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One of the biggest games of the week in college football will take place in Bloomington, Indiana as the Indiana football team is hosting No. 9 Illinois. Not long ago, both of these teams were in the basement of the Big Ten, but that isn’t the case anymore. Both the Hoosiers and Fighting Illini are […]

On Aug. 30, Indiana Football got off on the right start with a 27-14 win over Old Dominion. Last Saturday, they outdid themselves with a whopping defeat over Kennesaw State, 56-9. However, they did sustain some serious injuries and notable absences in the process, diminishing their safety and punter positions. Safety Bryson Bonds is out […]

It is year two for Indiana football under Curt Cignetti. The first year was a massive success. It was the first time Indiana had ever won 11 games in a season, and they would qualify for the College Football Playoff. The Hooisers would fall to Notre Dame in the first round of the playoffs. Indiana […]

Indiana football hasn’t produced a day one or even second day NFL Draft selection in seven seasons. Fernando Mendoza rises as the best shot to end that streak. With Todd McShay calling him a first rounder for the 2026 session. The former Cal quarterback arrived to Bloomington as a massive college football transfer portal addition. […]

The vibes are much different around Indiana football coming into the 2025 season after a transformative first year under new head coach Curt Cignetti. After being a middling program in the Big Ten for years, Cignetti immediately launched the Hoosiers into contention and earned them a spot in the first 12-team College Football Playoff. Even […]

One of the surprise stories in college football last season was Indiana football under new head coach Curt Cignetti. In his first year in Bloomington after coming over from James Madison, Cignetti led the Hoosiers to an incredible regular season and a berth in the College Football Playoff. Now, Indiana has to deal with the […]

Most people would call the SEC the king of college football, but there’s no question that the Big Ten has been right on their heels in recent years. Especially after the recent conference realignment, specifically the addition of Oregon, the Big Ten is loaded with powerhouses that should make for an action-packed 2025 season. Ohio […]

Indiana football turned into a College Football Playoff team without a mascot leading fan cheers. Hoosiers sports in general operated games without a mascot while many across the Big Ten featured one. Now the university is resurrecting an old relic. Revealed Monday by Brett McMurphy of On3/Rivals, Indiana is bringing back a famed past face […]

Indiana football pulled a new stunner after the Fourth of July following its surprise postseason run. The College Football Playoff team of last year not only reeled in a rare four-star recruit. But stunned two Southeastern Conference powers by winning over this prospect over them. EDGE Ronelle Johnson is heading to Bloomington. The 6-foot-4, 265-pound […]

Curt Cignetti shot down the rumors of him influencing Indiana basketball’s search for a new head coach. With the Hoosiers’ current leader, Mike Woodson, set to leave in the offseason, the Big Ten blue blood is already browsing potential candidates. Indiana basketball is in the middle of a difficult season and struggling to stay on […]

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 […]