Dave Platt was at every NCAA Tournament game as Indiana basketball went undefeated. Now he's not missing Indiana football's CFP title

They were waiting to get their hands on a "Never Daunted" rally towel and poster ahead of the College Football Playoff national championship game on Monday between the Indiana Hoosiers and the Miami Hurricanes.

The free posters can be found at downtown locations like Alumni Hall, Homefield at Tracks, the Indiana Shop, Upstairs Pub, and the IMU.

Plans for parties are taking shape across central Indiana and the rest of the state to view the national championship game, but organizers report they're hot tickets.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The hype surrounding Indiana University's run to the national championship game is on full display in Bloomington, where fans rushed to the Upstairs Pub on Monday, Jan. 12 to grab newly released collector posters celebrating the Hoosiers' historic season.

The Sunday, Jan. 18, edition of the Indianapolis Star will include a 16-page special section ahead of the CFP National Championship game.

Here's how the recruit rankings for IU football's starters compare to Miami, and what they say about the CFP finals.

Vasquez joined IU Health in 2016 and has held several key leadership roles, including president of IU Health West Region since 2021, and chief operating and financial officer of IU Health West Hospital.

After IU basketball won the 1987 national championship, for example, the smallest fish (still weighing a few hundred pounds, according to previous reporting) went missing. That fish was replaced in 2009. Venus Bronze Works created a mold for the fish replacement and kept it in its inventory for IU. Just in case.