Piqua's Haines thankful for his players and proud of them after Indiana wins national championship

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Jan. 20—Piqua High School won a state football championship in 2006. Bryant Haines missed that experience by three years. He played his final season of high school football in 2003 and graduated from Piqua in 2004. Twenty one years later, Haines can boast of winning an even bigger championship. The second-year defensive coordinator of the Indiana Hoosiers helped lead the program to a 27-21 …

Bianchi: After Indiana wins CFB national title, there are no excuses left for Gators, FSU and, yes, you, too, UCF!

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Now, there are no excuses left. None. Not for Florida. Not for Florida State. And not even for UCF, which still enjoys a little grace as the youngest member of the big-boy table — but only a little. In the modern era of college football, the words rebuild, timeline, and foundation have become security blankets for programs that are underachieving relative to their resources. Sure, they sound …