At least that was the case until Friday night’s 27-17 loss at No. 7 seed Notre Dame in the first round of the College Football Playoff. And to be clear, there’s really a limited amount of shame in this kind of loss. It seems like every year we get a dud in the playoff no matter how many teams are in the bracket.

Indiana was routed 27–17 by Notre Dame, and Cignetti's squad didn't put up much of a fight. There were various points in which Cignetti made some rather timid coaching decisions. Most notably was when he opted to punt the ball while in plus-territory despite the team trailing by three scores in the fourth quarter.

Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti went on College GameDay before the Notre Dame game and was not bashful about the Hoosiers' chances

Hindsight is very easy when you have a result to make your case, as ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit did on College GameDay to decry Indiana’s playoff placement over what he feels are better teams with more losses.

ESPN's college football analyst says, 'Indiana was outclassed in that game,' and more in wake of loss to Notre Dame.

Legendary coach Nick Saban and comedian Shane Gillis traded a few blows during ESPN's College GameDay broadcast. However, Gillis may have landed the line of the night.

As the biggest game of Friday, ESPN College GameDay was in South Bend to witness the Notre Dame Fighting Irish take on the Indiana Hoosiers in the first-round of the College Football Playoff.

The best season in Indiana football history ended on Friday night with a 27-17 loss to Notre Dame in the first-ever game of the 12-team College

On Saturday morning's edition of ESPN's College GameDay, Kirk Herbstreit shared his thoughts on the first-ever non-neutral site College Football Playoff game, and didn't mince wor