Indiana's storybook season demands media covering Hoosiers shift attention from hoops to football

Posted Jan 19, 2026
From all-time losingest power-conference program to No. 1 seed in the CFP, from two All-Americans earlier this century to two this season, from zero bowl victories in the previous 30 years to a pair in the past month, everything about this edition of IU football has been unprecedented. That includes how it has rearranged the responsibilities of journalists. (Sporting News)

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