Author: Mike Schumann

Indiana moved up a spot in the penultimate College Football Playoff rankings update. The Hoosiers are No. 9 in the latest update of the CFP rankings released by the Selection Committee Tuesday evening live on ESPN.  They were No. 10 last week prior to a 66-0 win over Purdue.  Miami fell six spots to No. 12, creating the opportunity for IU to move up. In the bracket, Indiana is the No. 10 seed.  They are projected to play at No. 7 Georgia.  As a reminder, the top four seeds go to conference champions, which can result in a difference between…

IU football coach Curt Cignetti was named the Big Ten’s 2024 Coach of the Year by both the coaches and the media, the league announced on Tuesday. Cignetti led the Hoosiers to an 11-1 season, the most wins in program history.  Indiana was predicted to finish towards the bottom of the Big Ten by virtually every national outlet. IU improved from 3-9 a year ago, one of the biggest turnarounds in FBS history. The honor marks the fourth time in his career that he earned coach of the year accolades from the conference office, doing so once at each of…

Six players from the IU football program were named to one of the three All-Big Ten teams on Tuesday, and 11 more earned an honorable mention. Meanwhile, IU coach Curt Cignetti was named the league’s coach of the year. Here is a summary of the honors announced on Tuesday. A full release from IU Athletics is further below. COACH OF THE YEAR:  Curt Cignetti OFFENSE: Kurtis Rourke – second team QB Elijah Sarratt – third team WR Mike Katic – third team OL (media) OFFENSE HONORABLE MENTION: Justice Ellison, Zach Horton, Mike Katic (coaches), Myles Price, Carter Smith. DEFENSE: Mikail Kamara…

Indiana rebounded in an emphatic way following their first loss of the season, handing Purdue the worst loss in their program history.  In what was probably IU’s most complete performance, the Hoosiers dominated both sides of the football throughout the entire game. Below we took a look at Pro Football Focus (PFF) grades, notes and snap counts from the contest. Through 12 games and for the sixth straight week, Indiana’s overall cumulative PFF grade for the season is No. 1 in the nation. Their overall offense is second, and their overall defense is third. Next up for Indiana (11-1) should…

Indiana sophomore guard Kanaan Carlyle will miss a second straight game when the Hoosiers face Sam Houston State on Tuesday evening.  That’s according to coach Mike Woodson on his radio show on Monday. “He didn’t practice the last two days, won’t play tomorrow,” Woodson said.  “Hopefully he’ll be back soon.” Carlyle, who is dealing with an undisclosed injury, also missed IU’s final game in The Bahamas against Providence on Friday. The 6-foot-3 guard is averaging 4.5 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.7 assists this season.  He is shooting just 27% from the field to start the season. Fifth-year senior guard Trey…

The fifth edition of the College Football Playoff (CFP) rankings and bracket release is coming on Tuesday evening. Indiana fell to No. 10 last week coming off their loss to Ohio State, but there were plenty of outcomes over the weekend that might impact the Hoosiers in this week’s update.  Losses by Ohio State and Miami sit at the top of that list. Here are 19 projections for IU football by well known national outlets ahead of the fifth rankings and bracket reveal.  As a reminder further below are the rules for the 2024 CFP selection and bracketing process. The…

The largest victory over an FBS opponent in program history and the most points surrendered by Purdue in its program history earned quarterback Kurtis Rourke his third Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week award in 2024, and linebacker Jailin Walker his first-career Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week award. Rourke is also part of the weekly Dave O’Brien Award’s Dave’s 8, which makes him eligible for the national quarterback of the week honor. Rourke joins Anthony Thompson (4; 1989) as the only Hoosiers to win three-or-more Big Ten weekly awards in a single season and is one of just four IU football players…

A 1-2 week in The Bahamas pushed IU basketball out of the national rankings. If or when they’ll make it back is anyone’s guess at this point after the Hoosiers suffered a pair of blowout losses in the Battle 4 Atlantis. In the new AP Top-25 released on Monday, Indiana dropped from to No. 14 to completely out of the poll.  The Hoosiers (5-2) are still receiving a lot of votes, however, and stand effectively now at No. 31. Purdue is the top-ranked team from the Big Ten at No. 8.  Also ranked from the league are Wisconsin (No. 11),…

Indiana may be idle for the next two weekends, but there won’t be any shortage of things to do. By now you probably realize coach Curt Cignetti is not a sit back and pat himself on the back kind of guy. And if he wants the 2024 IU football season to become the norm around Bloomington, the month of December will become one of the most important each year. With a team headed to the postseason, there are a number of moving parts for Cignetti to manage in the weeks to come.  Here’s an overview of what is on his…

The first consequences of a disappointing week in The Bahamas surfaced on Monday morning. The NCAA released its first NET rankings for the 2024-25 college basketball season, and Indiana appears to be well out of the NCAA Tournament picture at the moment. IU is ranked No. 71 in the first release, a spot that is typically not part of the NCAA Tournament field.  There are currently 12 teams from the Big Ten ranked higher than IU in the NET, led by No. 10 Illinois.  Also ahead of the Hoosiers are Ohio State (12), Oregon (15), UCLA (16), Wisconsin (17), Purdue…