Indiana Hoosiers football coach Curt Cignetti is not one to mince words, so if you\u2019re going to take a shot at one of his players, you\u2019d better be ready for some return fire.<\/p>\n
For the past two and a half seasons, Josh Hoover was the starting quarterback for the TCU Hurned Frogs. He transferred to Indiana this past offseason and is in line to replace Fernando Mendoza, which probably left a bad taste in TCU coach Sonny Dykes\u2019 mouth. Dykes, speaking last week with Frogs Today<\/a>,\u00a0 took a bit of a shot at Hoover when discussing the 2026 team\u2019s emphasis on cutting down on turnovers under new offensive coordinator Gordon Sammis.<\/p>\n \u201cLook, numbers are numbers and stats are stats,\u201d Dykes said. \u201cI think Josh started 31 games here as a quarterback, and we turned the ball over 40 \u2014 he turned the ball over 42 times in those 31 starts. And you look at Gordy was the offensive coordinator last year at\u00a0Connecticut, and their quarterback turned it over twice.\u201d<\/p>\n Hoover threw for 9,629 yards and 71 touchdowns with the Horned Frogs, but he also threw 33 interceptions and lost nine fumbles (14 total).<\/p>\n On Thursday, Cignetti praised Hoover\u2019s \u201cbody of work\u201d at TCU, highlighting his wins, passing yards, and touchdowns. He also didn\u2019t shy away from offering a reason for why the quarterback might have had so many turnovers at TCU.<\/p>\n Indiana QB Josh Hoover caught some flack from TCU coach Sonny Dykes for his turnovers.<\/p>\n Curt Cignetti had Hoover\u2019s back this afternoon:<\/p>\n \u201cWhen Josh got here, he met his two new best friends: Great defense and a really good run game.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd he was never the same after that.\u201d #iufb<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/ERgpPUkKJ7<\/a><\/p>\n