In a sad, sterile hotel conference room at the Gaylord Texan Resort, otherwise known as the cradle of corruption, the College Football Playoff selection committee made it official on Sunday.
Indiana will not get a New Year’s Six berth this postseason.
Instead, the Hoosiers are reportedly headed to face Ole Miss in the Outback Bowl, a very good bowl — one of the best bowls to ever send an invitation to Bloomington. And yet, it still feels like an opportunity to play for something even bigger and better, an opportunity that was deserved, was taken away.