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The Sports Junkies

Indiana's CFP TItle Run: Greatest Comeback In Sports History?

The Sports Junkies

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Sports

4.31.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Lots of great sports moments out there, including a ton of historical comebacks - where does the turn over of the IU football program stack up all time?

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0:00.0

is the Indiana turnaround going from one of the most losing college football programs in history

0:08.2

to a two-year turnaround to win the national title, undefeated season.

0:12.3

They cap it off by beating Miami last night in the college football playoff title game.

0:17.8

Is there a bigger turnaround?

0:19.6

Or just like greatest sports story of our lifetime.

0:22.6

Let's just say it last 50 years.

0:25.7

JP brought up Miracle and Ice.

0:27.4

All right.

0:27.7

I'll say that's in the running.

0:29.0

I think Miracle on Ice would be number one just by the historical significance of it.

0:34.2

Nobody expected the American team to be able to beat the Russians who were professionals.

0:41.6

The amateurs. I'll give you it's in the running. I mean, it's iconic. I'm not willing to concede yet. I'm going to give you another one.

0:48.4

Go ahead. If you want to chime in, 1-800-636-1067. Immediately I thought of Villanova over Georgetown.

0:55.2

Nobody thought Georgetown was going to lose.

0:56.6

You can go to college basketball, though, a lot because NC State pulled off.

1:00.7

That's not even close.

1:01.4

And upset, I think, you know, Duke beating Vegas.

1:05.0

Cakes likes to say that there was definitely some sort of shenanigans happening.

1:09.3

It's not as big as this.

1:11.4

But this I think one was big.

1:13.5

And I just checked to see what the line was.

1:16.9

The year that Tom Brady and the Patriots were undefeated,

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