With a 14-0 record, Curt Cignetti and Indiana are the Big Ten Champions, winners of the Rose Bowl 38-3 over Alabama, and 3.5-point favorites over the Oregon Ducks in the Peach Bowl Friday night.
Discipline, execution and maturity are the three qualities that make the Hoosiers a great football team. They're well-coached. They rarely make mistakes and in their second year at the top of college football, never beat themselves.
"They don't do dumb stuff," Chris Fallica of Fox Sports said on social media. He notes that in addition to being the top seed in the College Football Playoff, the Cignetti's veteran team leads in several important categories:
2nd fewest Penalty YPG
Lead in TO margin - just 8 TO all season
3rd down defense - 3rd 28%
Lead in 3rd down conversions - 56%
To match them, a team has to be not only talented but play a nearly perfect game.