"College football has paid Curt Cignetti and the Indiana Hoosiers the ultimate compliment by digging into the question that was already being bantered about on social media. Are they cheating? No one is going on the record with their suspicions, and no one, it seems, has any evidence, nor even anything that might signal actual proof. No one even has a good angle to work. The aforementioned reviews yielded nothing. There are no threads to even pull here."
"The Hoosiers of Bloomington aren't one of them. They were once the losingest program in Power 4 football. Then they hired a coach with a background of Division II, FCS and Sun Belt football. They have promptly gone 27-2. That includes a 15-0 run this year heading into Monday's national championship game against Miami, where they are an 8.5-point betting favorite."
Coaches and administrators across college football are investigating perceived anomalies around Indiana's rapid success, checking ticket purchases and headset protocols. No public evidence has emerged and internal reviews produced no leads. Suspicion and conspiracy theories range from computer hacking to high-end listening devices, but nothing substantive exists. Indiana transformed from a historic underperformer to a 27-2 power with a 15-0 run this season and dominant playoff victories, entering the national championship as an 8.5-point favorite. The skepticism reflects the sport's bias against upstarts and provides both unfair criticism and motivating validation.
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