Key Highlights
- (1:50)Heather DinichJan 18, 2026, 12:34 PM ETEmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsMIAMI BEACH Fla.
- Though some college football fans might consider No.
- 1 Indiana's historic run to the College Football Playoff National Championship game on Monday night a Cinderella story, IU president Pamela Whitten told ESPN on Sunday that this was exactly what coach Curt Cignetti was hired to do."It was just an assumption that we were going to go to the national championship," Whitten said in an exclusive interview on the eve of the CFP title game against No.
- 10 Miami at Hard Rock Stadium.
- "That was the goal.