Author: Mike Schumann

Teri Moren has her hands full with this team. After a second half collapse, Indiana lost at Butler on Wednesday evening at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, their second straight loss to a team they were heavily favored to beat. Leading 28-26 at the break, the Hoosiers scored just 18 points in the second half while shooting 29.6% from the field with seven turnovers.  They didn’t attempt a free throw in the second half. Moren’s squad played good defense throughout, but the lack of any semblance of offensive efficiency eventually caught up with them. Butler pulled away in the final minutes…

How many good teams would be 10-0 playing Indiana’s schedule this year? Not many. That’s what “strength of record” (SOR) measures, and it is playing a role in Indiana’s current No. 5 status in the latest College Football Playoff rankings released Tuesday evening by the CFP Committee. Indiana’s SOR according to ESPN’s FPI is No. 6.  FPI describes SOR as “reflecting chance that an average Top 25 team would have team’s record or better, given the schedule.”  In words, SOR measures the difficulty of achieving each team’s record, given its schedule. The logic of SOR is sound.  Indiana’s strength of…

The College Football Playoff Committee released their second edition of the CFP Rankings on Tuesday evening live on ESPN. The Committee ranked 10-0 Indiana No. 5, and have them playing in the CFP bracket as the No. 7 seed. Two projected conference champions — Miami and BYU — are ranked lower than IU but each claim one of the top four spots in the bracket.  That bumps No. 5 ranked IU to the No. 7 seed in the bracket. The Hoosiers moved up three spots in the CFP rankings after their 20-15 win over Michigan. The current CFP bracket has…

The Maxwell Football Club announced a pair of Indiana football players as semifinalists for national awards on Tuesday. Quarterback Kurtis Rourke and edge rusher Mikail Kamara were tabbed for the 88th Maxwell Award and 30th Chuck Bednarik Award, respectively. Rourke was also named a semifinalist for the Davey O’Brien Award. The lists include a field of 16 candidates for the Maxwell Award and Davey O’Brien Award, and 20 candidates for the Bednarik Award. Indiana is one of just six programs to have an offensive and defensive player of the year semifinalist from the Maxwell Football Club. On Monday, Kamara was…

After a weekend visit to Bloomington, Indiana has offered class of 2027 point guard Jaxon Davis. He is just the fourth player Indiana has offered in the high school sophomore class. Davis visited Indiana over the weekend for the Eastern Illinois game, and he also was in Bloomington for the program’s team camp in June. As a freshman, he led Warren Township H.S. (Gurnee, Ill.) to a 31-5 record.  Davis averaged 19.4 points, 5.2 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 3.5 steals in 2023-24. For spring and summer basketball, Davis played for the MeanStreets program on the Nike EYBL Circuit. Davis does…

The second edition of the College Football Playoff (CFP) rankings release is coming on Tuesday evening. After a win over Michigan and losses by teams ahead of them in last week’s rankings, the Hoosiers appear primed to move up.  They were ranked No. 8, and the No. 9 seed last week. Here are 10 projections for IU football by well known national outlets ahead of the second rankings and bracket reveal.  As a reminder further below are the rules for the 2024 CFP selection and bracketing process. The second CFP rankings reveal show will air live Tuesday at 8:30 p.m.…

Indiana finally had to sweat one out.  Against Michigan on Saturday, one tense fourth quarter drive followed the next as IU held on for dear life against the Wolverines. Below we took a look at Pro Football Focus (PFF) grades, notes and snap counts from the contest. Through ten games and for the fourth 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 (10-0) is PFF No. 3 Ohio State (8-1) on Nov. 23 following a bye week.…

If it’s not the biggest regular season game in the history of the IU football program, IU’s Nov. 23 game against Ohio State is certainly among the top five. And it should come as no surprise the game against the Buckeyes in Columbus, Ohio will be played under a national spotlight. FOX has chosen No. 5 Indiana (10-0) at No. 2 Ohio State (8-1) for their marquee Noon ET time slot, with Gus Johnson and Joel Klatt calling the action, and their FOX Big Noon Kickoff crew live at Ohio Stadium that Saturday morning. Ohio State’s lone loss this year…

After a 2-0 start to the 2024-25 campaign, Indiana moved up a spot in the new AP Top-25. The Hoosiers are now No. 16 with the first week of the season now in the rearview mirror. Indiana defeated SIU Edwardsville 80-61 and Eastern Illinois 90-55 this past week to open the new campaign. Joining the Hoosiers from the Big Ten in the new AP Top-25 are No. 13 Purdue, No. 21 Ohio State and No. 24 Rutgers. The Hoosiers don’t play again until Saturday when their first high major challenge arrives in Bloomington.  IU will host unranked South Carolina at…

Fans had a finger on the panic button at halftime.  But it was all smiles 20 minutes later. Playing lethargically, IU trailed Eastern Illinois 37-32 with 1:34 left before halftime, and they went into the locker rooms down a point.  Just over a minute into the second half, EIU extended back out to a 43-38 lead, but at that point the Hoosiers had seen enough.  Indiana went on a 38-5 run and cruised to a 90-55 win. Let’s take a deeper look at how IU won 90-55 with our latest edition of The Report Card. Indiana (2-0) will next host…