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Mind Your Banners: What IU football learned from an mixed-bag Week 1 win

Mind Your Banners: What IU football learned from an mixed-bag Week 1 win

Update: 2025-09-04
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Zach Osterman and Mike Niziolek discuss the good, bad and indifferent from IU football's 27-14 Week 1 win against Old Dominion, a victory that flashed promise for Curt Cignetti's Hoosiers while suggesting Indiana still has work to do to return to the College Football Playoff conversation in 2025.

 

Chapters:

0:00 -- Intro

1:15 -- General Old Dominion takeaways

8:24 -- Fernando Mendoza's IU debut

17:48 -- An expanded ground game, and newfound explosiveness

27:11 -- Injuries, Louis Moore and safety concerns

33:27 -- A look at Kennesaw State

43:28 -- IU grappling with greater expectations

 

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Mind Your Banners: What IU football learned from an mixed-bag Week 1 win

Mind Your Banners: What IU football learned from an mixed-bag Week 1 win

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