Indiana’s Jones

“Fueled by the perceived disrespect, desperate to prove it would not become a bottom dweller again, Indiana produced the football version of ‘Hoosiers,’ completing one of the most improbable turnarounds in sports history — winning its first national championship while becoming the first major college team since Yale in 1894 to go 16-0.” Indiana competed its storybook season behind coach Curt Cignetti and QB Fernando Mendoza, who transfered from Berkeley before this season, proving once again the value of a Cal education. How Indiana won college football’s national championship.

+ It was good news for a school normally associated with basketball. And it was, as I explained last week, good news for John Mellencamp.