McElroy previews Indiana vs Miami for the National Championship | Always College Football

Always College Football with Greg McElroy

ESPN

Football, Sports

3.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Indiana is on a historic run with Heisman trophy winner Fernando Mendoza leading the Hoosiers to an undefeated regular season, BIG 10 championship and now looking for their first National Championship in school history. Standing in the Hoosiers’ way are Mario Cristobal’s Miami Hurricanes who have taken out Texas A&M, Ohio State and Ole Miss on their road home looking for their first Natty in 24 years. McElroy goes in-depth breaking down the Miami offense vs Indiana defense, the Indiana offense vs the Miami defense and gives you 10 questions that will determine who wins the National Championship! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.1	Look, I've watched the tape.
0:33.1	I've crunched the numbers.
0:34.8	I keep coming back to one fundamental truth.
0:39.0	And it's that Indiana is the most complete team
0:43.3	I've seen in college football in a very, very long time.
0:52.1	Welcome in, it's always college football.
0:54.1	I'm your host, Greg McElroy. And today, everybody, we have reached the summit.
0:58.2	We are 60 football minutes away from crowning a champion. And if you are looking for a matchup that perfectly encapsulates the chaotic beauty of the 12-team playoff era,
1:11.6	then look no further than what we will get on Monday night in Hard Rock Stadium.
1:16.4	On one side, you have the undefeated 15-0-Indiana Hoosiers who aren't just winning.
1:23.1	They are a freight train with no brakes,
1:26.6	led by a coach in Kurt Signetti, who has famously been
1:30.2	about as brash and as confident as anyone taken over a job like this, and then went on to
1:37.6	essentially delete all history about Indiana as it relates to the Big Ten. On the other side,
1:43.0	you have the Miami Hurricanes.
1:44.7	They are the 10 seed, a team that spent the last month of the regular season playing as if they had nothing to lose.
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