(16-0) Indiana Claims It, (27-21) (-7 plus) AT Miami in the title game

In a game I did not watch, first opting for “The House On 92nd Street” and “The Seven Year Itch,” before sleep, credit Indiana football under Cignetti, (let’s not deify him as the transfer portal and a largely upper classmen roster aided, this still incredible rise.) as they finished (16-0), (only Yale in 1894 also had that great a record), claiming a first crown (27-21) OVER Miami as a TD plus favorite.

The undefeated title season for Indiana football, once a no chance losing program in Ohio State/Michigan dominated Big Ten (by the way three straight crowns for 3 different teams for the Big Ten–elephant sans power/forum me, recalls the more than tolerable and quite talented, Sean McDonough “bad mouthing” the Big Ten, as Indiana fell at Notre Dame in the 12 to 8 round last season) comes 50 years after the last undefeated college basketball title team, also Indiana, accomplished the feat in March 1976.

Indiana led (10-0) at the half, and by scores of (10-7), (17-7 as a pair of upper classmen, Mikail Kamara blocked a Joyce punt and Isiah Jones fell on it for a touchdown), (17-14), (24-14–all everything 2025 into 2026 (we shall see him in Sin City where rain will fall, we all get some, those of us with standards get a deluge) Fernando (another Fernando title, L.A. got 2 with Fernie Valenzuela patches, and he was someone I liked) Mendoza’s brilliant 4 yard TD run on fourth down), (24-21), an Indiana “settle” to (27-21) giving Miami with 5 previous crowns, but none since ’01 by the way the same # as Indiana basketball, which also has a long title drought, their last in ’87, a year Miami also a long time college football “no chance” team, won their second), a chance.

However, on a second and 7 from the Indy (the Pacers shocked to the 7th game of the NBA final before falling to (68-14) reg, just (16-7), but double 8 was “enough,” Ok City and the Colts started (8-2) only to lose their last seven) 30, Jamari Sharpe recorded an all-time big “int.”

Oh the coincidences and my notes (doubt Fowler had them, maybe he did–I did not watch or listen) as Jam Sharpe, pictured below is a nephew of former Miami player, Glenn Sharpe.

Last night Jamari’s (see I got his first name in there) “int” wrapped an incredible Indiana first football crown–(I am so VS Fowler and Herbstreit and believe me there are worse, in fact much worse that I will not post legendary broadcaster Don Fischer’s call of Sharpe’s interception (got the full word in also), however you ought to listen)— juxtaposed with the fact Uncle Glenn was more than questionably called for pass interference in overtime vs eventual game and title winner, Ohio State in the ’02 season title, which kept Ohio State going.

Jamari Sharpe, all it entails, see above, is pictured there as well.