Indiana making sports history with Curt Cignetti, Fernando Mendoza
Before Indiana takes the field in Friday night’s College Football Playoff semifinal against Oregon, it is important to take a step back.
It is easy to forget because No. 1 is beside their name and a Heisman winner is under center — with Fernando Mendoza now projected to be the top pick in April’s NFL draft — but the Hoosiers’ position as national championship favorite ranks among the most surreal scenarios in the history of American sports.
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Imagine if Rutgers were in the same spot, if Aaron Glenn’s Jets were planning a Super Bowl parade, if the Nets were on the verge of an NBA title.
Before 2024, Indiana — a program founded in the 1880s — never had won double-digit games in a season, having finished with a losing record in 26 of the previous 29 years. In 2023, the Hoosiers went 1-8 in the Big Ten, and their only other win over an FBS team came in a four-overtime home game against Akron.
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