Mind Your Banners: A bad time for a bad loss

Mike Niziolek and Zach Osterman discuss the fallout from Indiana's upset loss to Northwestern, where it leaves the Hoosiers' tournament chances, how it blends into the wider discourse around this program and more. Plus, discussion of IU football's record representation at the NFL Combine. Chapters: 0:00 -- Intro 0:51 -- IU at the Combine 11:33 -- The importance of this week for IU football 15:25 -- Unpacking the Northwestern lose 21:35 -- Indiana's offensive outages 26:14 -- The wider program malaise 34:44 -- Ryan Carr's hire, and the reset it must signal Read: https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2026/02/25/indiana-basketball-loss-northwestern-coach-darian-devries-faces-rebuild-ryan-carr/88850849007/ Get IndyStar's IU coverage sent directly to your inbox with our IU Insider newsletter: https://profile.indystar.com/newsletters/iu-insider/?ipid=NLsignupIU