Tyrique Tucker and the Hoosiers Have Been Feeding off of the Crowd's Energy

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Tyrique Tucker and the Hoosiers Have Been Feeding off of the Crowd's Energy

Written By: Nick Gonzales (@nrgonzales_)

The Hoosiers are 8-0 and the fans are absolutely loving it. Memorial Stadium sold out their last two games (Nebraska and Washington) and has sold out the remaining two games against Michigan and Purdue which is a single season record for the program and matched the number of sellouts from 2016-2023 (four). Not only that, but the city of Bloomington has hosted Big Noon Kickoff and College GameDay in the last two weeks and the fans have been reveling in the glory. It’s a drastic change from how the Hoosiers first three home games went, barely being able to fill up the stadium, but the crowd may not realize how important they are to the team.

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D’Angelo Ponds Named Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week

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D’Angelo Ponds Named Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week

IU Athletics Release

DALLAS – After earning weekly accolades from the Big Ten on Monday, sophomore defensive back D’Angelo Ponds was named Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week on Tuesday (Oct. 29), as selected by the Football Writers Association of America. 

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D'Angelo Ponds Stepped Up and Showed Out in Indiana's Win Over Washington

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D'Angelo Ponds Stepped Up and Showed Out in Indiana's Win Over Washington

Written By Nick Gonzales (@nrgonzales_)

Indiana is now 8-0 after defeating the Washington Huskies and have continued to dominate on the scoreboard. However, there were a lot of worries about how the offense would fare without their star quarterback Kurtis Rourke. With Rourke out and Tayven Jackson in, some people didn’t think the Hoosiers would be able to perform like they used to, but the defense really stood up today and shouldered the weight of the team, especially the sophomore transfer from JMU, D’Angelo Ponds.

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IU’s Defense Has Season-High 5 Takeaways in Win Over Nebraska

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IU’s Defense Has Season-High 5 Takeaways in Win Over Nebraska

Written By: Ben Gillard (@benjgillard)

Today was homecoming in Bloomington, and the Indiana defense certainly put on a show for the alums who made the trip down for the Hoosiers 56-7 rout of Nebraska. The IU defense was swallowing up Cornhuskers faster than Indiana native Joey Chestnut could swallow cheeseburgers at halftime. The Hoosiers “attack the ball” mentality certainly paid off this afternoon as they came away with a season-high five turnovers. 

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Where the Hoosiers Stack Up Statistically in Team and Individual Categories

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Where the Hoosiers Stack Up Statistically in Team and Individual Categories

Written by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)

The Indiana football team entered the bye week at 6-0 and it is a perfect time to look at where the team and the individual players land on the statistics leaderboards on both the conference and national level.

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Matchup to Watch: Week Five Maryland Terrapins: D’Angelo Ponds vs. Tai Felton

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Matchup to Watch: Week Five Maryland Terrapins: D’Angelo Ponds vs. Tai Felton

Written by: TJ Inman 

D’Angelo Ponds vs. Tai Felton

The Indiana Hoosiers blasted the Charlotte 49ers to improve to 4-0. IU is outscoring opponents 50.5 to 9.3 through four games and they are outpacing opponents 7.81 yards per play to just 3.67 yards per play. The Maryland Terrapins come to Bloomington and the Hoosiers have a chance to improve to 5-0 for the first time since the famous 1967 Rose Bowl team.

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IU DL C.J. West Has Suspension Lifted, D'Angelo Ponds Still Out for Targeting

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IU DL C.J. West Has Suspension Lifted, D'Angelo Ponds Still Out for Targeting

Written by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)

The Big Ten has rescinded Indiana defensive lineman C.J. West’s first half suspension due to targeting in the second half of Indiana’s 42-13 win over UCLA. Indiana head coach made the announcement on his weekly radio show that West will be available for the full game on Saturday against Charlotte.

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2024 Position Preview – Defensive Back Group is Revamped Through the Portal

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2024 Position Preview – Defensive Back Group is Revamped Through the Portal

Written by: TJ Inman

The past few seasons for the Indiana secondary have not been kind. After a lot of hype and excitement surrounding a returning young core, the potential was never realized and Indiana gave up average passer ratings of 143.62 in 2023 and a shockingly bad 152.42 in 2022. Curt Cignetti and defensive coordinator Bryant Haines retained some of IU’s returning secondary players and hit the transfer portal to upgrade at both cornerback and safety. IU needs to create more takeaways in the secondary and make life more difficult for opposing passing attacks.

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Plenty of Storylines Surround Indiana Football as they Open Fall Camp

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Plenty of Storylines Surround Indiana Football as they Open Fall Camp

Written by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)

The Indiana Hoosiers usher in a new era under Curt Cignetti on Tuesday as they open up fall practice heading into the 2024 regular season. Cignetti takes over a program that won just nine games from 2021-2023 after winning 24 the previous four seasons (2017-2020). There are plenty of storylines in Bloomington. Here are the ones we are keeping a close eye on:

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