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Indiana football heads into perhaps its most interesting offseason ever after a historic season in Bloomington. To say that head coach Curt Cignetti overachieved in his first year would be a massive understatement. The Hoosiers finished the regular season 11-1 overall and 8-1 in Big Ten play. This record was good enough to give Curt […]

As the Indiana football team starts on the recruiting trail after the playoff exit, they have decided to keep defensive coordinator Bryant Haines on a new contract according to Matt Zenitz of 24/7 Sports. While the Indiana football team had the playoff exit as mentioned before, there were immense strides made on defense led by […]

Coming off one of if not the most successful seasons in program history, the Indiana football team continues to take steps towards the top of the Big Ten. Under first-year head coach Curt Cignetti, the Hoosiers went 11-2 and clinched a spot in the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff. Now, on the heels of snagging […]

Indiana football endured a brutal loss to Notre Dame in the opening round of the College Football Playoff. After fans clowned Indiana football head coach Curt Cignetti after the loss, he faced more criticism. Paul Finebaum said on the Matt Barrie Show on Monday his honest thoughts on Cignetti’s antics before the game. “It just […]

Many different factors contributed to Indiana’s loss to Notre Dame, but many were puzzled by head coach Curt Cignetti’s decision to punt the ball on fourth down late in the game. Down 20-3 with 10 minutes remaining, Cignetti chose to punt on 4th-and-11 in enemy territory, indirectly leading to the Hoosiers losing their first-ever College […]

After an incredible season that saw it go 11-1 in the regular season in its first year under Curt Cignetti, the clock struck midnight on Indiana football’s Cinderella story on Friday night. When it gets to College Football Playoff time, there’s no room for the flash and the feel-good stories. The nitty gritty is what […]

Friday night hasn’t gone according to plan for head coach Curt Cignetti and Indiana football. The Hoosiers have been outclassed in all three phases of the game in South Bend as Notre Dame clinched a berth in the Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Eve with a 27-17 win at home. During the third quarter of […]

Friday marks one of the biggest games in the history of Indiana football. Curt Cignetti and the Hoosiers are taking on Notre Dame in the first round of the 12-team College Football Playoff. Indiana is on the road, but it didn’t have to travel far as it is clashing with the Fighting Irish in an […]

The 12-team College Football Playoff gets underway Friday night with a unique matchup that has the state of Indiana as well as the sport itself on edge. The upstart Indiana Hoosiers will face the favored Notre Dame Fighting Irish in South Bend. Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti professes that neither he nor his team is […]

Just hours away from the biggest game in program history, Curt Cignetti is already preparing Indiana for 2025. With their inaugural appearance in the College Football Playoffs against Notre Dame on deck, the Hoosiers hired a new co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Cignetti’s second season in Bloomington. Indiana hired Atlanta Falcons passing game specialist […]

Notre Dame will kick off the College Football Playoff when the Fighting Irish host the upstart Indiana Hoosiers Friday night in a game that will be nationally televised by ABC at 8 p.m. ET. Head coach Marcus Freeman’s team has enjoyed an exceptional 11-1 season and Notre Dame is favored by 7 points over the […]

College Football Playoff Committee Chair Warde Manuel explained why Indiana football stayed in the top 10 after its ugly loss to Ohio State. The Hoosiers came into Columbus as the No. 5 team in the country for the nationally hyped matchup. Unfortunately for head coach Curt Cignetti’s team, the second-highest scoring offense in the country, […]

After the Indiana Hoosiers secured their tenth win of the season against the Michigan Wolverines two weeks ago, the program that had never won ten games in a calendar year was officially in the midst of a dream season. Even if head coach Curt Cignetti believed otherwise, nobody else in the country believed that the […]

The Indiana football program suffered a 38-15 loss on Saturday to Ohio State in a game that provided the Hoosiers a chance to essentially lock up a spot in the College Football Playoff. With the loss, many will question if Indiana has a case to make it, but head coach Curt Cignetti made a firm […]

Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti is not allowing his team to be intimidated on Saturday, when the squad takes on Ohio State. Indiana is going for a 11-0 start to the season when they play the Buckeyes. The game has enormous significance on the Big Ten championship race, but also the College Football Playoff rankings. […]

Week 13 of the college football season features a massive showdown of two top-five Big Ten Conference teams: Ohio State against Indiana. The undefeated Indiana Hoosiers football program has been arguably the biggest surprise this season in Curt Cignetti’s first year as the head coach. In turn, Indiana gave Cignetti a brand new contract extension. […]

The 10-0 Indiana Hoosiers did not have a game in Week 12 but still made headlines by extending head coach Curt Cignetti for the next eight years. The signing led to Cignetti being brought onto Fox Sports’ Week 12 edition of ‘Big Noon Kickoff’ despite the Hoosiers having an off day. With Cignetti being one […]

It hasn’t even been a full calendar year since Curt Cignetti departed James Madison University to become the head coach at Indiana, and already the 63-year-old coaching veteran has transformed the Hoosiers football program. Once a walkover in the Big Ten, Indiana is now 10-0 and in position to play themselves into the Big Ten […]

It was a special Saturday night for Indiana football team head coach Curt Cignetti as his daughter got engaged, but it was extra sweet as his group beat the Michigan Wolverines, 20-15. After the historic win for the Indiana football team, Cignetti would drop some gospel about what it takes to be a team that […]

Nov. 9 will always be a memorable date for Curt Cignetti and his family with the Indiana head coach guiding the Hoosiers to just their second win over Michigan in the 2000s. However, it became an even more monumental day immediately after the win as Natalie Cignetti, the coach’s daughter, got engaged on the field. […]

When the college football season started, not a lot of people were expecting the Indiana football team to be undefeated and ranked in the top-10 at this point in the season. Well, here we are. The Hoosiers are 9-0 and they came in at #8 in the first College Football Playoff rankings that were released […]

Another week, another matchup against a top-10 squad for the Michigan football team. The Wolverines hosted the #1 Oregon Ducks, and while they put up a good fight, the Ducks were too much to handle. Now, Michigan is getting ready for another difficult matchup against a top-10 team as they will hit the road to […]

When the Indiana Hoosiers hired Curt Cignetti to be the 30th head coach in program history last November, there wasn’t anyone disputing that Indiana had hired a good football coach. If you didn’t know who Cignetti was, a simple Google search would’ve let you know that Cignetti has won everywhere he’s gone. He brought a […]

With a decisive 31-17 win against the Washington Huskies on Saturday, Indiana football is experiencing a magical season with an undefeated 8-0 record to start the year. Head coach Curt Cignetti has already tied the Hoosiers’ highest single-season win total since 1967. Indiana football’s average record over the last 29 years is 4-8, per 247’s […]

Not long after Curt Cignetti departed James Madison University to take over as the head coach of the Indiana football team, the coaching veteran delivered one of the most memorable soundbites of the season. When asked how he would recruit high-level players to play for a program that has never won ten games in a single season, […]

The Indiana football program has gotten off to a strong 4-0 start in 2024. After firing Tom Allen in 2023, the Hoosiers hired Curt Cignetti after his successful run at James Madison. Indiana has begun with wins over Florida International, Western Illinois, Charlotte, and a Week 3 42-13 blowout on the road against UCLA.  In […]

Indiana football is looking like a legitimate Big Ten contender, following a 42-13 victory over new conference rival UCLA. The Indiana program is cruising thus far with its first 3-0 start since 2022, and head coach Curt Cignetti is feeling the confidence ahead of their Week 4 matchup against Charlotte. The Hoosiers recorded 430 total […]

Just weeks after Curt Cignetti left James Madison to take over the head coaching job for the Indiana football team, the Hoosiers have landed a nice prize in the transfer portal. Ohio University quarterback Kurtis Rourke has decided to use his final year of college eligibility to join the Hoosiers, per a tweet from Rourke […]

It didn’t take long for James Madison football to find its next head coach. Curt Cignetti left for the Indiana job last week and the Dukes acted quickly, identifying Holy Cross football head coach Bob Chesney as their next head coach. A deal is expected to come together soon, per Pete Thamel. The deal became […]

Newly hired Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti hasn’t wasted time getting Hoosiers fans fired up. Less than a day after declaring that his team will be in the 2024 Big Ten Championship game, Cignetti took the mic during an Indiana men’s basketball game to bash the school’s conference rivals. Check out the video below. “Purdue […]

In the shortened 2020 COVID season, had the Big Ten stuck with the rules they made at the beginning of the season, Indiana football would’ve represented the Big Ten East in the title game. Instead, a rule change was made, and Ohio State went to Indianapolis. The Hoosiers haven’t come close to replicating the success […]

Former James Madison football head coach Curt Cignetti has had quite the day. He was recently named the Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year and earned a nice $20,000 bonus. Then, he was officially announced as the new head coach for Indiana after they fired Tom Allen earlier in the week. Shortly after the […]

Indiana football looks like they found their next head coach. The Hoosiers are finalizing a deal with former James Madison football coach Curt Cignetti to take over their program, per ESPN’s Pete Thamel. The hiring comes days after Indiana football fired former coach Tom Allen following a disappointing 3-9 season, including a 1-8 conference record. […]

The James Madison football team has been a sensation this year with an 11-1 record. College GameDay has visited them, as has the Pat McAfee Show, and Curt Cignetti, the head coach for the Dukes, has seen his name entrenched in some coaching rumors. Cignetti was recently named the Sun Belt Conference Coach of the […]

James Madison football took its first loss of the season earlier this week when the NCAA upheld its ruling stating that the transitioning Dukes team is not eligible for a bowl this season. That prompted plenty of outrage as the 10-0 James Madison team is more than capable of holding their own in a bowl […]

The James Madison football team is 4-0 after a big win at Utah State in Week 4. However, the biggest story of the game was head coach Curt Cignetti going viral for holding a cell phone as he argued with the officials regarding a call. It certainly was surprising to see Cignetti grab the phone […]

The James Madison football team is 4-0 and riding high after a huge road win against Utah State in Week 4. However, the Dukes are making headlines for other reasons as head coach Curt Cignetti showed the referee a picture on his cell phone as they were arguing a call during the game. JMU busted […]