Indiana Blanks Western Kentucky as Big Ten Conference Play Begins
Indiana shut out Western Kentucky 38-0 to finish nonconference play 3-0. Coach Griff breaks down the turning points, every Big Ten score, injury news and the conference race.

Indiana shut out Western Kentucky 38-0 to finish nonconference play 3-0. Coach Griff breaks down the turning points, every Big Ten score, injury news and the conference race.

Indiana is 3-0 with back-to-back shutouts and consecutive 500-yard offensive games. Coach Griff explains why the corrections matter — but why they shouldn’t erase what the Hoosiers are actually accomplishing.

Indiana is 3-0 with back-to-back shutouts for the first time since 1993. Coach Griff reflects on what the Hoosiers established in nonconference play and why Aidan Chiles, Chip Kelly and Northwestern change the test Friday night.

Josh Hoover wasn’t perfect against Western Kentucky, but through three games his production is right in line with — and in several efficiency areas ahead of — Indiana’s last two quarterbacks. The standard is excellence, not perfection.

Indiana rolled past Western Kentucky 38-0 with 513 total yards and a second straight shutout. Coach Griff breaks down what traveled, what still needs work and what it means as the Hoosiers enter Big Ten play 3-0.

No. 4 Indiana hosts Western Kentucky Saturday at Memorial Stadium. Join Coach Griff live at 2 PM ET for the HFT Pregame Primer, including the matchups, players and numbers that matter before kickoff.

Coach Griff breaks down five keys for Indiana against Western Kentucky, from controlling the line of scrimmage and hidden yardage to Josh Hoover’s command and finishing the game.

Western Kentucky is Indiana’s final nonconference game. Coach Griff identifies six things the Hoosiers still need to learn before Big Ten play begins.

A 55–0 win still left corrections to make. Coach Griff examines Indiana’s punt security, costly penalties, quarterback reads and execution before Western Kentucky and Big Ten play.

Indiana football is no longer trying to compete with fewer resources. New estimates put the Hoosiers’ 2026 roster budget at $36–40 million. The bigger question is how Curt Cignetti turns that investment into sustained success.
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