Indiana 56, Oregon 22: Hoosiers Will Play For Their First National Championship
The No. 1 Hoosiers dominated from the opening play to rout the No. 5 Ducks, 56–22, in the Peach Bowl and advance to the College Football Playoff title game against Miami.
Pat Forde
Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza celebrates during the first half of the Peach Bowl against Oregon. / Kevin D. Liles/Sports Illustrated
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Pat Forde
Pat Forde is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated who covers college football and college basketball as well as the Olympics and horse racing. He cohosts the Others Receiving Votes podcast for SI and is a regular contributor to the Tony Kornheiser Show podcast. He previously worked for Yahoo Sports, ESPN and The (Louisville) Courier-Journal. Forde has won 28 Associated Press Sports Editors writing contest awards, has been published three times in the Best American Sports Writing book series, and was nominated for the 1990 Pulitzer Prize. A past president of the U.S. Basketball Writers Association and member of the Football Writers Association of America, he lives in Louisville with his wife. They have three children, all of whom were collegiate swimmers.
