Yahoo Sports national columnist Dan Wetzel, senior college sports reporter Ross Dellenger and Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde look at the Hoosiers' 7-0 start to the season. Hear the full conversation on the “College Football Enquirer” podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.

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Uh, one place they're not worried about their new coach, Indiana Hoosiers.

Good Lord.

56 7 on Nebraska, uh, uh, game day is coming to Bloomington next week.

I mean, without their quarterback, the whole thing is just rolling.

It's great.

See, there's nothing better than a new winner and as they churn this up, you know, we, we were talking about it the whole time or they get to nine and oh, in Michigan or they get to 10 and, oh, at Ohio State.

How about this?

Little bit?

And I believe this is true.

Right.

Penn State, Oregon and Indiana can all finished undefeated.

Yeah.

So one of them, one of them will not make the big 10 championship game.

Gosh, your league might be too big.

Uh, but the, the, the possibility of Indiana at 10 and O and so they, they could lose end up 11 and one and probably be in, I don't know, they haven't, there isn't a million great wins here, but it's, uh, it's there but whatever, no one's having more fun than Indiana right now.

Um, and again, we'll see the Curtis Rourke injury and goes like that.

But Pat what's happening up the road there from you.

They have got the mojo incredibly impressive, not just to beat down Nebraska Nebraska team that people had started to warm up to as you know, maybe they can contend they were five and one, but Curtis Rourke got hurt at the end of the first half.

Tavin Jackson, their backup played the second half and they still outscored them 28 nothing Tavin Jackson.

This is yet another example of what an incredible job Kurt Cignetti did putting together this roster is you kept a quality backup.

You brought in a guy from the Mac to take the starting job and you still kept a quality backup who started three or four games last year.

And so now they can go into Washington on Saturday thinking, hey, we're OK at QB, even without our guy.

So it's just unbelievable the job.

I, I don't know, Rossi correct me here, but does anybody in the transfer portal era put something together this quickly and just flipped it on a dime, maybe Michigan State in 2021 when they went 11 and two.

But I mean, it's, it, it is so impressive what they've done.

They're not just winning, they're dominating, they have yet to trail this season and it's Indiana, you know, I need to do it there.

Fantastic.

Yeah, I can't remember, um, you know, when Brian Kelly took over LSU and when Lincoln Riley took over us c you know, they lost.

So there was a lot of transition, they brought in a lot of transfer players and they, they each made it to their respective conference championship game those two.

And yeah, the Michigan State example are, are the only three that probably compares, um, and probably pales in comparison because I think he's done it.

It ended out in Indiana, uh better than anybody.

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