Zach Osterman and Mike Niziolek return for the first show of 2025, digging into Indiana's four-game win streak, and whether Mike Woodson's team is showing consistent improvement or just playing well in bursts. Curt Cignetti's work in the transfer portal also gets some scrutiny. Chapters: Mind Your Banners: Hoosiers starting strong in 2025 0:00 -- Intro 1:28 -- IU's last four games 14:19 -- What Penn State win means 18:21 -- The one-big vs. two-bigs debate 30:27 -- Importance of Hoosiers' next six games 37:31 -- IU football transfer portal talk 45:23 -- Additions at skill positions

Zach Osterman and Mike Niziolek return for the first show of 2025, digging into Indiana's four-game win streak, and whether Mike Woodson's team is showing consistent improvement or just playing well in bursts. Curt Cignetti's work in the transfer portal also gets some scrutiny. Chapters: Mind Your Banners: Hoosiers starting strong in 2025 0:00 -- Intro 1:28 -- IU's last four games 14:19 -- What Penn State win means 18:21 -- The one-big vs. two-bigs debate 30:27 -- Importance of Hoosiers' next six games 37:31 -- IU football transfer portal talk 45:23 -- Additions at skill positions

Mind Your Banners: Hoosiers starting strong in 2025

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 Special: The Notre Dame view

Mike Niziolek and Zach Osterman recap the Hoosiers' 15-point win Monday night in their Big Ten opener against Minnesota, a game that saw five IU players score in double figures.

Mike Niziolek and Zach Osterman recap the Hoosiers' 15-point win Monday night in their Big Ten opener against Minnesota, a game that saw five IU players score in double figures.

Mind Your Banners Postgame: Indiana 82, Minnesota 67

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.

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

Mike Niziolek and Zach Osterman dive into a host of pressing topics surrounding Curt Cignetti's Hoosiers, including the looming and important portal window, staffing losses and retentions, and, of course, the Hoosiers' potential path in the College Football Playoff.

Chapters:

0:00 -- Intro

1:17 -- Tino Sunseri to UCLA

9:05 -- Rest of staff retained

19:57 -- Early look at IU in the portal

37:35 -- Who can develop from current roster

48:29 -- IU's future at running back

50:41 -- IU's future at wide receiver

53:05 -- Impact of 2024 high school class

59:20 -- CFP discussion

Mike Niziolek and Zach Osterman dive into a host of pressing topics surrounding Curt Cignetti's Hoosiers, including the looming and important portal window, staffing losses and retentions, and, of course, the Hoosiers' potential path in the College Football Playoff.
Chapters:
0:00 -- Intro
1:17 -- Tino Sunseri to UCLA
9:05 -- Rest of staff retained
19:57 -- Early look at IU in the portal
37:35 -- Who can develop from current roster
48:29 -- IU's future at running back
50:41 -- IU's future at wide receiver
53:05 -- Impact of 2024 high school class
59:20 -- CFP discussion

Mind Your Banners: Offseason churn begins for IU football, as Playoff beckons

Mike Niziolek and Zach Osterman recap what we learned from the Hoosiers' 26-point win, marked by Luke Goode's shooting and excellent overall bench production, Tuesday night in IU's return from The Bahamas.

Mike Niziolek and Zach Osterman recap what we learned from the Hoosiers' 26-point win, marked by Luke Goode's shooting and excellent overall bench production, Tuesday night in IU's return from The Bahamas.

Mind Your Banners Postgame: Indiana 97, Sam Houston State 71

Zach Osterman and Mike Niziolek break down No. 10 Indiana's 66-0 victory over Purdue, a rivalry series win that by any number of measures was perhaps IU's most dominant ever in an Old Oaken Bucket game.

Zach Osterman and Mike Niziolek break down No. 10 Indiana's 66-0 victory over Purdue, a rivalry series win that by any number of measures was perhaps IU's most dominant ever in an Old Oaken Bucket game.

Mind Your Banners postgame: No. 10 Indiana 66, Purdue 0

Mike Niziolek and Zach Osterman recap the good, bad and (plenty of) ugly in No. 5 Indiana's 38-15 loss at No. 2 Ohio State on Saturday afternoon, the Hoosiers' first defeat of the season and a loss that will put a dent in their Playoff resume.

Mike Niziolek and Zach Osterman recap the good, bad and (plenty of) ugly in No. 5 Indiana's 38-15 loss at No. 2 Ohio State on Saturday afternoon, the Hoosiers' first defeat of the season and a loss that will put a dent in their Playoff resume.

Mind Your Banners Postgame: Ohio State 38, Indiana 15

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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