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“Efficient” is defined as being “productive of desired effects,” especially “capable of producing desired results with little or no waste.” A thesaurus says that Josh Hoover’s debut for the Indiana Hoosiers suffices. Making his first start at quarterback for the defending-champion Hoosiers on Saturday afternoon against the North Texas Mean Green, Hoover threw for 231…

Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza’s 2025 season could not have been more perfect. He led his Hoosiers to an unblemished 16-0 season, captured the national championship in historic fashion and won the 2025 Heisman before being selected first in the 2026 NFL Draft by the Raiders. Now that the path is clear for someone new to leave…

Indiana unveiled its national championship signage before Saturday’s season opener, officially putting the 2025 Hoosiers’ perfect 16-0 season on display at Memorial Stadium. Then the defending champions put on another show. Quarterback Josh Hoover and the Hoosiers began their title defense with a resounding 52-16 win over North Texas. Curt Cignetti’s team did it under…

Is the Big Ten or the SEC the best conference in college football? Urban Meyer has coached and won national championships in both conferences. And when it comes to which one is better, he has a pretty definitive answer. “For close to 20 years, the SEC, we all knew it, dominated the country and the…

Everything’s bigger in Big Ten country. Literally. There are 18 teams in the conference. And when it comes to college football’s biggest stage, the Big Ten has been hard to beat. One of its schools has won the national championship in each of the last three seasons, while three Big Ten teams made last season’s…

Luke Fickell has a chance to flip his fortunes in Madison, Wisconsin, quicker than LSU can say, Joey Freshwater was a mistake on Saturday. Fickell — who otherwise might be looking at his fourth and final season as head coach at Wisconsin — is just one win away from having the Badgers faithful chant his…

Every college football season produces a moment that, years from now, will make people look at one another and say, “I remember where I was when that happened.” For Kyle Whittingham, Bryce Underwood and Michigan football fans everywhere, that moment came Saturday night at the Big House. The Wolverines trailed in-state foe Western Michigan, 12-7,…

They say it never rains at Tiger Stadium. They were wrong. On an evening where a torrential downpour pushed kickoff back nearly 90 minutes, LSU showered Clemson with points over the course of 51-10 throttling to kick off the Lane Kiffin era in Baton Rouge. “Imagine if we had pro players,” Kiffin quipped in his…