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Indiana Football enters the 2026 season with sky-high expectations, but can Josh Hoover handle the pressure?

Curt Cignetti recently said Hoover is right on pace with previous Indiana quarterbacks, but replacing a Heisman Trophy winner and leading the defending national champions is no easy task.

Jacob Goins breaks down:

🏈 Josh Hoover expectations

🏈 Curt Cignetti's latest comments

🏈 Indiana's quarterback room

🏈 Why Hoover is the key to another CFP run

🏀 Indiana Basketball adds another exhibition game

🏀 Dusty May leaves Michigan for the NBA

Can Josh Hoover lead Indiana back to the College Football Playoff?

0:00 Intro

0:58 Curt Cignetti's comments on Josh Hoover

2:02 Why expectations are so high

3:18 Replacing Fernando Mendoza

4:17 Heisman expectations discussion

5:05 Pressure of playing in the Big Ten

6:22 Indiana's quarterback depth concerns

7:05 Hoover's career stats

8:11 What Indiana needs from Hoover

9:25 Why Hoover determines Indiana's ceiling

12:45 Indiana Basketball adds Western Kentucky exhibition

13:50 Why exhibition games matter

15:22 What Indiana can learn from these matchups

17:01 How DeVries will use exhibitions

18:28 Why this helps Indiana early in the season

21:47 Dusty May leaves Michigan for the Dallas Mavericks

22:35 What Michigan loses

24:18 Indiana connection to Dusty May

25:28 Impact on Indiana and the Big Ten

26:45 Final Thoughts

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