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Written By Nick Gonzales (@nrgonzales_)
The Hoosiers are heading back to Bloomington after finishing their last game of the season. Indiana suffered a disappointing loss to the Fighting Irish Friday night and couldn’t get things going all game long. One of the biggest things on defense was their inability for the first man to make the tackle.
Read MoreWritten By: Nick Gonzales (@nrgonzales_)
The week has finally arrived leading up into the Hoosiers first College Football Playoff appearance. After stomping Purdue, the Hoosiers have been waiting patiently for the past few weeks for the chance to prove themselves. While it’s disappointing for the Hoosiers to not make the Big Ten Championship, it has proven beneficial to the team giving them an extra week to rest their bodies to ensure they are as healthy as they can be. While the players have probably enjoyed some time off, they are itching to get back to playing and so is Coach Cignetti who has been working overtime to prepare for the Fighting Irish.
Read MoreWritten By: Nick Gonzales (@nrgonzales_)
After a disappointing loss to the Buckeyes, the Hoosiers are ready to get back on track and face off against their biggest rivals, the Purdue Boilermakers. Everyone from Indiana understands how important the rivalry is, but a lot of the players on this team’s roster are transfers. Not only are there a lot of transfers, but 13 transfers are from JMU who didn’t really have any rivalry games.
Read MoreWritten By Nick Gonzales
As the Hoosiers’ first game approaches, the excitement builds among fans and players. There has been a lot of hype about Curt Cignetti coming to this program and the players he brought to Indiana through the transfer portal, and this Saturday, we will get a taste of a new era in IU Football with Cignetti leading the charge. With the season approaching, a lot of people want to know how players are adopting the mentality that JMU players and coaches brought to Bloomington and on Tuesday, James Carpenter (Redshirt Senior + transfer from JMU) and Mike Katic (Redshirt Senior +) shined a light on that mentality during their media availability on Tuesday.
Read MoreWritten by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)
Indiana defensive lineman James Carpenter has earned his way everywhere he has been. A lightly recruited defensive tackle out of Roanoke Catholic in Virginia, Carpenter walked on to then FCS squad James Madison in 2019 and played in just one game on special teams. After five seasons with the Dukes Carpenter arrives in the Big Ten with Indiana as two-time All-Sun Belt performer with 28 tackles for loss and 11.5 sacks to his name. Still, to him, his journey is unbelievable.
Read MoreWritten by T.J. Inman
The Countdown to IUFB Kickoff marches on with one of the newest Hoosiers, number 99 James Carpenter.
Read MoreWritten by: TJ Inman
Hoosier Huddle is getting ready for the 2024 football season and with a new coaching staff and a totally revamped roster, Indiana Hoosier fans are going to need a roster handy to track all of the new faces. Much attention has been paid to the major revamp on offense under coordinator Mike Shanahan and Tino Sunseri, including our very owner initial depth chart projection just last week. However, the defense needs to be completely rebuilt as well. Once a calling card for Tom Allen’s teams, the IU defense was a sieve for much of the past few seasons. In 2023, Indiana allowed an average of 29.9 points per game including an opposing passer rating of 143.62 and 4.19 yards per rush. There were a few bright spots here and there but the unit was a major disappointment that needs fixed.
Read MoreWritten by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)
Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti said that there were seven more signees who the Hoosiers were waiting on to finish their bowl game to announce. On Christmas Eve, a day after James Madison’s 31-21 Armed Forces Bowl loss to Air Force, those signees were announced. Three of them are coming on the defensive side of the ball.
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