Zero to Hero

For the first time in school history, the Indiana Hoosiers are College Football’s National Champions. 

Top-seed IU defeated the #10 Miami Hurricanes 27-21 Monday night, featuring a gutsy fourth-down touchdown from Heisman-winning QB Fernando Mendoza (see it here), who went on to snag game MVP. 

The dub concludes the Hoosiers’ season with a 16-0 record (the first major conference 16-0 team since Yale in 1894) and completes a historic turnaround for the former Big Ten bottom-feeder; historically a basketball school, Indiana entered the season with the most losses in college football. 

Meanwhile, the NFL’s continuing its favorite off-season game: head coach musical chairs. After leading the Buffalo Bills to eight playoffs and zero Super Bowl wins in nine years, Coach Sean McDermott was fired Monday, leaving six top playcalling seats still vacant in the league. 

Verse to consider whether you’re celebrating a Cinderella story, holding out for next season… or you’d rather just read a good book: “Rejoice always, pray constantly, give thanks in everything; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (CSB) (read full passage)