Which feel good story of the CFP are you pulling for?
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Indiana - First Basketball School Natty
As they're known to do.
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Indiana - First Basketball School Natty
With ya right up until Indiana is in UW's way. They are, the same way UCLA and USC were back in the day, but I actually like the top end "depth" Cigaretti and Cuban cash have brought to the B1G. I hope he sticks around. B1G > SEC and the gap is widening. Love it.
As for the OP, I'm pulling for Indiana. They aren't necessarily the most talented team, I think that falls to Miami, but they are the best coached by a country mile, and what a story that would be. Just my opinion but I think an Indiana vs Miami NCG captures the two best teams, I hope it goes that way. Indiana has already beaten Oregon at Autzen, Ohio State in the B1G conference championship game, obliterated Alabama in the Rose Bowl, tack on beating Miami in a NCG and that right there becomes the stuff of legends, especially for a program with the second worst lifetime winning percentage.
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Miamuh - The U and Creep are back, ese
Because I'm not a sniveling 15-year old who formulates all of his views based on what is currently expedient for my favorite team. Don't know what "holding his pocket" means, but if it means agreeing with someone when they write something w/o checking which team they like, then guilty as charged.
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Indiana - First Basketball School Natty
You're on a husky fan board. Expect more husky fan views in the future
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Miamuh - The U and Creep are back, ese
No idea what that string of words is supposed to mean, particularly when directed at a poster who's been on this and predecessor boards since the founding.
I was just getting to like you again and forget that menstrual meltdown you had over pointing out that Demond Williams is short for a QB. Imagine getting emotional about a measurable fact.
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Miamuh - The U and Creep are back, ese
Nobody is beating Indiana. Cook it.
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Miamuh - The U and Creep are back, ese
You also said the Canes were cooked awhile ago, so I hope you are correct in this one. A big part of me would love to see the Canes bully Oregon but I really don’t want to see them get that close
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Miamuh - The U and Creep are back, ese
What has happened with Miami defies explanation. They were cooked a while ago. Somehow the heat Cristobal was taking after SMU translated to "we have to kick the shit out of everyone we play from here on out," which they proceeded to do and showed up in the playoffs greased and ready to fuck. Caught A&M off guard in a wind tunnel game (I never thought A&M was that great anyway) and probably caught Buck a little cold after a long layoff. The pick six really rattled Sayin, as it tends to do to most QBs, and then they couldn't believe that the best defense in college football (because everyone said so) was giving up chunks on the ground.
But they have no passing game to speak of, which I think will cost them. If not this week, then in the natty. I want to see a sixth ring as much as anyone but I'm not letting myself get into that headspace and am happy with the win over Buck. Anything from here on out is truly frosting on the cake.
I will happily eat crow if Indiana loses to Duck or Cane. But I don't see it. If Miami had Moore and Oregon's WRs, then you have a game. Alas, they do not.
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Indiana - First Basketball School Natty
Coming full circle. I agree with the overall cynical element of the poll but to be fair Indiana and Ole Miss being in the semis in some way provide more feel good than we usually get in college football throughout history.
The thing is though is that had Cignetti gone to somewhere like Michigan or Penn State and had them where Indiana there would be no feel good and Indiana is one year away from just being another high end program. They're going to kill it in the portal next year, yay! There is still magic and reasons to root for them this year though and Mendoza is a ridiculous mix of Tebow, Mendendez bros and autism which is fun.
Ole Miss had their coach leave for a bigger better job and they're a win away from a title game and they're a program that has been an SEC punching bag for 60+ years. But they got here on the spending money and doing stuff like overpaying the two UW IOL guys who drug up on their team last year. And their coach who got them here was the ultimate cynical fuck you pay me, just win baby coach of all time. They also probably have the smallest window of any of these program. This might be their only chance to win it ever. Like UW in 2023.
Miami has some sentimentality in my opinion because of nostalgia if you're someone who likes true blue blood classic programs, especially one that has been very down for decades now. They also have regional identity which is cool for a lot of college football fans despite what someone was shockingly try to argue against here.
Oregon is the bottom of the totem pole here. Technically, you can say they don't technically do anything unfair different than anyone else can do in 2025 but there's not really much to root for unless you're already attached to the program.
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Miamuh - The U and Creep are back, ese
For every guy rooting against Oregon "because Nike!", there are 10 rooting against Miami. The Hurricanes are still the national champions of disliked programs and it's only close now because they haven't been winning and because their coach is a choir boy and makes everyone behave.
Give 'em a natty and some more time and you'll see; the hate is there, just in hibernation.
You are the very first person (out of many) with whom I've interacted on this topic that has ever said Miami was ok because they recruit a lot in their backyard. When they were in their heyday, there was no IMG, which is another apparently bad thing, and most of their recruits were from FL, GA, and LA, with some linemen and QBs from the mid-Atlantic. At that same time, ND was the beloved white knight and they of course have never had anything regional about them and were the ultimate national recruiters.
Maybe the issue here is that I don't quite understand what "regional identity" means. I very much agree that the conferences should be regional and regional rivalries among programs are the lifeblood. But picking up a kid from Tampa via Bloomington, or letting a kid keep playing extra seasons because he's been horrendously unlucky with injuries and has thus not actually played a lot, are just not things that cause me to toss and turn in my sleep.
