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Indiana Hoosiers coverage from the IndyStar and Bloomington Herald-Times.
Indy Star hosts Mind Your Banners, a sports show with 100 episodes published.
Mike Niziolek and Zach Osterman discuss the second full week of Indiana's preseason, examining potential position battles, breakout players and more. Chapters: 0:00 -- Intro 3:08 -- Fall camp temperature check 7:46 -- Po
Mike Niziolek and Zach Osterman recap the first two days of fall camp, as Curt Cignetti and the Indiana Hoosiers begin working to defend their national championship. Chapters: 0:00 -- Intro 1:50 -- Stephen Daley and Kell
IndyStar IU Insider Zach Osterman welcomes Kyle Neddenriep to the show to discuss five-star wide receiver Monshun Sales' decision to commit to Indiana on Friday afternoon. What led to Sales' decision? What kind of player
Mike Niziolek and Zach Osterman sit down for their weekly podcast, this time digging into some summer storylines surrounding Curt Cignetti's defending national champions. Plus, discussion of IU's forthcoming men's basket
The IU basketball team will play an exhibition at Assembly Hall before heading to Peru. Zach Osterman and Mike Niziolek discuss the latest open practice, roster roles, impact players and more. Chapters: 0:00: Intro 2:56:
IndyStar's Kyle Neddenriep joins Zach Osterman for a special Mind Your Banners episode, looking at IU football's in-state recruiting in 2027. They dive into the Indiana prep players Curt Cignetti and his staff already ha
The boys are back! Mike Niziolek and Zach Osterman convene to discuss the exciting announcement of their new book chronicling IU football's rise under Curt Cignetti. Plus, Mike reports back from the first open practice o
Mike Niziolek and Zach Osterman are back, breaking down IU football's spring season, what stood out, who stood out, how Indiana moved on from a historic 2025 and what questions remain as the Hoosiers hit summer and more.
Zach Osterman and Mike Niziolek offer takeaways and debate the most interesting threads to emerge from Indiana's first spring practice of the 2026 calendar. Chapters: 0:00 -- Intro 1:14 -- Cignetti's first comments of sp
Mike Niziolek and Zach Osterman discuss the fallout from IU's failure to be selected to the NCAA tournament, why the Hoosiers would decline further postseason opportunities and where Darian DeVries' program goes from her
Mike Niziolek and Zach Osterman discuss Indiana's pivotal looming regular-season finale at Ohio State, where the Hoosiers' NCAA tournament resume stands as the calendar winds toward Selection Sunday and what a reasonable
Mike Niziolek and Zach Osterman discuss the fallout from Indiana's upset loss to Northwestern, where it leaves the Hoosiers' tournament chances, how it blends into the wider discourse around this program and more. Plus,
Mike Niziolek and Zach Osterman catch up on football's offseason reset, storylines for Curt Cignetti's team heading toward spring, Darian DeVries' bubbling resume and more. Chapters: 0:00 -- Intro 0:53 -- Checking in wit
Mike Niziolek and Zach Osterman discuss IU football's off ramp from winning a CFP national championship into preparations for 2026, plus an important win for Darian DeVries' team over Purdue that might just have put the
Mike Niziolek and Zach Osterman check in from Miami to try and capture what Monday night's 27-21 win over the Hurricanes, clinching the 2026 CFP national championship, means to both this team and this program. Read: 
On the final pregame Mind Your Banners of the Indiana football season, Mike Niziolek and Zach Osterman discuss the build-up to the CFP national title game, the matchup between Indiana and Miami, predictions for Monday ni
Mike Niziolek and Zach Osterman, road-weary but returned to Indiana after a riveting Peach Bowl, to recap the Hoosiers' College Football Playoff semifinal win against Oregon, setting up a national-title bout with Miami n
Mike Niziolek and Zach Osterman break down Friday night's Peach Bowl matchup between No. 1 Indiana and No. 5 Oregon, a rematch from the Big Ten regular season now playing out in a College Football Playoff semifinal. &nbs
Mike Niziolek and Zach Osterman sit down to discuss Indiana's remarkable start to the 2026 transfer portal, as Curt Cignetti balances Peach Bowl preparations with setting his roster up for another College Football Playof
Insiders Zach Osterman and Michael Niziolek unpack IU's win, holding tradition-rich Alabama without a touchdown, and snapping a lengthy bowl win drought to advance to the CFP semifinal at the Peach Bowl. Read all coverag
Curt Cignetti
IU football head coach · Indiana University
1 appearance on this show
Graham Couch
columnist · Lansing State Journal
1 appearance on this show
Brandon Gaudin
Atlanta Braves Lead TV Play-by-Play Announcer · Atlanta Braves
1 appearance on this show
Mike Katic
Indiana
1 appearance on this show
James Crepea
The Oregonian
1 appearance on this show
Tyler Tachman
Des Moines Register
1 appearance on this show
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