It was always going to be an emotional day in Oxford. Ole Miss, hosting its first ever College Football Playoff game, would be led out of the tunnel by Pete Golding after the departure of Lane Kiffin.

Indiana’s nerviest moment of the season came against Penn State when it gave up a 20-7 lead and trailed, 24-20, late in the fourth quarter. That’s when Hoosiers quarterback Fernando Mendoza turned on ...