IU Athletics Release BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Big Ten Conference and its television partners have announced kickoff times and networks for the first three weeks of the college football season. The times include the home debut for head coach Curt Cignetti, a Friday night contest, and the Big Ten opener at UCLA. Cignetti will begin his Indiana tenure on Saturday, August 31, with a 3:30 p.m. ET kickoff against FIU at Memorial Stadium. The 2024 meeting will be the fourth all-time between the two programs and the first since a 38-28 Indiana victory in Miami, Florida, during the 2018 season. The ga ..read more

Rich Janzaruk/Herald-Times / USA TODAY NETWORK Written by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle) Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti met with the media prior to a fundraising event at Huber’s Winery in southern Indiana on Wednesday night. He touched on how the summer is going and what he expects out of an ever changing landscape of college football. NOTES: - All high school recruits are on campus now Curt Cignetti Quotes: On What Position Group He Feels Best About Heading into the Summer “I think coming out of spring ball, our wide receiver corps looked deep, our running back corps looked deep.  I ..read more

Written By Evan Alvarez Welcome back to the 2024 Hoosier Huddle Countdown! From now until Indiana’s opening day against the FIU Golden Panthers, the Hoosier Huddle staff will feature every player on the Hoosiers football roster for 2024. Today, the featured player as we are 93 days out is #93, Robby Harrison. Countdown to Kickoff: #93 – Robby Harrison Height: 6’ 4” Weight: 311 pounds Hometown: Greenwood, S.C. High School: Emerald High School Class/Position: Redshirt Sophomore / Defensive Lineman Previous School: Arizona State (2022 season) Robby Harrison came out of high school in South Carol ..read more

Written By Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle) Today’s feature is punter James Evans who has put on a show the last two seasons punting the ball for the Hoosiers. While he is great at his job, Hoosier fans could do with seeing less of him punting and more of him holding on extra points and field goals.  COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF: # 94 – James Evans Height: 6’1” Weight: 219 pounds Hometown: Auckland, New Zealand (Sacred Heart College Auckland) Class/Position: Senior /Punter Senior punter James Evans has become one of the best punters not only in the Big Ten, but the entire country since he arrived ..read more

Written By Ben Gillard (@Hoosier_Huddle) Welcome, Hoosier fans to the 2024 Hoosier Huddle Countdown! Over the next 100 days the Hoosier Huddle staff will feature every player on the 2024 roster in anticipation of the season opener on August 31st against the FIU Golden Panthers. Today, we look at James Madison transfer Tyrique Tucker. COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF: # 95 – TYRIQUE TUCKER Height: 6’ 0” `Weight: 295 pounds Hometown: Norfolk, Virginia  High School: Life Christian Academy  Class/Position: Redshirt Sophomore / Defensive Lineman As one of the many transfers that followed Coach Cigne ..read more

Written By Nick Gonzales Welcome to the 2024 Hoosier Huddle Countdown where we are counting down from 100 days to the start of the Hoosier’s football season! Every day, we take a look at players on the current roster and highlight their roles in the upcoming season. Today, we are looking at long snapper Jaxon Miller.  Name: Jaxon Miller Hometown: Indianapolis, Indiana (Triton Central) Position: Long Snapper Year: Redshirt Sophomore Height/Weight: 6’0”/240 pounds Social Media: Twitter: (@Jaxon_Miller_54) Miller didn’t start out in Bloomington. He redshirted his initial collegiate season a ..read more

Written By Nick Gonzales Welcome to the 2024 Hoosier Huddle Countdown where we are counting down from 100 days to the start of the Hoosier’s football season! Every day, we take a look at players on the current roster and highlight their roles in the upcoming season. Today, we are looking at defensive lineman Mario Landino. Name: Mario Landino Hometown: Macungie, Pennsylvania (Emmaus) Position: Defensive Line Year: Freshman Height/Weight: 6’4”/266 pounds Social Media: X: (@landinomario72) The true freshman, Landino, has the possibility to make a splash for the Hoosiers this season. With the lo ..read more

Written by: Nate Comp (@NathanComp1) #98 The Hoosier Huddle countdown to kickoff is underway! For the 100 days leading up to kickoff, we at Hoosier Huddle will feature every player from the 2024 roster in anticipation of Indiana’s first game of the season against Florida International University. Today, we will highlight a true freshman on this year’s squad, William Depaepe. William Depaepe (Freshman) Twitter: @williamdepaepe7 Hometown: Moline, IL Height: 6’6” Weight:  230 Pounds Position: Defensive Line Curt Cignetti got right to work when he took over the Hoosiers program at the end of ..read more

Written by T.J. Inman The Countdown to IUFB Kickoff marches on with one of the newest Hoosiers, number 99 James Carpenter. Height: 6’2” Weight: 284 pounds Hometown: Roanoka, VA. (transfer from James Madison University) Class/Position: Redshirt Senior/Defensive Line The Indiana Hoosiers desperately needed help on the defensive line. New head coach Curt Cignetti and defensive line coach Pat Kuntz turned to a player had relied on for multiple seasons of high-quality play and convinced him to join them in Bloomington: James Carpenter. The former James Madison lineman is a two-time All-Sun Belt se ..read more

Rich Janzaruk/Herald-Times / USA TODAY NETWORK Written by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle) Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti recently sat down for a podcast with Adam Breneman on his podcast Next Up with Adam Breneman. Breneman and Coach Cignetti discussed many topics including how one constructs a roster during the Portal and NIL Era of college football. “You gotta be light on your feet flexible and adjust, improvise, and thrive or you're not going to survive.” Cignetti said. The Indiana roster was influx when Cignetti arrived as 10 offensive starters and many others on defense were in the tran ..read more