ATLANTA — Over the final month of the regular season, one college football team endured more criticism than any other: Indiana.
They played nobody!
Their strength of schedule stinks!
They shouldn’t even be considered for the playoff!
Well, as it turns out, the Hoosiers weren’t so bad after all. Their only two losses of the season came against each of the participants in the national championship game.
“Our two losses are to the No. 1 and No. 2 team in the country, on the road in their place in a hostile environment,” said IU coach Curt Cignetti. “I think everybody thought we were a great story until the College Football Playoff rankings came out and then everybody’s self interest took over and then it became political.”
Speaking in downtown Atlanta, a mile from the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the site of Monday night’s title bout between Notre Dame and Ohio State, Cignetti offers, perhaps, the best scouting report of anyone in the country. He knows both teams, …