On a recent podcast and again while speaking to the media at spring camp, Horned Frogs head coach Sonny Dykes referenced trying to cut down on turnovers at the quarterback position this season.
Hoover threw for 9,629 yards and 71 touchdown passes while going 19-12 as a starter with TCU — but with 33 interceptions and nine lost fumbles.
Cignetti offered two reasons why turnovers won’t be a problem for Hoover at Indiana.
“We’ve got to clean up some of the turnovers, obviously, which Coach Dykes made light of,” Cignetti told reporters. “But when Josh got here, he met his two new best friends: great defense and a really good run game, and he was never the same after that.”
Indiana is coming off a stunning run to the program’s first national championship, powered by quarterback Fernando Mendoza, a transfer from Cal who in one season went from unheralded to the Heisman Trophy winner and a near-lock to be the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft.
Hoover has a tough act to follow, but his new coach says he has confidence in him.
“I’m excited about Josh, first of all,” Cignetti told reporters. “Let’s be clear about that. And he’s got a body of work in terms of winning football games, passing yards, touchdown passes.”
Game schedule dates, times, locations
NEXT UP: Game dates, times, locations, channel
Rangers ▶
May 11 Arizona 1, Rangers 0
May 12 Rangers 7, Arizona 4
May 13 Rangers 6, Arizona 5
May 15 Houston 2, Rangers 0
May 16 Houston 4, Rangers 1
May 17 Rangers 8, Houston 0
May 18 at Colorado, 7:40 p.m., RSN
May 19 at Colorado, 7:40 p.m., RSN
May 20 at Colorado, 2:10 p.m., RSN
May 22 at L.A. Angels, 8:38 p.m., CW
May 23 at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m., RSN
May 24 at L.A. Angels, 6:20 p.m., NBC Sports, Peacock
TCU Baseball ▶
May 8 TCU 3, Utah 0
May 9 TCU 3, Utah 1
May 10 TCU 4, Utah 3
May 14 West Virginia 2, TCU 0
May 15 TCU 4, West Virginia 0
May 16 West Virginia 6, TCU 4
Big 12 Tournament (at Surprise, Ariz.)
May 20 Second round vs. Utah/Kansas State, 10 p.m., ESPN+
Wings▶
May 9 Wings 107, Indiana 104
May 12 Atlanta 77, Wings 72
May 14 Minnesota 90, Wings 86
May 18 vs. Washington, 7 p.m., KFAA, Peacock
May 20 at Chicago, 8 p.m., KFAA, USA
May 22 at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m., Ion
May 24 at New York, 2:30 p.m., NBC, Peacock
May 28 vs. Las Vegas, 7 p.m., Amazon Prime Video
June 1 vs. Seattle, 7 p.m., KFAA, USA
TCU Football ▶
2026 season
Aug. 29 vs. North Carolina (at Dublin), 11 a.m., ESPN
Sept. 12 vs. Grambling State, TBA
Sept. 19 vs. Arkansas State, TBA
Sept. 26 at Central Florida, TBA
Oct. 3 vs. BYU, TBA
Oct. 17 at Baylor, TBA
Oct. 24 vs. West Virginia, TBA
Oct. 31 vs. Kansas, TBA
Nov. 6 at Arizona, TBA
Nov. 14 vs. Kansas State, TBA
Nov. 21 vs. Utah, TBA
Nov. 26 at Texas Tech, 7 p.m., ESPN
Cowboys ▶
Sept. 13 at N.Y. Giants, 7:20 p.m., NBC
Sept. 20 vs. Washington, 3:25 p.m., Fox
Sept. 27 vs. Baltimore (at Rio de Janeiro), 3:25 p.m., CBS
Oct. 4 at Houston, 12 p.m., Fox
Oct. 8 vs. Tampa Bay, 7:15 p.m., Amazon Prime Video
Jim Barnes is the Star-Telegram’s sports editor. A Fort Worth native and graduate of Castleberry High School, he returned to Texas after 13 years at the Las Vegas Review-Journal. He previously was sports editor of the Waco Tribune-Herald and a freelance high school sports reporter for The Dallas Morning News.
