Indiana 27 – Miami 21
That was one of the most classic second halves I can remember in a national championship football game. Both teams should be proud. I know Carson Beck and the ‘Canes are hurting right now, but what they’ll be remembered for is not surrendering in that second half. They never quit. They just came up one play short.
Since Gene Hackman is no longer with us…I’ve given this a little thought. Maybe Kevin Costner could play Coach Cignetti in the movie which surely will be made in honor of this Indiana football team and what they just accomplished.
In my lifetime of sports…I would rank this right up there with what the U.S. ice hockey team did in 1980 at Lake Placcid in the Olympics.
Think about what Indiana did to close out this season at 16-0. They beat Ohio State in the Big 10 Championship Game. They then routed Alabama in the Rose Bowl. They then routed Oregon in the Fiesta Bowl. And then tonight they beat Miami on the ‘Canes home field. Think about that.
Then Coach Cignetti calls that timeout. Pulls the field goal team back off the field and calls that quarterback draw.
That was beautiful. No one could have written a better script.
I do owe the 1984 Yale football team an apology. I wrote on here earlier no one had ever gone 16-0 before.
What a football game for the ages. I’m grateful I was still around to witness it.
It just shows you anything is possible in this current landscape of college sports.
So dream big would be my take and be willing to do the work with a group of guys you respect.
Mike J