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/AvengedKalas Georgia Bulldogs • NC State Wolfpack Jan 20 '26 edited Jan 20 '26

Imagine two years ago. Indiana went 3-9 and fired their head coach.

Fast forward two years they go 27-2 with a Heisman, Conference Championship, and a National Championship. Absolutely remarkable.

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u/I-grok-god Ohio State Buckeyes Jan 20 '26

So many head coaches are getting fired because of this man

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u/DwayneBaconStan Penn State • Emory & Henry Jan 20 '26

It's gonna be so bad lol, people will learn Cig is an extreme outlier lol

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u/DUB-Files Washington State • Tennessee Jan 20 '26

Lmao you don’t fucking say

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u/DwayneBaconStan Penn State • Emory & Henry Jan 20 '26

It's more towards ADs when they fire coaches earlier

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u/Di5pel Syracuse Orange Jan 20 '26

General rule of thumb: if you can figure it out in 5 minutes of thinking on Reddit, the people paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to think about it everyday can figure it out too

This is a great story but it’s not going to change expectations or get anyone fired early lol

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u/SST114 Miami Hurricanes Jan 20 '26

The ballsy 4th down plays were crazy lol

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u/Impressive_Ice6970 Jan 20 '26

Plays of the game no question

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u/JesseDx Florida State Seminoles Jan 20 '26

They won't learn. Recruiting/portal threads are already filling up with "Stop chasing 5 stars, just target high motor 3 star players and coach them up... it worked for Indiana!"

As if there aren't already dozens of P4 teams every year riding that same model to 6-6 type seasons.

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u/zzyul Tennessee Volunteers Jan 20 '26

They didn’t learn that with Saban so not sure why this will be any different

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u/jgregers Michigan Wolverines • Oregon Ducks Jan 20 '26

What’s scary is that some haven’t yet realized it.

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

Many will never realize

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u/cyberchaox Rutgers Scarlet Knights • Landmark Jan 20 '26

On par with Spiders Georg.

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u/Friendly-Profit-8590 Jan 20 '26

But first everyone on his staff down to the water boy is gonna get a hc gig

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u/Thechasepack Indiana Hoosiers Jan 20 '26

Both Coordinators have said they don't feel like they are the head coaching types at this point in their career. Does that change with a national title? Maybe but they are only 36 and 40.