Hoosier Huddle's College Football Playoff and Bowl Projections November 3

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Hoosier Huddle's College Football Playoff and Bowl Projections November 3

The Indiana Hoosiers trailed for the first time all season on Saturday afternoon in East Lansing. The Hoosiers responded to falling behind 10-0 by scoring 47 unanswered points and demolishing the Michigan State Spartans 47-10 in a dominant road win. The victory moved IU to 9-0 for the first time in school history and IU is tied with Oregon atop the Big Ten standings. One week after projecting the Hoosiers into the College Football Playoff bracket as the number ten seed, we are moving IU up one place into the nine seed. That would put Indiana in an extremely interesting game at Notre Dame in the first round of the College Football Playoff. 

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Hoosier Huddle's College Football Playoff and Bowl Projections-October 27

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Hoosier Huddle's College Football Playoff and Bowl Projections-October 27

In many ways, Saturday’s win over Washington felt like a celebration. ESPN’s College GameDay was in Bloomington and fans and former players celebrated Lee Corso and the 1979 Holiday Bowl squad. People flooded campus and Memorial Stadium to celebrate the outstanding 7-0 start for the Indiana Hoosiers and revel in the attention brought to the program by Curt Cignetti, his staff and his players. Longtime and long-suffering fans celebrated weeks of football that have brought so much joy after many, many years of crushing disappointment.

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Hoosier Huddle's College Football Playoff and Bowl Projections - October 20

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Hoosier Huddle's College Football Playoff and Bowl Projections - October 20

Written by T.J. Inman

FOX’s Big Noon Kickoff was in town to see the 6-0 Indiana Hoosiers and the nation was curious: who are these Indiana Hoosiers and are they for real? After a 60-minute beatdown of the previously 5-1 Nebraska Cornhuskers and a 56-7 win for Indiana, the answer ringing out from a sold-out Memorial Stadium was a resounding “YES!” There was a negative from the impressive victory though. Kurtis Rourke injured his thumb in the first half and stood in street clothes during the second half as Tayven Jackson finished the job at quarterback. Rourke is a doubt for the Washington game this weekend and the uncertainty at the most important position in the game is enough to keep them from a projection in the College Football Playoff. 

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As Future Non-Conference Games are Booked for IU, Tom Allen Wants to Play Quality Teams

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As Future Non-Conference Games are Booked for IU, Tom Allen Wants to Play Quality Teams

Written by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)

There is nothing quite like the scheduling of non-conference college football games. There isn’t. Games are scheduled years, sometime decades in advance by coaches and athletic directors who may not be around when the games get played. Indiana football is no different. The Hoosiers upcoming series with Cincinnati and Louisville wee both scheduled under previous head coach Kevin Wilson. He has not coached the Hoosiers since 2016, but that is college football. Now it is Tom Allen and Scott Dolson’s chance to schedule games years in advance.

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IU vs. Notre Dame: The History of the In-State Football Matchup

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IU vs. Notre Dame: The History of the In-State Football Matchup

Written by Matt Smith

With IU and Notre Dame announcing their home and home for the year 2030-31, it is time to take a look back at the history of this series.

The first game of this series took place in 1898 with the Hoosiers taking the first win of the series with a score of 11-5. Since then the Fighting Irish and IU have played 28 other games, with the last one being in 1991 won by the Jerome Bettis led Fighting Irish.

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After A Day Of Upsets, What Are Indiana Football's Best Upset Wins?

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After A Day Of Upsets, What Are Indiana Football's Best Upset Wins?

On Friday afternoon we saw one of, if not the biggest upset in the history of the NCAA tournament when the second seeded Michigan State Spartans took it on the chin from the Blue Raiders of Middle Tennessee State. That shocking upset got me thinking about what some of Indiana Football's biggest upsets were.

I went through the IU record book and found quite a few occasions where the Hoosiers pulled off wins against ranked teams as underdogs. Now there are some caveats to my search. First, the AP did not rank teams until 1936, so it is hard to judge some of the pre-ranking games so this list is from 1937 on. I was also hesitant to include the games from the World War II Years (1941-1945) due to the craziness of rosters and honestly it was just easier to keep those teams out of this list. I found 10 upsets that should be noted on this list and it will be in chronological order.

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Gameday Picks Notre Dame-Clemson, And That's OK

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Gameday Picks Notre Dame-Clemson, And That's OK

Sure, it would have been awesome if ESPN's College Gameday had chosen to come to Bloomington. I was rooting for it to happen, but it the end sanity prevailed and Corso and Co. will head to Clemson for a top-10 matchup between the Fighting Irish and Tigers. But guess what? It's not the end of the world.  It was a pipe dream that was dashed around 11 p.m., but it is not the end of the world.

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Spring Practice Position Previews: Linebacker

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Spring Practice Position Previews: Linebacker

Position Group Previews – Linebackers

 Spring practice is quickly approaching! Keep checking in here at the Hoosier Huddle for all of your comprehensive Spring Football coverage. Next up, we take a look at one of the more competitive and intriguing positions on the depth chart…linebackers. 

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