Indiana (!!!) wins the National Championship as Curt Cignetti finishes historic turnaround

The Joel Klatt Show: A College Football Podcast

Fox Sports

Sports, Football

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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FOX Sports’ lead College Football analyst Joel Klatt reacts to Indiana capping off one of the greatest turnarounds in sports history as the Hoosiers won their first National Championship with a 27-21 win over Miami. Klatt explains why Indiana’s title is a huge moment for the sport and puts Curt Cignetti’s coaching job in perspective. He breaks down the moments that decided the game as Miami nearly pulled off a 4th quarter comeback to win their first title since 2001. Klatt also weighs in on the importance of a 3rd straight Big Ten team winning the National Championship and what it means going forward. 0:00-2:18 Intro2:19-8:45 Indiana caps off perfect season with first national championship8:46-14:17 Cignetti wins national championship in 2nd year as Indiana HC14:18-20:59 Where does this Indiana team rank among best teams in CFB history?21:00-26:16 What went wrong for Miami?26:17-29:58 Indiana caps off incredible 2 year turnaround with national championship Use my code for 10% off your next SeatGeek order*: https://seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/KLATT10 Sponsored by SeatGeek. *Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:10.7	Hey, welcome into the program. I'm Joel Klatte. This is the Joel Klatts show. We are brought to you by graduate by Hilton. We thank them for their support. How about that for a national championship game? Wow. An incredible second half and an incredible fourth quarter. That was everything that we hoped it would be and then some.
1:28.9	That game lived up to the hype and that's all we can ever ask for. Indiana has won the national
1:33.8	championship. I can't honestly believe that I'm uttering that sentence, to be quite honest with
1:40.2	you, someone that's grown up with this sport and loved this sport for so long. Indiana has won the national championship. They beat Miami. In Miami, by the way. So, man, lots to get
1:52.1	to. I'm going to try my best to try to give you some perspective about what we just saw.
1:56.9	Also break down the game a little bit. But we're going to get you all of that here coming
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2:01.2	But first, just remember if you have not subscribed over at the YouTube channel, please go and do that.
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