Week Five – Indiana Hoosiers at Rutgers Scarlet Knights
What: #6 Indiana Hoosiers (4-0) at Rutgers Scarlet Knights (1-3) When: Saturday, October 3 at 8:00 PM Where: SHI Stadium in Piscataway, NJ How to Watch: The game will be broadcast on BTN and can be heard on the IU Radio Network. Spread and Total: IU -23.5 | Total of 55.5 Series History: It is […]
Numbers that Matter: No. 6 Indiana at Rutgers
It’s one of football’s oldest truths: when the final whistle sounds, the scoreboard tells you who won, but the numbers often tell you why. A team may rack up more yards and still walk away with a loss, only for the turnover margin to reveal the difference. Another may control the ball, dominate time of […]
IU Will Raise the Victory Flag against Rutgers If…
The Hoosiers are on the road this weekend for the first time in their 2026 campaign. The 1-3 Rutgers Scarlet Knights will await the 4-0 Hoosiers in SHI Stadium. Indiana will seek their second conference win of the season, only this time there won’t be a home crowd behind them. The Hoosiers and the Scarlet […]
Lee Beebe credits downfield blocking for Indiana’s success on the ground
Lee Beebe had room to run against Northwestern. Once he got past the line of scrimmage he saw why, Indiana’s receivers were still working. “Once I saw Nick and Shazz, my eyes got super huge,” Beebe said Tuesday. “I was like, ‘Okay, cool, we’re gonna have a big run here.’” Beebe took on a larger […]
Tobi Osunsanmi Speaks on the Current State of the Indiana Defensive Line
Indiana’s defense had its first real challenge of the season against a worthy opponent in Northwestern. In this game, Indiana’s defense won the first-half battle but surrendered 23 points to Northwestern in the second half. The defensive line is seen as the deepest and best unit on this Indiana football team, but they struggled with […]
Matchup To Watch: Rutgers’ 3rd Downs and Explosive Plays vs. Indiana’s Secondary
The reigning National Champion Indiana Hoosiers continue their title defense this Saturday against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in the Hoosiers’ first away game of the 2026 season. The two teams could not be on more different paths. The Hoosiers, fresh off a national championship, are riding a 20-game win streak and – while there are […]
Chatter From the Other Sideline: Rutgers Head Coach Greg Schiano
It’s a longstanding college football tradition for head coaches across the country to meet with the media early each week, reflecting on the previous game while also looking ahead to their next challenge. These press conferences often provide valuable insight into a team’s mindset, key storylines, and how coaches are preparing for the road ahead. […]
Cignetti says Indiana must improve after close win over Northwestern
Indiana came away with a win over Northwestern Saturday, but Curt Cignetti wasn’t interested in treating it as a game the Hoosiers could simply move past. At his Monday media availability, the head coach pointed to missed opportunities on offense, a late defensive slide and a special teams mistake as signs his team has work […]
Cignetti Optimistic About Richard and Hardy’s Health
The biggest question coming into Curt Cignetti’s weekly press conference Monday was the health of starting running back Turbo Richard and starting linebacker Rolijah Hardy. In alignment with Adam Rittenberg’s report on Saturday, Indiana has received good new on Richard’s leg, which was injured on Friday against Northwestern. “We got really good news on Turbo […]
Curt Cignetti Notes and Quotes Week 5: No. 6 Indiana vs. Rutgers
Notes Quotes CURT CIGNETTI: All right, last game, positive is we were in a close game and prevailed. There is value in that. Negative is we didn’t play well. We were very inconsistent. We got to play better. We’re not going to go very far playing the way we played Saturday night. Took the offense […]