Indiana Hoosiers speak in Miami after CFP National Championship win

The University of Indiana Hoosiers spoke at a news conference in Miami on Tuesday after their victory over the University of Miami Hurricanes at the CFP National Championship.

The news conference started at 9 a.m. at the JW Marriott Marquis in downtown Miami.

On Monday night, Hoosiers QB and Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza put an exclamation point on a 27-21 win over the Hurricanes that closed out an undefeated season and brought an improbable — maybe impossible? — national championship to a program that had known nothing but losing and indifference for almost 140 years.

“Let me tell you: We won the national championship at Indiana University. It can be done,” said coach Curt Cignetti, who took over a program with a nation-leading 713 losses and turned it into the game’s biggest winner in the span of two years.

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