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/Greedygiddy8 Jan 20 '26

Mendoza’s running TD was pure grit, Elway like. What a battle, The two best teams going at it, Cignetti’s turnaround of Indiana is the greatest ever. Incredible game.

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u/1mfa0 Navy Midshipmen Jan 20 '26

The cut to him pissed after the excessive celebration call was so fucking funny

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u/Comprehensive-Car190 Jan 20 '26

I was pissed for him. Imagine ending up with a safety there.

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u/bdaileyumich Michigan Wolverines Jan 20 '26

Even worse, imagine fumbling on that last dive forward to lose in the waning seconds on a scoop and score.

Never. Celebrate. Early.

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u/StalinsLastStand Indiana Hoosiers • Billable Hours Jan 20 '26

Or the Indiana Iowa game.

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u/QuickMolasses New Mexico Lobos Jan 20 '26

Are you required to kick off on a game ending safety?

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u/PM_me_ur_JACKED_TITS Jan 20 '26

Pretty sure the Indiana Iowa game ended on a safety earlier this year

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u/Reasonable_Manner817 Jan 20 '26

No

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u/TFreshNoLimits Jan 20 '26

Are you sure? Is that in the rules?

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u/Reasonable_Manner817 Jan 20 '26

Yes I’ve seen a team purposely take a safety with no time left

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u/Gryphon426 Jan 20 '26

We did it earlier this year. Mendoza took the snap, sprinted the opposite direction.

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u/BirdLawyerPerson Texas Longhorns • Army Black Knights Jan 20 '26

Yeah, depending on field position, it's possible to eat 10+ seconds off the clock with an intentional safety, which is sometimes enough to deny the other team a possession when it's fourth down with time left.

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u/PascalsBadger Vanderbilt Commodores • Team Chaos Jan 20 '26

In the NFL the team that got the safety (defensive team) can choose to have a kickoff.

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u/Jabberwocky2022 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Jan 20 '26

We were only hoping.

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u/Gryphon426 Jan 20 '26

The irksome thing was, he wasn’t ’celebrating’ , he was barking at the Miami fans. I hope Cig tore him a new one. And made him walk home.