r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Jan 20 '26

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Indiana Defeats Miami 27-21

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Miami 0 0 7 14 21
Indiana 3 7 7 10 27
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u/Auferstehen2 Michigan State Spartans Jan 20 '26

For those that don't follow the sport and need an analogy for what it's like for Indiana to win the championship: It's like walking into a casino with $5 and walking out with the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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u/andrew_c_r /r/CFB Jan 20 '26

I'm saving this and using this joke at work tomorrow and pretending I came up with it 

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u/McBoutros Florida Gators • Sickos Jan 20 '26

Using this joke tomorrow? I'm using it right now!

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u/tehAwesomer Indiana Hoosiers • Ohio State Buckeyes Jan 20 '26

Yeah me too

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u/BeefInGR Western Michigan • Grand V… Jan 20 '26

Same. This is gold

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u/Valuable-Issue-9217 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Jan 20 '26

That feels somewhat more possible now than 5 days ago for reasons unrelated to sports

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u/Equivalent_File_3492 Oklahoma Sooners • Indiana Hoosiers Jan 20 '26

Yep, the crucial missing middle step is to bankrupt the casino while you’re inside

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u/sunburntredneck Alabama Crimson Tide • Texas Longhorns Jan 20 '26

I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Literature

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u/Optimal_Towel Jan 20 '26 edited Jan 20 '26

CFB is not secure unless Indiana has Full and Total Control of the Championship.

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u/Professional-Trash-3 Jan 20 '26

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION ON THIS MATTER!!

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u/11PoseidonsKiss20 Miami Hurricanes • Arizona Wildcats Jan 20 '26

Only if you have Alzheimer’s

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u/estropeada Jan 20 '26

In this scenario, do you have to arrange the invasion of a country to get it?

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u/No_Pirate_1409 Western Illinois • Oklahoma S… Jan 20 '26

This is like Leicester winning the premier league

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u/Constant_Chip_1508 Iowa Hawkeyes Jan 20 '26

This might be even more insane. It’s certainly close 

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u/Rojotrece Washington Huskies • Cascade Clash Jan 20 '26

Not even close, Leicester is far far more insane.

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u/No_Pirate_1409 Western Illinois • Oklahoma S… Jan 20 '26

Ya Leicester winning it was closer to a 16 seed winning the national title in basketball

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u/GoatPaco Tennessee • Tennessee Tech Jan 20 '26

From what I understand it’s more like Toledo going 16-0 and winning the CFP

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '26

Even more improbable given Leicester had to do it over a 38 game season.

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u/raikou1988 Jan 20 '26

How come genuinely curious?

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u/Virzitone Indiana Hoosiers Jan 20 '26

Even looking at odds (not the best predictor, but a reasonable estimate). IU was 150:1 at season start. Leicester was 10,000:1

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u/owiseone23 Jan 20 '26

Soccer leagues have very little parity compared to American professional sports, no salary cap, no drafts, no flat revenue sharing, etc. So it's very unusual for a team outside of the top few to win the league, let alone a team like Leicester who were just promoted from the lower league the season earlier.

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u/enjoytheshow Illinois Fighting Illini Jan 20 '26

They won the Prem their second season up. They barely survived relegation the season before though.

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u/superguardian Jan 20 '26

Part of it is structural - Leicester had to be top of the league after a 38 game double round robin season to win the title, so a hot streak of 5-6 games isn’t enough.

Part of it is how out of nowhere they came. The prior season, Leicester was 14th (out of 20). The season before that, they were in a lower division.

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u/enjoytheshow Illinois Fighting Illini Jan 20 '26

And when they finished 14th I’m pretty sure they were 19th in like March and went on a miraculous run to stay up

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u/superguardian Jan 20 '26

Yeah they won 11 games that season and 7 of those came in the last 9 or 10 games of the year. Prior to that miracle run they were 20th (last). They were in last place for like half the season.

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u/Ml2jukes Michigan Wolverines • Rose Bowl Jan 20 '26

Orders of magnitude more difficult. Brand aside, Indiana still benefits tremendously from playing in the big ten at the end of the day.

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u/Colts2020 Purdue Boilermakers • LSU Tigers Jan 20 '26

Let’s be real this is more Man City than Leicester. IU dropped millions to build this team

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u/PLAudio Jan 20 '26

Does that mean someone gave it to me?

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u/MongolianDonutKhan Jan 20 '26

Told my wife to imagine Mongolia winning the World Cup.

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u/CyanideNow Iowa Hawkeyes Jan 20 '26

 For those that don't follow the sport …

I feel like this is not the sub they hang out in?

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u/MancAccent Jan 20 '26

Idk what the odds were to start the season for Indiana, but the closest thing that comes to this in major sports is Leicester City winning the Premier League in 2016. I believe they were 5,000-1 odds to start the season.

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u/enjoytheshow Illinois Fighting Illini Jan 20 '26

Which puts Leicester into perspective because IU was 150-1

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u/1i_rd Tennessee Volunteers Jan 20 '26

It's like if the Jets won the Superbowl

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u/laker4life42 Indiana Hoosiers Jan 20 '26

😂😂😂😂

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u/PreviousImpression28 Jan 20 '26

Honestly, it’s this, Leicester City, and Miracle on Ice all being the most incredible and improbable stories in sports.

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u/owiseone23 Jan 20 '26

Miracle on Ice is pretty different from a 38 game season though. There's been tons of crazy David vs Goliath stories in small sample sizes.

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u/Own-Mess-7182 Jan 20 '26

Nobel prize and the billion dollars!

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u/Tojoyama Jan 20 '26

I won’t be the first to steal this one, obviously.

Nor the last.

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u/BishopTheKid25 Ohio State • West Virginia Jan 20 '26

This is the closest thing to Leicester City winning the Premier League in American sports history

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u/DiegoJameson Jan 20 '26

Could you make up an analogy for Leicester City win the Premier League? Just curious