Indiana football has hit its first major road block of the 2024 college football season. Hoosiers starting quarterback Kurtis Rourke has already been ruled out of Saturday's Big Ten matchup against Washington due to a thumb injury,

No. 16 Indiana will attempt to stay unbeaten against Washington without a major piece of the team's offense. Hoosiers starting quarterback Kurtis Rourke

The Big Noon Kickoff analysts shared their impressions of Indiana football QB Kurtis Rourke's hot start on Friday:

Indiana is 7-0 for the first time since 1967. In other news, Nebraska football isn't back. The Hoosiers obliterated the Cornhuskers, 56-7, in Big Ten play on Saturday. They did it without starting quarterback Kurtis Rourke in the second half.

Justice Ellison ran for 105 yards and two first-half touchdowns and No. 16 Indiana continued its best start in 57 years with a 56-7 rout of Nebraska on Saturday, matching the Hoosiers’ most lopsided Big Ten win in program history.

Tayven Jackson, brother of former Indiana men's basketball All-American Trayce Jackson-Davis, replaced him for the rest of the game. "A little thumb thing, I feel good about it, I really do," Indiana Coach Curt Cignetti said of Rourke.