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Hoosiers in the NFL: Training camp notes on Mendoza, Nowakowski, Horton, Ponds and Black
27 former Hoosiers were with NFL franchises at the start of training camp. Below we continue our summary of news and notes as they compete for roster spots. Raiders quarterback Fernando Mendoza was taking first team reps at practice Saturday. That wasn’t necessarily because Mendoza has ascended to the top of the depth chart already. [...]
Lynch, Radicic on preseason watch lists, other IU football players get Sporting News recognition
IU football’s anticipated 2026 starting center Bray Lynch is on the preseason watch list for the Rimington Trophy. The award is given annually to the nation’s top center. Lynch is an interesting addition to the list, as he’s never played the position in college except for occasional spot duty. But he’s got two years of [...]
ESPN sets ceiling and floor for 2026-27 IU basketball
How good can Indiana basketball be in Darian DeVries’ second season at IU? How low can they go? ESPN’s Myron Medcalf took a shot at setting a ceiling and a floor for every team in the Big Ten ahead of the 2026-27 season. Admittedly, this exercise is a bit premature with the potential for very [...]
“Best 11”: What do IU football’s DL snaps look like after addition of Daley and Wyatt?
Two of Indiana’s most impactful defenders from the 2025 national championship team are unexpectedly back. Over the last few days, edge rushers Stephen Daley and Kellan Wyatt were both granted fifth years by a federal court injunction, and both announced their intent to return to IU. The news creates something of an embarrassment of riches [...]
‘Where do you see a hole?’: Indiana’s offense is reloaded for 2026
BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football’s offense is loaded going into 2026. This is far from breaking news, but after fall camp began this past week, IU wide receiver Charlie Becker made sure everybody knows how strong the group looks. Becker met with the media on Thursday after IU’s second practice of fall camp, and he took [...]
Watch: IU football coach Curt Cignetti preseason interview with NBC Sports
Watch as IU football coach Curt Cignetti sat down with Todd Blackledge of NBC Sports for a preseason interview. Indiana opens the 2026 season on Sept. 5 when the Hoosiers take on North Texas in Bloomington. Video via NBC Sports on YouTube. For complete coverage of IU football, GO HERE. The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans assemble [...]
East 17th Street Ep. 46 — Recapping first week of 2026 IU football fall camp
Mike Schumann and Seth Tow of The Daily Hoosier talk the first week of IU football fall camp, nonconference scheduling, the return of Stephen Daley, and more. You can find previous episodes of East 17th Street by GOING HERE. You can also find East 17th Street at your favorite podcast directories including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music. For complete [...]
IU football: Kellan Wyatt is also returning for a fifth season
Defensive end/outside linebacker Kellan Wyatt is returning to Indiana for a fifth season. ESPN’s Pete Thamel was the first to report the news. Indiana confirmed Wyatt’s return in social media posts. The Maryland native is able to play due to a federal injunction that grants a fifth season to all members of the class of [...]
Look: 10 photos from Indiana football fall camp
BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football is two practices into fall camp 2026. The Daily Hoosier has been on hand for both sessions. Here is a collection of photos from day two. For complete coverage of IU football, GO HERE. The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans assemble when they’re not at Assembly” Find us on Instagram, X, [...]
Yikes: Purdue’s new AD said what at his introductory press conference?
All summer we’ve been covering the Cignetti Effect on college football. Did new Purdue AD Tommy McClelland fall victim to the temptation of winning the press conference with a Curt Cignetti-esque viral quote? Sure seems like it. Introduced today in West Lafayette, McClelland seems to have arrived at Purdue a bit misinformed. “We are here [...]
Watch: IU football’s Rolijah Hardy and Charlie Becker fall camp Q&As
Watch as IU football linebacker Rolijah Hardy and wide receiver Charlie Becker met with the media Thursday morning inside Memorial Stadium. Indiana opens the 2026 season on Sept. 5 against North Texas at Noon ET in Bloomington. For complete coverage of IU football, GO HERE. The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans assemble when they’re not at Assembly” [...]
IU football fall camp 2026: Week 1 notes
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The Daily Hoosier spent the last two days at IU football fall camp as the Hoosiers kick off practice ahead of the 2026 season. Here’s some observations from our viewings of the team on the practice fields north of Memorial Stadium. — The cornerback competition to replace D’Angelo Ponds is one to [...]
Here are three more players from 2025 IU football team evaluating fifth year
Indiana’s roster saw a major boost this week when news broke defensive end Stephen Daley intends to come back for a fifth season after a federal injunction cleared the way for his return. Who else might be eyeing a fifth season and a return to Bloomington under the same injunction? Here are three more 2025 [...]
IU football: Stephen Daley on a modified program to get back to full speed, but ‘looks pretty good’
BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football officially added Stephen Daley to its 2026 roster. And with fall camp starting Wednesday, he’s working towards getting back to full speed. Daley suffered a season-ending injury while celebrating Indiana’s victory over Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship Game in early December, which impacted his offseason plans. NFL workouts weren’t [...]
Watch: IU football coach Curt Cignetti talks start of fall camp
Watch as IU football coach Curt Cignetti met with the media on Wednesday morning following the program’s first practice ahead of the 2026 season. Cignetti is entering his third season at Indiana. He holds a 27-2 record with the Hoosiers. Indiana opens the 2026 season on Sept. 5 against North Texas at Memorial Stadium in [...]
“We always can find ways to get better”: Why Indiana’s defensive mindset is terrifying for the rest of college football
Indiana defensive coordinator Bryant Haines won the Broyles Award as the nation’s top assistant coach a season ago. Despite that achievement, most of the attention around the national champion Hoosiers centered on Curt Cignetti and Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza. However, it was Indiana’s suffocating defense that was the unsung hero last season. In their [...]
Watch list season: Four IU football players on Nagurski watch list, two on Outland
The Football Writers Association of America released its 2026 Bronko Nagurski and Outland Trophy Watch Lists this week. The Nagurki list includes 68 defensive standouts as contenders for the national defensive player of the year, while the Outland recognizes 68 returning standout interior linemen on both sides of the ball. Indiana leads all schools with [...]
IU football: Stephen Daley returning to the Hoosiers for fifth year
Indiana’s already strong defensive line got a major boost on Tuesday afternoon. Edge rusher Stephen Daley is returning to the Hoosiers for a fifth season. After transferring in from Kent State during the offseason, Daley became one of Indiana’s most valuable defensive players as the 2025 season progressed. He was rotating early in the season [...]
IU women’s basketball freshman Zoe Jackson to miss 2026-27 season with knee injury
Indiana women’s basketball took a hit to its roster coming out of summer workouts. Freshman forward Zoe Jackson suffered a knee injury during a practice in late July, the program announced Tuesday. She’ll miss the entire 2026-27 season while recovering. “Jackson will undergo surgery in the coming weeks and will rehabilitate her injury with Indiana’s [...]
IU football ranked No. 6 in 2026 preseason coaches poll
The first official 2026 college football preseason poll was released on Monday afternoon. And Curt Cignetti has likely found another motivational tool for his third season in Bloomington. Indiana is No. 6 in the preseason coaches poll, a panel of 73 coaches across the nation that includes Cignetti. The coaches put Ohio State, Oregon, Georgia, [...]
“The people love us”: IU football players and coaches navigating life-altering fame
For 63 years, as an assistant and then lower level college head coach, Curt Cignetti could leave the house while enjoying relative autonomy. His public life started changing during Indiana’s 2024 season, when the Hoosiers stunned the college football world with an 11-1 regular season and an invite to the College Football Playoff. By then [...]
Watch list season: IU football’s Hoover on Maxwell, Clausen on Mannelly
Can IU football have a repeat winner of the Maxwell Award? Quarterback Josh Hoover is on the preseason watch list for the honor, which goes to college football’s best player. Hoover is college football’s leading returning passer with 9,629 yards and is second in touchdown passes with 71. He has 16 career 300-yard games and [...]
Notes on Hoosiers in the NFL: Kamara suffers torn ACL at 49ers camp
The news is not good after former IU football star Mikail Kamara was carted off the field at San Francisco 49ers camp this weekend. Kamara was diagnosed with a torn ACL, Matt Maiocco of NBC Sports Bay Area reports. The 49ers waived Kamara with an injury designation on Sunday, and he will revert to the [...]
Big Ten wants to eliminate its own football title game, IU players aren’t so sure
IU football players were learning for the first time on Thursday the Big Ten Championship game might soon become a thing of the past. Commissioner Tony Petitti confirmed at Big Ten Media Days in Chicago last week the 24-team College Football Playoff he is pushing necessarily means the end of early December conference title games. [...]
IU football’s home-and-home with Notre Dame beginning in 2030 cancelled
IU football fans looking forward to a home-and-home series with Notre Dame were dealt disappointing news on Monday afternoon. According to multiple reports, the games originally set for 2030 and 2031 in Notre Dame and Bloomington, respectively, have been cancelled. National reports indicate Indiana decided to cancel, but it’s worth noting Notre Dame has already [...]
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