The bison mascot is often seen in connection with football, and specifically, Indiana's 1967 Rose Bowl team. The original idea was to have a live bison mascot, a la Colorado, ...

While the bison mascot officially adopted in 1965 (the original, pictured above, is the stuff of nightmare fuel, but was quickly refined into something resembling a modern mascot) was described as ...

Thus, it would appear a mascot is returning to IU's sidelines. When the 2025 Indiana football schedule was released, there were more hints at the bison's return.

It has been nearly 50 years since Indiana University officially last had a mascot to call its own. But that could all be changing as soon as this fall across the IU Athletics landscape.

FAMU head football coach James Colzie III and Howard’s Larry Scott were in Miami on Wednesday, May 21, to discuss the 2025 Orange Blossom Classic matchup.