After an emotional 36-35 win over no. 8 Penn State on Oct. 24, the Indiana Hoosiers entered the AP Top 25 poll at No. 17. This is Indiana’s highest ranking since Nov. 2, 1993, when the Hoosiers also came in at No. 17. Next up is a program that has…
Trailing by eight points with less than two minutes remaining in regulation, Indiana quarterback Michael Penix Jr. looked to a freshman wide receiver to save the game. Javon Swinton hauled in two crucial catches for 23 yards on consecutive plays as the Hoosiers breached Penn State territory and eventually drove…
Relive Indiana’s thrilling victory over No. 8 Penn State, as told through the voice of Austin Render, and the lens of Kurt Spitler.…
The wait is over. Indiana football hosts No. 8 Penn State this Saturday at Memorial Stadium in the season opener. IU is looking for a breakthrough win under Tom Allen. IU has defeated Penn State just once in 23 tries dating back to 1993. The lone victory was in 2013…
Leadership, versatility and talent. IU football lost these skills when redshirt senior husky Marcelino Ball tore his ACL during practice last week. Tom Allen announced that Ball will be out for the season. Ball was expected to start at IU’s hybrid safety-linebacker position for the third straight year. Instead, the…
A lack of planning from the Big Ten this summer has put the conference in a difficult spot leading up to the season. The Big Ten will now have to watch as the first month of the college football season is played while it waits until Oct. 24 to begin…
The Big Ten is officially back. No, not like last time. This third schedule release is much more promising than the previous two, as the conference announced its return with a nine-game schedule that begins the weekend of Oct. 23. In case you missed it, the schedule includes eight games…
A third iteration of the 2020 Big Ten schedule was released Saturday morning, exactly five weeks before the start of the season. It was assumed that an eight-game Big Ten schedule plus an East versus West crossover game in week nine would give Indiana a challenging 2020 slate, but it…
The Hoosier Network · Indiana Football Podcast: To Play or Not to Play Listen as the new IUFB coverage team including Griffin Gonzalez, Jack Ankony, and Griffin Epstein break down the likelihood of a 2020 season as well as ongoing issues surrounding Peyton Hendershot and the IUFB Schedule.…
Tom Allen was researching sharks. He was working under Dave Wommack at Ole Miss and was finding qualities of predators. The “land shark” had become an identity of the Ole Miss defense and Allen found that sharks don’t blink. They don’t have eyelids. They can’t blink. “So therefore when we…