Mind Your Banners: IU running out of running backs, on the runway to Rutgers

Mike Niziolek and Zach Osterman discuss Indiana's growing injury concerns at running back, the Hoosiers' needed defensive progress and more, as Curt Cignetti's team prepares for its road opener Saturday night at Rutgers. Chapters: 0:00 -- Intro 0:34 -- Running back injuries mounting 9:09 -- Oth…

Mind Your Banners: The one where Mike apologizes to Aidan Chiles

The boys are back with their postgame podcast, this time delayed 36ish hours by the late finish to Friday's 29-23 win against Northwestern. Mike and Zach pick the bones out of that game, good, bad and indifferent, and try to separate concerns from unnecessary anxieties, as Indiana works to correct …

Mind Your Banners: How worried is Curt Cignetti about Northwestern?

Mike Niziolek and Zach Osterman prepare for Indiana's Friday night showdown with Northwestern by attempting to, among other things, answer the question of just how worried Curt Cignetti is about the Wildcats. Plus, discussions of Josh Hoover's progress, this week's Daley/Wyatt update and some upcom…

Indiana football is 3-0 but are they really behind the championship team?

The chatter is that the Hoosiers aren't as crisp as they were to start 2025. Zach Osterman and Mike Niziolek take a closer look at how different, or similar, those 3-0 starts are after a 38-0 drubbing of Western Kentucky. Read: https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2026/09/20/india…

Mind Your Banners: What's left to learn about Curt Cignetti's Indiana, as Western Kentucky looms

Mike Niziolek and Zach Osterman preview Indiana's final nonconference game, against Western Kentucky, updating injuries and eligibility statuses. Plus, a discussion of their forthcoming book! Chapters: 0:00 -- Intro 1:10 -- Digging into Western Kentucky 6:22 -- Comparison point to UGA? 8:26 --…

Charlie Becker stars in IU football win vs Howard: Here's what we learned

Mike Niziolek and Zach Osterman pick apart what there is to learn from Indiana's 55-0 Week 2 win Saturday against Howard. Read: https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2026/09/07/indiana-footballs-josh-hoover-charlie-becker-build-instant-chemistry-in-season-opener/91642908007/ Get I…

Mind Your Banners: Hoosiers headed for Howard

Mike Niziolek and Zach Osterman pick the bones out of Indiana's Week 1 win against North Texas, look ahead to Howard, update Stephen Daley and Kellan Wyatt eligibility fight, and explain the backstory behind "Pray for Oregon." Chapters: 0:00 -- Intro 1:01 -- Putting a bow on North Texas 11:01 -…

Mind Your Banners Postgame: No. 6 Indiana 52, North Texas 16

Mike Niziolek and Zach Osterman discuss the ins and outs of Indiana's season-opening 52-16 victory over North Texas on Saturday, running through Josh Hoover's debut, a mixed-bag defensive performance, injuries and more.

Mind Your Banners: North Texas

Mike Niziolek and Zach Osterman discuss Indiana's season opener against North Texas, in the first Mind Your Banners of the 2026 season. Tayven Jackson returns, Neil Brown has his hands full and Josh Hoover awaits his Indiana debut. All that and more discussed within. Chapters: 0:00 -- Intro 2:11…

Mind Your Banners: Putting a bow on fall camp

Mike Niziolek and Zach Osterman meet for their weekly podcast to put the finishing touches on their takeaways from Indiana's preseason, which concludes this week before the Hoosiers begin preparing for Week 1 against North Texas. Chapters: 0:00 -- Intro 2:29 -- Big-picture fall camp takeaways 9…