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Indiana’s season is going to stick with fans for a long time. Not just because of how it ended, but because of how fast everything flipped. Under Curt Cignetti, the Hoosiers went from college football‘s biggest losers to national champions…

The title came Monday night with a 27-21 road win over Miami. Indiana was scrambling for answers after the 2023 season, and Cignetti gave them one. All year, people questioned if the run was real.

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ESPN analyst Paul Finebaum was one of the loudest voices pushing back on whether Indiana could actually pull it off.

Once the Hoosiers lifted the trophy, those doubts looked pretty silly. On Wednesday, Finebaum talked about his take and admitted he got it wrong.

“It is the greatest story in the history of the game. What made it even more amazing is how people misunderstood what Curt Cignetti was doing in Bloomington,” Finebaum said.

“Let me assure you, nobody was more incorrect in understanding that process than me. Almost everything I said throughout the season about him, and about Indiana, was wrong, and it was an epic failure on my part. There was no question Indiana was the best team.”

A mea culpa with a side of crow about the Hoosiers this season… pic.twitter.com/MCC58o4vbf
— Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) January 21, 2026

What Cignetti did at Indiana doesn’t happen often, even in college football. Finebaum never bought in while it was happening. When Indiana locked Cignetti into a massive extension in October, Finebaum questioned if it made sense.