The Hoosiers had long accepted their fate as a college football laughingstock. Now, they’re two wins away from winning the College Football Playoff national championship. Here’s how Cignetti changed everything—and transformed an Indiana fan base that’s discovering what a run like this can mean.
There’s a dream from a few weeks ago that I keep replaying in my mind.
I’m back in Bloomington, the town I grew up in, visiting Indiana University, my alma mater. (Yes, Cutters are real.) It’s an unseasonably warm fall afternoon. The students are out... [13313 chars]