Indiana's Shocking 7-0 Start: Surprises in College Football

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00:00Okay, so look, surprise of the season is, you know, there's a couple surprises.

00:08The Academy's both being ranked.

00:09I think that's a big one.

00:10This is probably the biggest, though.

00:11The fact that Indiana is 7-0 on the season, seven wins, no losses.

00:16They're doing it in blowout fashion.

00:18No one had this at the beginning of the year.

00:22And you know, look, being undefeated definitely gives them a shot at the college football

00:26playoff.

00:27The interesting, Bill, and we'll look at the odds to make the playoff, too, is that

00:31the oddsmakers are still sort of telling us there's a little bit of a paper tiger here.

00:34They're still 2-1 to make the college football playoff, being 7-0.

00:37I mean, there's only a handful of games left for this team, too.

00:40How have they, you know, turned this around so quickly?

00:44How has that school gotten so good this year?

00:46Kurt Cignetti is probably the Big Ten version of Steve Spurrier.

00:50He brings in 13 transfers from James Madison.

00:53They bring in Curtis Rourke, the Ohio transfer quarterback, who is going to sit this week.

00:58That's probably why those odds are the way they are.

01:00He's an NFL quarterback.

01:01His brother played with Jacksonville, has been outstanding, throws the ball down the

01:05field well.

01:06They run the ball effectively.

01:07If they had a different uniform on, you'd think you were looking at Michigan or Penn

01:12State.

01:13They're playing with that kind of style.

01:14That was an eye-opening blowout against Nebraska.

01:18I thought that game was going to be close.

01:19It was 28-7 at halftime.

01:21The big thing with Indiana moving forward is they have to take care of business against

01:25Washington this week, against a Huskies team that can move the football without Rourke.

01:30Tavin Jackson's up at quarterback, and they'll be judged on the Michigan and Ohio State games.

01:34But Craig, there is a scenario.

01:36I painted it out this morning.

01:38Get this.

01:39Imagine Oregon, Penn State, Ohio State, Illinois, Indiana.

01:45There is a scenario where all five teams could be 11-1 and 8-1 in conference play.

01:50It requires Illinois upsetting Oregon, but the fact we're talking about it says how wild

01:54this could be.