Mike Niziolek and Zach Osterman take their first swings at the matchup and storylines in Indiana's College Football Playoff opener at Notre Dame on Friday, Dec. 20. Niziolek and Osterman break down the two teams, discuss the wider bracket and consider this season's larger implications.

Mike Niziolek and Zach Osterman take their first swings at the matchup and storylines in Indiana's College Football Playoff opener at Notre Dame on Friday, Dec. 20. Niziolek and Osterman break down the two teams, discuss the wider bracket and consider this season's larger implications.

Coverage of the Indiana Hoosiers, IndyStar Indianapolis, Indiana

Coverage of the Indiana Hoosiers, IndyStar Indianapolis, Indiana

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Indiana Hoosiers coverage from the IndyStar - Indianapolis, Indiana.

 

Indiana Hoosiers coverage from the IndyStar - Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Mind Your Banners Live: Indiana gets Notre Dame in the first round of the College Football Playoff

Mike Niziolek and Zach Osterman sign off the 2024 IU football season with a look back at the Hoosiers' loss to Notre Dame, the national narrative surrounding the Hoosiers, what this season will mean and where Curt Cignetti's program goes from here.

Chapters:

0:00 -- Intro

1:14 -- Looking back at Notre Dame

22:15 -- Thoughts on the season overall

26:45 -- National discourse around IU

38:05 -- Where Indiana goes from here

Mike Niziolek and Zach Osterman sign off the 2024 IU football season with a look back at the Hoosiers' loss to Notre Dame, the national narrative surrounding the Hoosiers, what this season will mean and where Curt Cignetti's program goes from here.
Chapters:
0:00 -- Intro
1:14 -- Looking back at Notre Dame
22:15 -- Thoughts on the season overall
26:45 -- National discourse around IU
38:05 -- Where Indiana goes from here

Mind Your Banners: Putting a bow on IU's 2024 season

Zach Osterman and Mike Niziolek pick apart the key matchups, players and potential x-factors in IU football's first-round College Football Playoff game at Notre Dame on Friday night. Will Kurtis Rourke be able to open up Indiana's passing attack and hurt the Irish? Can IU corral Riley Leonard and Notre Dame's ground game? What's the mood in both fan bases going in? And who will win?

 

Chapters

0:00 -- Intro

1:45 -- Early thoughts on IU and Notre Dame

3:31 -- Strength-on-strength matchups both ways

5:34 -- Notre Dame against the pass

8:27 -- Teams limited mistakes

11:25 -- IU's lessons from Ohio State loss

18:57 -- Individual matchups to watch

25:29 -- The importance of Indiana's ground game

32:48 -- Ball security

 

36:35 -- Hoosier linebackers against Leonard, plus predictions

Zach Osterman and Mike Niziolek pick apart the key matchups, players and potential x-factors in IU football's first-round College Football Playoff game at Notre Dame on Friday night. Will Kurtis Rourke be able to open up Indiana's passing attack and hurt the Irish? Can IU corral Riley Leonard and Notre Dame's ground game? What's the mood in both fan bases going in? And who will win?
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Chapters
0:00 -- Intro
1:45 -- Early thoughts on IU and Notre Dame
3:31 -- Strength-on-strength matchups both ways
5:34 -- Notre Dame against the pass
8:27 -- Teams limited mistakes
11:25 -- IU's lessons from Ohio State loss
18:57 -- Individual matchups to watch
25:29 -- The importance of Indiana's ground game
32:48 -- Ball security
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36:35 -- Hoosier linebackers against Leonard, plus predictions

Mind Your Banners: It’s (College Football) Playoff time in Indiana

Mike Berardino, Notre Dame football beat writer for the USA Today Network, joins IU Insider Zach Osterman to discuss Friday's College Football Playoff matchup from the Notre Dame perspective. Where do the Irish hold potential advantages on Indiana? Where in the matchups might this game be decided? And which players will be key to the outcome?

Mike Berardino, Notre Dame football beat writer for the USA Today Network, joins IU Insider Zach Osterman to discuss Friday's College Football Playoff matchup from the Notre Dame perspective. Where do the Irish hold potential advantages on Indiana? Where in the matchups might this game be decided? And which players will be key to the outcome?

Mind Your Banners Live: Indiana gets Notre Dame in the first round of the College Football Playoff

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