt Cignetti’s first […]

Indiana Hoosiers News: Curt Cignetti, Pat Knight, Will Stein

It’s been an eventful week so far around Indiana. Indiana football head coach Curt Cignetti is set to join Big Ten Network around noon to discuss the Hoosiers’ signing class of 2026, Pat Knight resigned as the head coach of Marian in Indianapolis and Kentucky football head coach and former Oregon offensive coordinator Will Stein […]

The Morning After: Indiana men’s basketball loses at USC 81-75

On the heels of a taxing, chaotic 2OT win against UCLA, Indiana came out flat against USC, snapping a three-game winning streak to move right back to .500 in Big Ten play with eight games remaining in the regular season. While conditioning certainly could have been a factor after the marathon game against the Bruins, […]

Indiana men’s basketball at USC: 3 key factors for the Trojans

Indiana men’s basketball is set to take on USC in a late night matchup on the road, looking to extend its winning streak as it makes its case to play in the NCAA Tournament. The Trojans are an interesting team that could give the Hoosiers some trouble, especially given the fact that Indiana is coming […]

A Season to Remember: Shop Indiana Hoosiers football championship merch

Indiana football’s run to the 2025 National Championship was full of memorable plays from the 12-0 performance in the regular season to the incredible showing in the College Football Playoff. Plays like Omar Cooper Jr.’s improbable touchdown reception in the back of the endzone to beat Penn State at Beaver Stadium, D’Angelo Ponds’ pick-six to […]

Indiana Hoosiers News: Football recruiting, Teri Moren, Reed Bailey

It was an eventful weekend around Indiana Athletics. Curt Cignetti’s national championship football program remains in the news, we got some insight into Teri Moren’s women’s basketball program (which promptly beat Northwestern to earn its first Big Ten win) and Darian DeVries’ men’s basketball team handed UCLA its first home loss after an… interesting final […]