1 hour ago1 hr Moderator No. Preseason No. 10 Miami versus Preseason No. 20 Indiana for all of the CFB marbles. Who knew? NEMO = Latin for 'Nobody.'COINCIDENCE - Two or more events coming together in a surprising, unexpected way ...Of course, with both Miami and Indiana theoretically in the running for a title matchup, Monday night's championship game is not outside the probability of happening, but it's close.If you could have placed a preseason $1000 bet on the Canes vs. the Hoosiers playing for a title, you could be in Hawaii today, shopping for an ocean and golf view condo.Both Curt Cignetti and Mario Cristobal coached for Nick Saban at Alabama. With Saint Nick's coaching tree, this is not a big surprise. However ...Indiana DC Bryant Haines and Miami DC Corey Heatherman coached for Curt Cignetti at JMU, with Haines reporting to Heatherman.Haines was the Best Man at Heatherman's wedding. ...Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza, Jr., grew up less than five miles from the Miami campus, and was a Hurricanes fan growing up. He was disappointed when Miami did not give him a chance to join the football team as a walk-on. ...Indiana is trying to join the 1894 Yale team as the only college football team to finish a season 16-0. Mendoza was committed to Yale before receiving an offer from and attending Cal, where he received his B.A. in three years. ...In October of 2024, with the College GameDay crew in Berkeley for its first visit to Cal, Mendoza went up against Mario Cristobal and 2024 Heisman Trophy finalist quarterback Cam Ward. Mendoza, pressured on 43% of his drop-backs, threw for 285 yards and two TDs, leading Cal to a 25-point lead.Cal lost, 39-38. But among others, Indiana's new coach, Curt Cignetti, with Fernando's brother Alberto on the Hoosiers squad, took notice of Fernando's performance. ...Fernando's Dad, Doctor Fernando Mendoza, Sr., was on the crew team at Brown University. His Mom, Elena, graduated from Miami, where she was a star tennis player and earned undergraduate and MBA degrees. ...Doctor Mendoza played high school football at Miami's Christopher Columbus High School. He played on the O-line with Miami coaches Mario Cristobal and Alex Mirabal. Seven Christopher Columbus graduates will be on the champ game sidelines. ...Angelo Pizzo wrote the screenplays for the movies 'Hoosiers' and 'Rudy.' Pizzo grew up one mile from the Indiana campus in Bloomington. Like his Dad, Pizzo graduated from IU, attended all the Indiana games with his father through mostly bad times, and has been an Indiana football season ticket holder since his graduation.Among many others, Angelo knows that you can't make this stuff up. ...Below is a CBS Sports article on where the Indiana football renaissance ranks, not only in college football but in all of sports history.https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/indiana-football-greatest-sports-stories/Come Out Smokin' Cigs! 3-peat, 3-peat, 3-peat!
1 hour ago1 hr No. FWIW and if so not much.Should Indiana win the Natty, then Indiana would join UCLA as the ONLY schools to have an undefeated Natty in football and an undefeated Natty in basketball .Hoosiers undefeated football and national title season came in 1954 if my info is correct.No small task!GO IU!
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