9-1-26 Jim Coyle with Mike DeCourcy and Coach Griff

Indiana Sports Beat Radio gets you ready for *Week 1 of the 2026 college football season* as Jim Coyle and Coach Griff are joined by longtime national college basketball and football writer **Mike DeCourcy of The Sporting News**. 🏈 *On Today’s Show:* Mike DeCourcy joins us for two segments as we take a national look at the start of the college football season, including **No. 6 Indiana's attempt to defend its National Championship**, the Big Ten race, Ohio State, Oregon, Michigan and the biggest games across the country. Then Jim and Coach Griff turn their attention to Bloomington as *Curt Cignetti and the Indiana Hoosiers prepare to open the season against North Texas Saturday at Memorial Stadium.* We'll break down Cignetti's Monday press conference, Josh Hoover's first start at quarterback, Indiana's offensive and defensive fronts, the running game and what we need to see from the Hoosiers in Week 1. Plus: 🏆 Can Indiana make another run at the College Football Playoff and National Championship? 🔴 Big Ten Week 1 preview 🦆 Boise State at Oregon ☘️ Wisconsin vs. Notre Dame 🐯 Clemson at LSU 🏈 The biggest national College Football Week 1 storylines 🎙️ Coach Griff's football analysis Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.