This is an updated version of a story first published on Dec. 14, 2025. The original video can be viewed here. Indiana is the setting for three all-time great sports movies — "Hoosiers," "Rudy," and "Breaking Away." Now, comes another cinematic underdog story set in the state. Except this one is unscripted. Over the past century, defeat has been the near-constant companion of Indiana University football. But then arrived a new coach who'd never gotten a shot at the big-time. And Indiana became the unlikely darling of college football. We first brought you this story in December, as the Hoosiers closed out an undefeated regular season. They went on to win three more games and the first national championship in school history, just as the credits rolled.They come from the cities and they come from the smaller towns. More than 55,000 fans, converging on Bloomington to watch the Indiana Hoosiers.Built from limestone extracted from local quarries, Memorial Stadium is 65 years old. But this is a completely new look: home to a football dynamo. Indiana had always been a basketball school, no longer.This season, the Hoosiers have won at home and on the road. They've won in blowouts. And won with their season on the brink. This game-winning touchdown against Penn State stands as the play-of-the-year in college football. And they're hardly doing it with prized recruits.Fernando Mendoza: I think a lot of people on our team, whether it's coaches, players or staff, have all been overlooked.