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Podcast: 365 Sports Presents: 365 Sports (Daily)
Episode: Stewart Mandel on Why Indiana’s Championship Run Matters to Everyone
Description: Stewart Mandel, senior college football writer for The Athletic, joins the show to unpack Indiana’s unprecedented rise to the top of the sport and what it means for the future of college football. From the Hoosiers’ historic national championship run to the sustainability of their roster-building model, Mandell explains why this wasn’t a fluke—and why other programs are paying close attention.
The conversation also dives into how the transfer portal, NIL, and changing power dynamics have reshaped what’s possible, whether Indiana can truly reload like a blueblood, and how this era makes once-unthinkable championsh...