Becky Sullivan

The win completes a historic turnaround for the Indiana football program.

The Hoosiers were long the bottom feeder of the Big Ten Conference.

Then the arrival of coach Kurt Cignetti changed it all.

He steered Indiana to an 11-2 record last year, and this year a perfect 16-0.

Becky Sullivan, NPR News.

I mean, I certainly think you should make that case.

I mean, before this season, Indiana had lost more games in the top level of college football's history than

than any other school, not counting last year.

They've had only three winning seasons in the past three decades.

Then they hired this guy, Coach Kurt Cignetti.

He walked in the door a couple years ago, uttered this iconic line in one of his first press conferences.

He wasn't lying.

He rapidly transformed this program.

I mean, I'm not sure what else stacks up to this fast.

A turnaround two years ago, Indiana went 3-9.

This guy walks in the door.

Now they are 16-0.

Their last four wins came against some of the sport's best programs, Ohio State, Alabama, Oregon, Miami.

Here he is talking to ESPN on the field after the game.

So it was a close game, right?