Key Highlights
- 1 team in the nation. Longtime SEC carnival barker Paul Finebaum was adamant the Crimson Tide would win.
- Didn't even give it a second thought.
- Josh Pate was equally confident the Tide would handle the top-ranked Hoosiers with ease. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementYeah, about that... Indiana humiliated Alabama with a dominating 38-3 win in Pasadena.
- It was a lot for longtime college football fans to fathom if you only looked at brands rather than 2025 resumes. Indiana began this season with the most losses in FBS history.
- Now, the Hoosiers under Curt Cignetti are the favorites to win the program's first national championship. Pate took his whiff with some grace, posting: "Never thought I'd live to see the haters be right about me," attached to a clip of his wrong game prediction on "Bussin' With The Boys" podcast. The morning after on ESPN's "Get Up!", Pate and Finebaum had to face the music.