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Karl Rasmussen

Sports World Erupts Watching Indiana Celebrate Improbable National Championship

The Indiana Hoosiers are national champions. It’s something that seemed like an impossibility just a few years ago. The former owners of the record for the most losses in college football history, Curt Cignetti has morphed the Hoosiers into a legitimate powerhouse.

Indiana cemented its place in college football lore with a national championship victory on Monday night, led by Heisman winner Fernando Mendoza. The Hoosiers defeated Miami, 27–21, to secure the first national title in the football program’s history.

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