Top Hosier -Football storylines in spring practice -HOOSIER HUDDLE

2. Fernando Mania

With Kurtis Rourke's departure, the Hoosiers' criminal offense in Fernando Mendoza will have a new signal caller, which occurred after a season of 3,000 meters in 2024. One of the main reasons why I was so good in 2024 was the game of her quarterback. Rourke knew how to manage Cignetti and Mike Shanahans very well, and he took care of the ball. Rourke was Brillant outside of a few seasons. The ability of this staff to develop quarterback is undeniable and Mendoza has all tools to be the next big quarterback in this crime. The question of Mendoza in spring is whether he has the intangible values, the Rourke, who played a torn ACL and the back of the season with a serious thumb injury all year round.

3 .. Make the puzzle pieces together

Curt Cignetti and his employees do not need a finished puzzle by April 19, but they should have a firm chance of how the new pieces fit the existing parts. The largest parts are the new players along the offensive and defensive lines.

Pat Coogan, Kahlil Benson and Michalski in. Coogan should be classified in the center in the center in the offensive line like incoming transmissions. Spring practice is the perfect time to experiment to find out what works best.

Along the defensive line, the first glance at Hosea Wheeler and Dominique Ratcliff will be given in the defense positions. Both should be essential in autumn.

4. Not satisfied, always hungry

The last time the Hoosiers had this kind of sums in spring practice, after the 2020 season, when the IU entered 17th place in the season. This season went out of the rails within the first four minutes of the first game. Cignetti and his employees have always been successful and know how to concentrate a team on what is in front of them and do not rest on their laurels.

“I think you have high standards in everything you do, right? And if you prepare the right way, you can expect success. You don't have much time to enjoy it because the next challenge is increasing and you have to prepare and you have to prepare for it, or you will not be successful. “Said Cignetti in February.

“I think this is part of being never satisfied. And that is the separator between good and big, never becomes satisfied and rests on her laurels. And I can promise you that this team is currently a hungry, modest team that works very hard in the offseason program. And we have to put together days and months and go to autumn. “

5. The portal always lurks

I love it or hate it, the transfer portal still plays an important role in spring practice. For this reason, many programs have canceled or changed their spring game format. For the Hoosiers, however, it can be a tool to pick the holes seen in spring practice. In February, IU already lost a player to portal, which opened a squad square that can be filled at a need.

Hoosier Huddle will follow all of these storylines and more when spring practice begins. The Hoosiers will complete spring exercises with their annual spring game on Saturday, April 19 at 12 p.m. in the Memorial Stadium.