BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The fireworks cracked and the towel-waving sellout crowd at Memorial Stadium roared to salute an Indiana team that won its 10th game for the first time in team history.
Curt Cignetti, the coach who orchestrated the most impressive first season in recent college football history, embraced his wife and granddaughter, and then his two daughters, as the fans chanted "Cig! Cig!" Indiana, a bottom-rung program that hasn't even shared a Big Ten title since 1967 and never made the College Football Playoff, improved to 10-0 with a 20-15 win against defending national champion Michigan, which came is an underdog to the Hoosiers for the first time since 1968.