The Morning Huddle: What You Need to Know About IU Football: September 4

1. Lots of stuff going up on the site today. 

      - Q&A with UNT Beat writer Brett Vito

      - IUFB Game Primer

      - IUFB Recruiting Visitor list.

      - Tidbits for the Tailgate

2. The Countdown to Kickoff Concludes.

Game day is almost here. We have profiled nearly every player on the active roster, so check that out.

3.  I have heard nothing further about Wyatt and Stephen Daley’s eligibility outside of Rhett Lewis mentioning on his podcast that Daley filed suit in PA. 

4. There was one massive upset in the Big Ten last night as UMass knocked off Rutgers. It even got attention from Cignetti on his radio show with Fisch. He said he was watching during breaks and hoped that his players were paying attention.

5. It should also be noted that there seems to be no availability reports published until Big Ten play starts per the changes the conference made in policy. 
The only player that Cignetti mentioned as “Questionable” was freshman TE Trevor Gibbs.

6. Big Ten Games tonight:

USC hosts Fresno state at 9pm
Michigan State is on upset alert against Toledo at 8pm.
Purdue hosts Indiana State at 7pm. 

 In other conference games, No. 7 Miami travels out to Stanford 

I will update this if there is any breaking news today. 

UPDATE:

A Monroe County Court has issued a TRO that will allow Stephen Daley and Kellan Wyatt to play tomorrow. ESPN's Pete Thamel had it first.

The Morning Huddle: What You Need to Know About IU Football: September 5

It is finally IUFB Game Day! Make sure you check out our Game Day Primer for all the pregame reading you need.

We also have a new feature called Tidbits for the Tailgate that will publish at 9am.

The Game Thread will open at 8am and Hoosier Huddle staff will be in around 10am.

1. IU and North Texas kickoff at 12pm ET on FOX and Big Noon Kickoff will broadcast at 10am outside of Memorial Stadium.

2. Indiana welcomes over 30 prospects on game day visits.

 - IU is finished with the 2027 class.

 - Do not expect many, if any, super early commitments from the 2028 class. This is intentional as well. 

3. Stephen Daley and Kellan Wyatt were granted a TRO by a Monroe County judge. They are eligible to play today, but the next hearing is set for Sept. 11 to see if they can get a temporary injunction.

4. There are NO availability reports published by the Big Ten until conference play starts (new this year).

5. IU will unveil their 2025 National Championship signage in the stadium at 11:40am. From pictures from Fox 59 it looks to be on the South End Zone facade.

6. Hydrate! It’s going to be a hot one. 

Question of the Day:

What will be the score of today’s game? (Drop answers below)

63-6 

INDIANA Wins Big

with 2 TD’s by the Defense 😎

@76-1 I found Buck’s burner account!

The Morning Huddle: What You Need to Know About IU Football: September 6

The Hoosiers pounded North Texas 52-16 on a broiling day in Bloomington. There were a lot of trips to the hospital from the game yesterday, so I hope that everyone has rehydrated and recovered.

1. It was a typical opener under Curt Cignetti, where not everything was clicking on all cylinders. I gave my reaction to the game yesterday. 

2. The AP Poll does not come out until Tuesday this week due to games being played today and tomorrow. Do you think IU moves up, down or stays at 6th?

3. Some notes from the game yesterday:

• Eighteen Hoosiers made their collegiate debuts: Joe Brunner, Josh Burnham, Drew Clausen, Billy Gowers, A.J. Harris, Josh Hoover, Joe Hjelle, Paddy McAteer, Nick Marsh, Tyler Morris, Chiddi Obiazor, Tobi Osunsanmi, Shazz Preston, Turbo Richard, Quan Sanks, Brock Schott, Carson Williams, and Preston Zachman.

• Seven Hoosiers made their collegiate debuts: Keishaun Calhoun, Cam McHaney, Ben Novak, Henry Ohlinger, Jamar Owens, Jacob Savage and Sam Simpson.

• Six 1st year players made their collegiate debuts: Cam McHaney, Ben Novak, Henry Ohlinger, Jamar Owens, Jacob Savage and Sam Simpson.

What were your take aways from the North Texas Game?

@thehoosierhuddle 

Nitpick 

Eighteen players made their Indiana debuts. 

@unclemark I literally copied it from the IU notes.

Posted by: @thehoosierhuddle

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@unclemark I literally copied it from the IU notes.

LOL. Those guys need an editor. 

The Morning Huddle: What You Need to Know About IU Football: September 7

Happy Labor Day! 

1. Curt Cignetti should provide an injury update for players who were hurt in the game on Saturday, today. His press conferences are usually at noon and can be streamed at IUHoosiers.com

From what Coach Cignetti said Saturday, it sounds like Jamari Sharpe and AJ Harris will not be OUT long. While Khobie Martin looks to be a longer-term deal. 

If Martin is out for an extended period of time, the RB situation will look more like last year. Turbo Richard and Lee Beebe Jr. will be the main two backs while Sean Cuono and Jayreon Campbell battle it out for reps behind them.

2. IU hosted a huge number of recruits on Saturday, including ‘27 commits Jameson Purcell, Monshun Sales, Brendan Sharpe and Mason McDermott.

3. We’ll have the full story from Bloomington this afternoon.

4. All of Indiana’s opponents have concluded Week 1. You can find there scores here:

https://hoosierhuddle.com/2026/09/06/scores-from-around-the-nation-indianas-week-1-opponent-recap/

5. Indiana takes on FCS foe Howard (1-1) on Saturday at Noon on BTN. BTN’s pregame show BTN Tailgate will broadcast live from Memorial Stadium as well.

In addition to Ohio State, I'm nervous about all of Michigan*, Nebraska, Minnesota, USC, Washington. At least. Any of those teams have the firepower to beat us if we don't bring it. We have a lot of capable teams on the schedule this year.

* 0-1 

Cuono and Campbell get 15+ carries in this upcoming Howard game. 

I like your Hoosiers opponents piece. Thanks 

@middawg IU only ran 46 plays last week. 1/3 of the snaps aren’t going to be those guys carrying the ball. They should get some run, but 15+ is a high percentage