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 have committed, with some conversation at the end on a top remaining target as well.

0:00 -- Intro

2:29 -- IU football's resonance in state

8:42 -- Mason McDermott

12:48 -- Branden Sharpe

20:02 -- Jeremiah Jones

24:05 -- Monshun Sales

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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 have committed, with some conversation at the end on a top remaining target as well.
0:00 -- Intro
2:29 -- IU football's resonance in state
8:42 -- Mason McDermott
12:48 -- Branden Sharpe
20:02 -- Jeremiah Jones
24:05 -- Monshun Sales
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IU football recruiting special: A look into Indiana players, Monshun Sales

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 of the summer for Darian DeVries' team. That and more!

Chapters:

0:00 -- Intro

2:33 -- "Unthinkable to Unstoppable"

21:01 -- Initial men's basketball impressions

27:15 -- Aiden Sherrell's potential impact

32:31 -- Who will emerge as role players?

41:29 -- Thoughts on freshman class

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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 of the summer for Darian DeVries' team. That and more!
Chapters:
0:00 -- Intro
2:33 -- "Unthinkable to Unstoppable"
21:01 -- Initial men's basketball impressions
27:15 -- Aiden Sherrell's potential impact
32:31 -- Who will emerge as role players?
41:29 -- Thoughts on freshman class
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Indiana basketball summer practice underway, plus an exciting announcement!

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. 

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.&nbsp;

Mind Your Banners: Looking toward a Cignetti Summer

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 spring

5:31 -- Handling IU's roster

9:30 -- Depth chart talk

20:21 -- Mike's first-practice thoughts

25:21 -- Breakout players?

Read: https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2026/03/26/indiana-football-roster-breakout-players-curt-cignetti-byron-baldwin-davion-chandler-adedamola-ajani/89315684007/

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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 spring
5:31 -- Handling IU's roster
9:30 -- Depth chart talk
20:21 -- Mike's first-practice thoughts
25:21 -- Breakout players?
Read: <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indystar.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fcollege%2Findiana%2F2026%2F03%2F26%2Findiana-football-roster-breakout-players-curt-cignetti-byron-baldwin-davion-chandler-adedamola-ajani%2F89315684007%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CClark.Wade%40indystar.com%7Cc836e967cf3d41f97fb908de8b712126%7Cbc924c8d3e164e88bf26d7fcfb14f2d5%7C0%7C0%7C639101515158911898%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=1kEQs9%2FCiI30xy8KlvL%2FG4GyCVDno3SUqiZGz1QvwFc%3D&amp;reserved=0" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" data-ogsc="">https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2026/03/26/indiana-football-roster-breakout-players-curt-cignetti-byron-baldwin-davion-chandler-adedamola-ajani/89315684007/</a>
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Mind Your Banners: Spring football opens in Bloomington

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 here.

Chapters:

0:00 -- Intro

0:29 -- Where IU landed in committee's eyes

6:39 -- Turning down other postseason options

15:18 -- How '25-'26 roster decisions affect IU's future

24:55 -- Ryan Carr's impact going forward

29:30 -- So ... what's next?

Read: https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2026/03/12/indiana-basketball-past-success-complicates-future-coach-darian-devries-roster-building/89112427007/

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 here.
Chapters:
0:00 -- Intro
0:29 -- Where IU landed in committee's eyes
6:39 -- Turning down other postseason options
15:18 -- How '25-'26 roster decisions affect IU's future
24:55 -- Ryan Carr's impact going forward
29:30 -- So ... what's next?
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Mind Your Banners: Indiana misses the NCAA Tournament. What's next?

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 path from here might be for Darian DeVries' team.

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 path from here might be for Darian DeVries' team.

Mind Your Banners: Bubble battle in Columbus, as Hoosiers fight for tournament spot

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, discussion of IU football's record representation at the NFL Combine.

Chapters:

0:00 -- Intro

0:51 -- IU at the Combine

11:33 -- The importance of this week for IU football

15:25 -- Unpacking the Northwestern lose

21:35 -- Indiana's offensive outages

26:14 -- The wider program malaise

34:44 -- Ryan Carr's hire, and the reset it must signal

Read: https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2026/02/25/indiana-basketball-loss-northwestern-coach-darian-devries-faces-rebuild-ryan-carr/88850849007/

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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, discussion of IU football's record representation at the NFL Combine.
Chapters:
0:00 -- Intro
0:51 -- IU at the Combine
11:33 -- The importance of this week for IU football
15:25 -- Unpacking the Northwestern lose
21:35 -- Indiana's offensive outages
26:14 -- The wider program malaise
34:44 -- Ryan Carr's hire, and the reset it must signal
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Mind Your Banners:  A bad time for a bad loss

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 with football

7:30 -- Offseason storylines

21:46 -- Hoops heading into February

32:30 -- What makes a successful first DeVries season?

Read: https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2026/02/03/indiana-football-roster-khobie-martin-future-players-step-up-returning-win-coach-curt-cignetti/88478021007/

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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 with football
7:30 -- Offseason storylines
21:46 -- Hoops heading into February
32:30 -- What makes a successful first DeVries season?
Read:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2026/02/03/indiana-football-roster-khobie-martin-future-players-step-up-returning-win-coach-curt-cignetti/88478021007/" data-ogsc="" data-linkindex="0">https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2026/02/03/indiana-football-roster-khobie-martin-future-players-step-up-returning-win-coach-curt-cignetti/88478021007/</a>
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Mind Your Banners: Life on the bubble

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 Hoosiers back on a path to the NCAA tournament.

Chapters: 0:00 -- Intro

1:15 -- Football finally settling down

9:01 -- How Cignetti's Hoosiers move on

12:58 -- Thoughts on how IU's roster settled out

24:03 -- Shifting to basketball, big Purdue win

33:11 -- Nick Dorn's emergence, and what IU needs from LA trip

Read: https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2026/01/29/indiana-basketball-nick-dorn-stats-potential-coach-darian-devries-ncaa-tournament-hopes/88399661007/

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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 Hoosiers back on a path to the NCAA tournament.
Chapters: 0:00 -- Intro
1:15 -- Football finally settling down
9:01 -- How Cignetti's Hoosiers move on
12:58 -- Thoughts on how IU's roster settled out
24:03 -- Shifting to basketball, big Purdue win
33:11 -- Nick Dorn's emergence, and what IU needs from LA trip
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Mind Your Banners: IU basketball back in the swing, as football finally settles down

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: https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2026/01/20/indiana-football-national-championship-vs-miami-curt-cignetti-jamari-sharpe-fernando-mendoza/88261018007/

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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:&nbsp;<a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indystar.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fcollege%2Findiana%2F2026%2F01%2F20%2Findiana-football-national-championship-vs-miami-curt-cignetti-jamari-sharpe-fernando-mendoza%2F88261018007%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CClark.Wade%40indystar.com%7C6b9f85fcc1944ec71ab208de5844f510%7Cbc924c8d3e164e88bf26d7fcfb14f2d5%7C0%7C0%7C639045250351154226%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=lFg4MekXvFj8ik0mp%2Fp7IiWjifKSoqw0I4k5Q2j5qJ4%3D&amp;reserved=0" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" data-ogsc="">https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2026/01/20/indiana-football-national-championship-vs-miami-curt-cignetti-jamari-sharpe-fernando-mendoza/88261018007/</a>
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Mind Your Banners: The Indiana Hoosiers, national champions

Indiana Hoosiers coverage from the IndyStar and Bloomington Herald-Times.

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