IU football championship bobbleheads become top sellers
The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum said this week its Indiana University football championship collection has become the best-selling set in its 12-year history.
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IU football updates: Mendoza says Kirkwood celebration ‘epitomizes the Hoosier spirit,’ will sign autographs in Bloomington on Wednesday
IBJ reporters bring you coverage of the fanfare, festivities and the football from central Indiana and south Florida as the Hoosiers take on The University of Miami Hurricanes in the College Football Playoff National Championship.
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IU football fans’ faith rewarded with national title in Miami
Persistent belief carried Indiana University fans from near and far to Miami on Monday to watch their Hoosiers capture a national football title.
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Photo gallery: IU fans rally in Miami ahead of College Football Playoff championship game
Hours before kickoff, in a sea of cream and crimson outside Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium, one IU fan said nabbing a ticket to the College Football Playoff national championship was like “winning the lottery.”
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Indiana, Miami turn college football final into one of the toughest tickets of all time
Monday night’s title game between Indiana University and the University of Miami will be among the most expensive tickets in college football history.
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Indiana’s title defense will feature back-to-back matchups with Ohio State and Michigan
The Big Ten Conference released its 2026 league schedule on Tuesday.
NCAA approves uniform patches, opening up revenue possibilities for athletic departments
Research has shown college football and basketball teams could earn between $500,000 and $12 million each for their patches.
College Football Playoff to remain at 12 teams after SEC and Big Ten fail to agree on expansion
The most notable changes they agreed to: Guaranteeing Notre Dame a spot in the field if it finishes in the Top 12 in the rankings.
Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza officially declares for NFL Draft, could be No. 1 pick
Mendoza led Indiana to a 16-0 season and the school’s first national football championship with a 27-21 victory against the University of Miami on Monday night.
IU’s title victory over Miami the most-watched college football game in 11 years
According to ESPN, the game was the most-viewed, non-NFL sports telecast since Game 7 of the 2016 World Series between the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland.
Hoosiers receive hero’s welcome in return to Indiana as football national champions
Turning out in freezing temperatures and brutally cold wind chills, fans, players and coaches celebrated college football’s implausible national champions.
Curt Cignetti finishes masterpiece, coaching unbeaten IU to national title in his 2nd season
The old-school, blunt-spoken coach who began his Hoosiers tenure with a promise to bring swift success to the losingest program in college football accomplished what few imagined could be done—at least not this quickly.
College football leaders debate playoff expansion ahead of looming deadline from ESPN
If the commissioners can’t agree on a new number, the tournament would automatically stay at 12, with a deadline of Dec. 1, 2026, to make any changes for the following season.
Looking for IU game commentator options? Alternate broadcasts feature Pat McAfee, sync Don Fischer with ESPN video.
If you have access to ESPN through cable or a streaming platform, you’ll have more than a dozen choices for how you watch and who brings you the game.
Miami and Indiana turned college football final into one of the toughest tickets in memory
According to Ticketdata, the lowest “get-in” price at Hard Rock Stadium, not far from the Miami campus, was $3,652 about 24 hours before kickoff.
Whitten: Football is just one of the areas where IU is excelling
“Applications at IU Bloomington have gone up 60% since I started in 2021,” IU President Pam Whitten said. And the “biggest increase was before we were good at football.”
Curt Cignetti has brought Indiana to national championship game in just 2 years
It has been a winding road for the 64-year-old coach. But he had a pretty clear vision from the jump of what he wanted his future to look like, thanks to an early exposure to the game from a coaches’ point of view.
Indiana University football fans descend on Miami
IU fans filled direct flights from Indianapolis to Miami and added crimson-and-cream accents to the city’s sleek skyscraper hotels.
No. 1 Indiana looking for a storybook ending to complete real-life Hollywood script at Miami
Coach Curt Cignetti promised to change Indiana University’s football image from the moment he took the job five days after the end of the 2023 season.
Mark Montieth: Indiana coaching legends used principles similar to Cignetti’s
The Hoosiers have but one game to win to complete the greatest U-turn in the history of college football.
Mark Cuban sums up his IU donations as belief in cutting-edge ‘CigGPT’
High-profile Indiana University alum Mark Cuban said he appreciates Curt Cignetti’s entrepreneurial approach to college football.
Homefield Apparel continues growth, sees revenue rise alongside IU football success
This weekend, the Homefield team is heading south to Miami to host three events to celebrate Indiana University’s appearance in the College Football Playoffs National Championship.
A scheme to rig college basketball games has been uncovered. Here’s what we know
The charges filed in federal court in Philadelphia include bribery, wire fraud and conspiracy.
