Author: Mike Schumann

The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame announced today the names on the 2025 ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame, including 77 players and nine coaches from the Football Bowl Subdivision and 101 players and 34 coaches from the divisional ranks. Included are two former IU football stars — running back Vaughn Dunbar and quarterback Antwaan Randle El. “It’s an enormous honor to just be on the College Football Hall of Fame ballot considering more than 5.7 million people have played college football and only 1,093 players have been inducted,” said NFF President…

There were race cars on the field, guitars, boom boxes and plenty more involved as IU football hosted an impressive group of class of 2025 visitors over the weekend. Indiana’s 9-player 2025 class is currently in the national top-40, and with additional commitments from this group they can build towards one of their best classes ever. Here’s a summary of who was in Bloomington: ——————————— JULIAN LEWIS Position – QB Hometown – Carrollton, Ga. Ranking – 5-star / No. 10  overall / No. 2 QB Status – Offered Other Notable Offers – USC, Colorado, Auburn Thank you @IndianaFootball for a…

Indiana is moving the football student section to the north end zone. In a release IU Athletics says “students can look forward to being surrounded by fellow classmates in an enhanced and relocated IU football student section at Memorial Stadium in 2024.” The entire IU football student section is being moved to the north end of the stadium between sections 13 and 24.  You can see the seating chart below. The school says the change will enable all IU students to sit together, and this contiguous student section will also enable more IU students to be seated closer to the…

14 former IU football players  are currently with NFL teams as we are now past the draft and free agency, and approach another summer of training camps and roster cuts. Organized Team Activities (OTAs) and mandatory minicamps are in late May and early June. Training camps open around the league in mid-to-late July, and the preseason begins in early August. Here are the former IU players currently under contract with teams around the NFL: Ryder Anderson – DE, New York Giants Anderson signed with the Giants as a free agent in 2022.  While most of his time has been spent…

Indiana landed a commitment from class of 2025 cornerback Jaylen Bell on Saturday afternoon. The Loganville, Ga. product announced his commitment to the Hoosiers on his X account. @CCignettiIU saw Production Over Potential.. I am 100000% committed to the NEW Indiana University @CoachTSunseri @CoachOjong @CoachEddie2 @CoachMeehanF #IUFB pic.twitter.com/y9U1A2eib5 — Jaylen Hollywood Bell (@4problem_) June 1, 2024 Bell announced the decision while on an official visit in Bloomington.  He unofficially visited IU earlier in the spring. According to the On3 Industry Average, Bell is a 3-star recruit, the No. 64 overall cornerback in the class, and the No. 643 overall player.…

What is Indiana’s reward for an impressive 10-4 NCAA Tournament opening round win over Southern Miss? How about the national No. 1 seed and host school Tennessee Volunteers. No. 1 Tennessee (51-11) defeated Northern Kentucky 9-3 on Friday evening, setting up a Saturday evening matchup with the Hoosiers. The first pitch is slated for 6:06 p.m. ET at Lindsey Nelson Stadium in Knoxville.  The game will be broadcast on ESPNU. Indiana (33-24-1) will be treated as the home team despite the game being held at Tennessee.  The Vols played in front of a mostly orange-clad record crowd of 6,396 on…

It was one of the more questionable decisions in the history of IU football. After starting at quarterback for Indiana for three seasons, Antwaan Randle El was only a few yards from becoming the first player in NCAA history to pass for 6,000 yards and to rush for 3,000 yards in a career. And that’s when head coach Cam Cameron, in year five of a seven-year contract and squarely on the hot seat, did the unthinkable. Randle El insisted at the time it was his idea, but Cameron signed off on moving one of college football’s most dynamic players to…

Only one time in 2023 was Indiana favored to win a game by more points than they’ll be when they open the 2024 season on Aug. 31 against Florida International. And that one time a year ago came against an FCS opponent — Indiana State. Indiana needs to roll through their non-conference schedule with relative ease this fall, and Draft Kings Sportsbook thinks that will be the case in week one. According to Draft Kings Sportsbook, Indiana is an 18.5 point favorite against FIU. New IU head coach Curt Cignetti will begin his Indiana tenure on Saturday, August 31, with…

Indiana is going to the Rose Bowl! In prime time! Okay, it isn’t the Rose Bowl game, but as you’ve known for a while, the Hoosiers are going to play in the Rose Bowl Stadium against UCLA this fall.  It will be Indiana’s first game at the famous venue since their last appearance in the Rose Bowl game on January 1, 1968 vs. USC. On Thursday, Brett McMurphy of Action Network reported IU’s Sept. 14 game at UCLA will kick off at 7:30 p.m. ET and air on NBC. Indiana confirmed McMurphy’s report and also released television designations and kick…

Indiana has missed the NCAA Tournament six of the last eight years. Sorry to ruin your day with that reminder. But it’s a fact, and a run of futility that spans three coaches, and has Hoosier fans on edge at the moment after Mike Woodson’s first March Madness whiff in three seasons. And if you had to pick one constant during this less than stellar run of IU basketball, an overall lack of dynamic backcourt play might just be it. Consider this:  Indiana hasn’t had a first team All-Big Ten guard since Yogi Ferrell in 2016.  They haven’t had a…