Author: Mike Schumann

Indiana has a need at right tackle following the 2024 season, and they’ve got one of the transfer portal’s most prized players at that spot on campus Friday. Rivals is reporting Bowling Green offensive tackle Alex Wollschlaeger is visiting Bloomington today before heading to Kentucky tomorrow. The 6-foot-7 and 305-pounder started all 12 games at right tackle for Bowling Green in 2024 and was named first team All-MAC. Wollschlaeger earned a career-best PFF grade (76.6) in 2024.  He allowed just 15 pressures on 429 pass plays in 2024. The passer he was blocking for was none other than former IU…

Wide receiver E.J. Williams has decided to finish his college career at Indiana. The 6-foot-3 and 200-pound Williams opted to leave the team in October after playing in four games.  That decision allowed him to take a redshirt season and maintain a final season of eligibility. Shortly after the news broke two months ago, Williams said in a social media post he planned to have surgery to improve his chances to compete for a more significant role in 2025.  Williams said that decision was met by the IU coaching staff informing him he was not welcome back on the team…

Indiana continues to explore international options to add to the roster next season. Bosnian wing Harun Zrno is a player the Hoosiers have been in contact with for a while, and he now has a visit to Bloomington planned for next month. Zrno is planning a full three-day official visit to IU January 8-10 he tells The Daily Hoosier. Indiana hosts USC on January 8. The 6-foot-6 Zrno also has a visit set to Wisconsin according to multiple reports, and he could also visit Georgia Tech, Rutgers, Illinois and Baylor according to Arman Jovic of PDT Scouting, who first broke…

Indiana head football coach Curt Cignetti was named the Home Depot National Coach of the Year on Thursday evening during the Home Depot College Football Awards Show broadcast on ESPN. After orchestrating one of the biggest turnarounds in FBS history, he is the fourth Indiana head coach to win a national coach of the year award . Cignetti joins the likes of Bo McMillin (1945; AFCA), John Pont (1967; AFCA, FWAA, The Sporting News, Walter Camp Foundation) and Tom Allen (2020; AFCA) to win national coach of the year. He is also a finalist for the Eddie Robinson National Coach…

It’s looking more and more like Mike Woodson will suffer another major miss in the high school class of 2025. 5-star point guard Mikel Brown, Jr. is clearly trending towards Louisville. On3’s two top national basketball recruiting analysts — Joe Tipton and Jamie Shaw — have made public predictions this week on Brown’s profile page that he will end up at Louisville.  247Sports national reporter Travis Branham is making the same call. And these picks are coming very soon after Brown completed an official visit at Louisville. Brown had clear interest in Indiana.  He went on an official visit to…

And you thought the spotlight couldn’t get brighter. For the third time this season, ESPN’s College Gameday will be on location for an IU football game, this time for an all-or-nothing playoff game involving the Hoosiers. The network announced they’ll be on location for Indiana’s first round College Football Playoff game in South Bend next Friday. Gameday made their first ever appearance in Bloomington for the full Saturday show when the Hoosiers hosted Washington in late October.  The crew also set up shop in Columbus, Ohio a month later when IU traveled to Ohio State. Former IU head coach Lee…

After a wildly successful first season in Bloomington, IU coach Curt Cignetti has already negotiated a new contract which nearly doubles his base pay going forward. And the new deal, much like the original, is replete with opportunities for Cignetti to earn significant bonus money on top of his massive new salary. Prior to the announcement of the 2024 College Football Playoff bracket, Cignetti had already earned the following bonuses: $250,000 for reaching bowl eligibility $150,000 for six Big Ten wins $250,000 for a top-six finish in the Big Ten $50,000 for winning Big Ten Coach of the Year $250,000…

The Big Ten revealed the complete 2025 conference schedule with opponents by date on Wednesday afternoon. The league opponents were announced a while ago, and the nonconference opponents and dates have been known for a long time. But now we have the complete picture for Indiana’s 2025 season, which should be one of the more anticipated campaigns in Hoosier history. Here’s what year two of the Curt Cignetti era looks like: NON CONFERENCE Aug. 30 – Old Dominion Sept. 6 – Kennesaw State Sept. 13 – Indiana State CONFERENCE Sept. 20 – vs. Illinois Sept. 27 – at Iowa Oct.…

With Kurtis Rourke set to exhaust his college eligibility whenever IU’s CFP run ends, it’s no secret the Hoosiers have their eyes on the veteran quarterback market in the transfer portal. IU coach Curt Cignetti said as much in a recent press conference. Could Indiana make it a family affair in the quarterback room next year? California signal-caller Fernando Mendoza, older brother of IU freshman Alberto, is putting his name in the transfer portal according to multiple reports. Fernando will immediately become one of the most coveted quarterbacks in the transfer portal. While leading Cal to a 6-6 season, the…

Veteran running back Elijah Green is looking for a new home for his final season of college eligibility. The move comes as Indiana prepares for their first round College Football Playoff game.  He’s the first IU player to declare for the portal in the December entry window.  Several players announced they would enter during the season. The timeline for entering the transfer portal (Dec. 9 – 28) overlaps with the College Football Playoff, leaving players little choice but to submit their names as their teams prepare for the tournament. Green, who transferred in from North Carolina, was productive when given…