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After an opening round bye, No. 1-seed Indiana football is back in action this Thursday against the No. 9-seed Alabama Crimson Tide in the Rose Bowl. Curt Cignetti, Fernando Mendoza, and the rest of the team will have an opportunity to extend the dream season and continue writing program history. Standing in their way will […]
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When Indiana football enters the 2026 season, it’ll almost certainly do so without quarterback Fernando Mendoza. Mendoza, the 2025 Heisman Trophy winner, is projected as an early first round selection in this coming spring’s NFL Draft. He’s led the Hoosiers to the best regular season in program history and their first Big Ten championship in […]
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More and more college basketball programs are making midseason moves to strengthen rosters. Some of these signings look to be moves for the sake of adding depth. Others seem to be swings at players with real upside as starters. Either way, the practice has generated plenty of controversy around the sport, which has absorbed several […]
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Indiana football will enter the offseason looking to reload through the transfer portal ahead of the 2025 season with a handful of positional needs. The Hoosiers still intend to build primarily through the high school route and this offseason could yield less movement than the first two under head coach Curt Cignetti, but there’s always […]
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Indiana football is set to have a few openings in the offensive backfield. Roman Hemby and Kaelon Black, who’ve gotten the majority of carries in 2025, are both set to run out of eligibility. Lee Beebe Jr., who suffered a season ending injury against Indiana State after transferring in from UAB last offseason, could return […]
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Indiana men’s basketball moved to 10-3 on the season with an up-and-down 81-60 win over Siena on Monday evening in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers build a substantial cushion with an outstanding performance in the first half before a lackluster showing in the second kept them from turning this into another 100-point outing. There’s […]
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When Indiana football’s defense takes the field for the Rose Bowl, it’ll be shorthanded. Stephen Daley, one of the Hoosiers’ top edge rushers this season, will be out with an injury suffered during the aftermath of the Big Ten Football Championship game win over Ohio State. He was one of Indiana’s most productive defenders on […]
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Indiana is set to see plenty of familiar faces at the Rose Bowl. It’s no secret that Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer was previously the Hoosiers’ offensive coordinator for a single season in 2019 prior to his rapid rise to the top of the sport’s coaching ladder. But, after taking the Washington and Alabama jobs, […]
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Indiana opened as the betting favorite over Alabama in the 2026 Rose Bowl Game, which doubles as a College Football Playoff quarterfinal, with FanDuel Sportsbook giving it a 6.5-point edge. The over/under is set at 48.5 points. The No. 1-seed Hoosiers are set to face off against the No. 9-seed Crimson Tide after the latter […]
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Indiana men’s basketball (8-2, 1-1 Big Ten) is set to take on Chicago State (2-10 [oh no], 0-0 NEC) in its return to action this coming weekend after a week off from basketball. The Hoosiers’ last outing was a 72-60 defeat at Kentucky that featured a second half scoring margin straight out of a nightmare. […]
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Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza has been a lot of things this year. The Hoosiers’ leader on offense, the single-season touchdown pass record holder, the Big Ten Football Championship game MVP and the Heisman Trophy winner. Now he’s another: the namesake of a Bob Baffert horse. Mendoza, a yearling born from two Hall of Fame Thoroughbred […]
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Indiana and Mike Shanahan, the program’s second year offensive coordinator, have agreed to terms on a 3-year contract extension, according to reporting from Michael Niziolek from the Bloomington Herald-Times. The Hoosiers have now moved to extend both their offensive and defensive coordinators, with Bryant Haines inking a new contract days ago. Indiana sits at No. […]
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No. 1 Indiana football is set to play in the Rose Bowl for a spot in the College Football Playoff semifinals. The Hoosiers earned the berth with a 13-10 win over No. 2 Ohio State in the Big Ten Football Championship game. Fernando Mendoza, who’d go on to win the 2025 Heisman Trophy, gave a […]
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Ten (or 11, in this case) games into a new head coach’s tenure is no time to rush to conclusive judgments about a coach or their strategies. Especially not in the case of somebody like Darian DeVries, who was tasked with a roster overhaul that would have been inconceivable pre-NIL and transfer portal. That doesn’t […]
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It’s December. I cannot emphasize this enough: it is December. Year one. Darian DeVries has really just gotten started as Indiana’s head coach. Unlike his two predecessors, he didn’t have any strong returning talent to build around, he had to assemble his first roster entirely through the transfer portal. Which, very honestly, isn’t an all-you-can-eat […]
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Indiana men’s basketball suffered arguably its most painful loss of the season this past Saturday, blowing a seven-point halftime lead to fall to a Kentucky team that’s had its own share of struggles throughout the season. As we reach the holiday break, head coach Darian DeVries’ first season has already seen its ups and downs. […]
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Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Indiana fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. For the first time in several decades, Indiana is Rose Bowl-bound. For the first time ever, […]
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We’re coming off of a pretty eventful weekend for Indiana. On one hand, Fernando Mendoza was named the winner of the 2025 Heisman Trophy on Saturday night, becoming the first player in Indiana program history to win the award. On another, the men’s basketball team fell to Kentucky on the road following a second half […]
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Indiana starts its renewed rivalry slate with a loss. The Hoosiers fell 72-60 to Kentucky on Saturday night in a road matchup at Rupp Arena after a 40-21 second half run from the Wildcats. Total collapse in the final 20 minutes. There was a lot not to like. Here’s five things we learned from the […]
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For the first time, the Heisman is a Hoosier. Fernando Mendoza, after leading No. 1 Indiana to a 12-0 finish in the regular season and a 13-10 win in the Big Ten Football Championship game, is the winner of the 2025 Heisman Trophy. After transferring from Cal this past offseason to join his younger brother […]
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For the first time in history, there’s a Hoosier Heisman. Fernando Mendoza, who quarterbacked Indiana to a 12-0 record in the regular season and a 13-10 win over Ohio State in the Big Ten Football Championship game, was named the winner of the 2025 Heisman Trophy during a televised ceremony on Saturday night in New […]
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One of the top defensive coaches in the country is staying in Bloomington. Indiana and Bryant Haines, the Hoosiers’ defensive coordinator, have agreed to terms on a new contract that is set to make him one of the highest-paid assistant coaches in all of college football, per reporting from Matt Zenitz, a senior reporter with […]
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The 2025 Holiday season is upon us, as is No. 1 13-0 Indiana football, the Heisman Trophy ceremony and so much more. With a historic regular season in the rearview mirror and plenty of opportunity ahead, starting with the Rose Bowl, now is as good a time as any to stock up on Hoosiers gear […]
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No. 1 Indiana football quarterback Fernando Mendoza was named a finalist for the Heisman Trophy on Monday and is set to attend the award ceremony on Saturday night in New York City. He’ll be joined by fellow finalists in Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia, Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love and Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin. […]
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Indiana men’s basketball (8-2, 1-1 Big Ten) is set to take on Kentucky (6-4, 0-0 SEC) in a renewal of the annual rivalry series on Saturday evening at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. The Hoosiers are coming off of a dominant 113-72 win over Penn State that saw Lamar Wilkerson catch fire from deep en […]
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