Indiana shocks the world and wins the national championship

About this episode

The episode recaps Indiana's unexpected victory in the national championship against Miami, discussing the implications for the program and the Big Ten.

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back to recap Indiana -- INDIANA -- winning a national championship, beating Miami 27-21 on Monday night. The Killer Curt Cignetti put the finishing touches on the first 16-0 season in modern college football history, taking a 3-9 Hoosiers squad that was the loosingest program in the country to national champions in just two seasons. The fellas talk about everything they saw in the game, and also whether this level of play is sustainable for Indiana going forward. This is also the third-straight national championship for the Big Ten and the guys talk about the power shift in the sport during this NIL/transfer portal era. As always, they wrap up the podcast by answering listener email and live chat questions. For the video simulcasts of our POC please subscribe to your ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Please follow, give the POC a five-star rating and post a review on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠You can bet all of the Big Ten games over at MyBookie! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ryan Abraham, David Woods

Topics covered

• national championship
• Indiana football
• Big Ten
• college football
• NIL
• transfer portal
• listener questions

Keywords

• Indiana
• national championship
• Miami
• Big Ten
• college football
• NIL
• transfer portal
• Curt Cignetti
• listener questions

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Organizations: Indiana, Miami

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