Miami loses national championship
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Indiana completes undefeated season and wins first national title, beating Miami 27-21 in CFP final
Fernando Mendoza bulldozed his way into the end zone and Indiana bullied its way into the history books Monday night.
The Miami Hurricanes did something no other team could do in this playoff, take the Indiana Hoosiers down to the wire, before falling in the title game.
Miami put together its best season in more than two decades to reach the national championship game for the first time in the College Football Playoff era, but the Hurricanes fell just short.
The Heisman Trophy winner said that it was the same play Indiana ran for a go-ahead TD against Oregon earlier in the season.