Sunday Morning Coming Down // Destiny Fulfilled
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TenFourteen Eighteen B1G Things
- We have a new Death Star
- A whole lot of coaches just got their leash cut in half.
- We were this close to a perfect “7-M” again, but Nebraska had to ruin it.
- And Ohio State.
- And USC.
- If Minnesota is ever good enough to make the playoff, they’re winning the whole dam thing.
- P.J. Fleck simply does not lose bowl games.
- Northwestern was projected togo 3-9 or some ridiculous record.
- Chris Petersen’s former team against Chris Petersen’s other former team.
- The former team won.
- Oregon paid a billion dollars, only to watch Indiana win the title.
- While getting blown the fuck out in the process, by that same Indiana team.
- Ok can we go back to making Iowa offense jokes in 2026 please and thank you!
- My team did not have a losing record!
- A ridiculous thing to say given both the expectations at the beginning of the year, and the 3-6 record they held going into November.
- Ohio State getting bounced in the quarters reminds me of that year Florida State ran through their schedule only to get exposed in the playoff.
- Or am I thinking of Notre Dame!
- Will you look at that, actually 18 things!
The Rundown
Washington rides the ponies!
And then Demond threatens to transfer, remembers —or was reminded— that he signed a contract, and decides to come back.
Oregon gets the Penn State treatment
Beat a G5 team? Check. Beat a Big 12 team? Check. Lose in the semis? Check. The difference is Penn State actually had a lead in the fourth quarter of their semifinal.
Northwestern takes care of Central Michigan
The Chippewas scored a mercy touchdown in the fourth quarter.
LincolnParkWildcat: Northwestern took care of business against an overmatched MAC team in the spiritual successor to the little ceasars pizza pizza bowl in Detroit. We have a winning season. Yay!
They needed OT, but they did it!
P.J. Fleck continues to flex the “we don’t lose bowl games” muscle at Minnesota.
The Penn State Hokies finish the job
Then half the team transferred to Virginia Tech*
*Narrator: Actually, they went to Tennessee.
Also, it’s the Penn State Nittany Cyclones thank you very much.
USC does the dumbest shit imaginable
You just had to tackle one guy. One guy!
Narrator: That’s your new DC you’re slandering you know…
Michigan was not feeling the cheesiest
But hey, Kyle Wittingham, amirite?
Brian Gillis: Michigan played hard in a back-and-forth affair against Texas, but a couple of late Bryce Underwood interceptions paved the way for a disappointing 14-point loss to the Longhorns. A fitting end, you might say, to the Sherrone Moore era at Michigan.
But fret not Michigan fans, with Kyle Whittingham assuming control of the program, there are bluer skies ahead.
He was a high school quarterback: Michigan cheated us out of another SEC loss this bowl season.
Brian Gillis: Love you too, HWAHSQB.
So you’re M1EK? Man, it was an inside job all along.
The pleasant orange team beat the disgusting orange team in pleasant fashion
Nothing better than dragging an SEC team into the mud then letting the kicker decide it.
thumpasaurus: There was so much Classic Illinois Bullshit all season. MACrifice ended up being the league champ.
caught the ACC champ on the road even tho they were bad when we scheduled them
caught indiana in the best year they’ve ever had, though possibly the worst hoosier team of the next 5 years
happened to have a home game against AP #1.
got a team of roughly our caliber on the road where they’re unbeatable instead of at home where we could have won
found ourselves totally unable to stop the big ten’s worst offense
got a dose of shit weather in a key game, weather that didn’t favor us.
had a game where a silly bounce of the ball cost us a special teams TD, then the officials invented a new interpretation of the rule that meant we got spotted yards short of where we deserved.
CLASSIC ILLINI BULLSHIT.
and yet we went 9-4
i’m gonna miss luke altmyer so much. but we did reasonably well filling in for our bowl opt-outs!
He was a high school quarterback: Suck it, Volunteers! Your shade of orange is almost as pathetic as the other UT!!
HoustonBoiler: I will admit that I love seeing Tennessee lose in Nashville on a walk off FG. Get ready Illinois for a lot of pissing and moaning from Tennessee fans.
Fine, I’ll do it: The Iowa Hawkeyes Story
With Diego Pavia yapping all the goodwill away, someone had to play the villain/hero. In comes Iowa, with this brand new thing called offense, dropping 34 on a team the SEC will swear got screwed out of a playoff spot.
And then there’s Nebraska
Performance so bad even the Nebraska writers wanted nothing to do with it.
The curse continues
Ok pretend it’s not late January and Indiana hadn’t shit all over the “teams with a bye lose their playoff game” theme yet and make fun of Ohio State for shitting all over themselves in their playoff game after a bye against a team that barely managed 10 against A&M.
It is risen
HANG THE BANNER, PENN STATE FANS, YOUR TEAM CAME THE CLOSEST TO ACTUALLY BEATING INDIANA! YOU’RE THE ONLY TEAM TO HAVE A LEAD ON THE HOOSIERS WITH LESS THAN A MINUTE LEFT!
Rose Bowl Komodo: My son was born in December, 2020. Indiana football would go on to lose in the Outback Bowl to an Ole Miss team with a losing record during a strange time in our culture.
From there, Indiana would flounder in the wilderness for 3 years before Tom Allen would be removed and Curt Cignetti would be hired.
Now, almost 2 years after his hiring, Curt Cignetti has won Indiana’s first bowl win in my lifetime time, specifically winning the Rose Bowl, the bowl Terry Hoeppner promised to return us to.
Not only did Indiana win, they beat the shit out of the Alabama Crimson Tide 38-3 in a game where the Heisman Trophy winning quarterback threw more touchdowns than incompletions. Indiana has given up 2 touchdowns in their last 4 games (1 to Wisconsin and 1 to Ohio State). The runningbacks both had almost 100 yards.
I can’t believe the world I’m in. I can’t believe the time I’m having. The Indiana story is not yet over. On to the peach bowl to play the Ducks once more!
Peach Bowl Komodo: The Indiana Hoosiers are Peach Bowl Champions!!
It wasn’t even close. From the jump, the Hoosiers dominated the Ducks. 5 touchdowns, 3 incompletions, and less than 200 yards for the Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza. Indiana also runs for over 150 and forces 3 turnovers.
While it was the first time since Penn State Indiana allowed multiple offensive touchdowns, it was in fact the 2nd time all season such an event occurred. The other was Old Dominion.
I have no words. I will not write a story until this story is over. On to the championship. Go Hoosiers.
MC ClapYoHandz: Well now let’s wait and see how the last two minutes play out
Peach Bowl Komodo: Oregon has more total yards than Indiana does.
377-363. Will probably end 379-361
National Champion Komodo: INDIANA SITS ATOP THE FOOTBALL WORLD. NATIONAL CHAMPIONS. NOBODY THOUGHT THIS WAS POSSIBLE. IT IS.
YEEEEEEESSSSSS
LETS GO
GLORY TO GOD
FERNANDO
OH MY GOD
CHARLIE b
INDIANA!!!!!!!!!!!!
RUReady4Brazil: the only thing more surprising in my lifetime is that my first wife signed the divorce papers so quickly
thumpasaurus: If I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn to the carpet I wouldn’t be any more surprised than I am now
Brian Gillis: You serious, Clark?
And with that, we’re off! Thanks for another season of fun, and see you in 2026!
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