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

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

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Miami 0 0 7 14 21
Indiana 3 7 7 10 27
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u/CirculationStation Mississippi State Bulldogs • AP Jan 20 '26

The losingest program in college football history wins the national championship. Fucking beautiful. Anything really is possible.

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u/xsilentstriker Iowa State Cyclones Jan 20 '26

I feel like the sick kid who’s watching other kids play outside his window on spring break.

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u/Shushununu Washington State • Washington Jan 20 '26

Hey, at least you're still in the neighborhood where the other kids play! We got sent to go stay at grandma's house and attend the school for kids who can't fundraise good.

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u/shmaltz_herring Kansas State • Fort Hays State Jan 20 '26

Hey man, there is no better feeling than being close and no worse feeling than watching it slip away. I hope you guys get your run at it eventually. Just after K-state makes another run at it.

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u/mattyairways Jan 20 '26

And to do it undefeated is unbelievable.

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u/itsyorboy Florida Gators Jan 20 '26

They might never lose again

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u/_Caek_ Oklahoma Sooners • Billable Hours Jan 20 '26

It’s 2036. Cig has just notched his 10th national championship. His teams haven’t been defeated in over a decade. 

You google the word win. 

Curt shows up instead.

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u/FrenchCrazy Penn State Nittany Lions Jan 20 '26

Us next please 🥺

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u/ThePeculiarity Oklahoma State • Army Jan 20 '26

Is it though...

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u/SpiritBamba /r/CFB Jan 20 '26

The NIL era is why they won. No more hoarding and illegally paying recruits levels the playing field.

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u/dookybill Jan 20 '26

Doesn’t really level the playing field just different faces at the same table

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u/dookybill Jan 20 '26

Exactly and one of the wealthiest people in America actively donating. Not trying to take anything away from Indiana, but It’s crazy to act like the NIL era is an era of a complete meritocracy 🤣

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u/Some-Gavin Nebraska Cornhuskers • Marching Band Jan 20 '26

That's true, but it also didn't really matter for this Indiana team. Maybe that ends up mattering for them in the future, but it was mostly the transfer rules that allowed Cignetti to bring a lot of his JMU team with him and bring in under recruited guys.

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

No when you’re a full member of the conference that gets $90 M+ media rights checks every year. Plus the largest living alumni population and a prominent business school.

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u/ElTigreChang1 Jan 20 '26

I mean, you're wrong, but so are your detractors. The field is still wildly imbalanced, just in a different way. These days it's less lopsided for the top ~5-10 teams, but more lopsided for the top ~15-25 teams, vs. those below them.

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u/dookybill Jan 20 '26

Aren’t we saying the same thing? I said there are different faces at the same table. Maybe I wasn’t clear?

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u/ElTigreChang1 Jan 20 '26

that seems like saying it's just a different 5-10 teams now

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u/JoyousBlueDuck Jan 20 '26

Not how that works at all

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u/dookybill Jan 20 '26

Why not?