Spotify | YouTube The National Championship Game is set! Andy Staples, Ross Dellenger and Steven Godfrey look ahead to the final matchup of the season by reacting to both semifinal matchups. They first talk about Indiana's dominating performance over Oregon.

At the post-game press conference in the bowels of a stadium that has seen its share of champions since it was erected in October 2017, I reminded Indiana coach Curt Cignetti that oddsmakers handed the Hoosiers 100-to-1 odds to win the national title this season.

If you want to attend the College Football Playoff National Championship between Miami and Indiana, you'll have to be willing to spend top dollar. On Thursday night, Miami punched its ticket to the national title game by defeating Ole Miss in a 31-27 thriller.

Indiana's +473 point differential ranks first among schools in the playoff era (hat tip to my CBS Sports colleague Tom Fornelli ). The Hoosiers have bludgeoned opposing teams by an average of 31.5 points per contest. Their last three wins against blue bloods Ohio State and Alabama and new blood Oregon have come by a combined score of 107-35.

Unlike most years, we have unusual suspects gearing up for the natty this season. After decades of trials and tribulations, Curt Cignetti’s Indiana Hoosiers are set to face Mario Cristobal’s Miami Hurricanes on January 19 for the most expensive national championship game ever.

Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza is excited to make what he described as his "homecoming" by playing Miami for the College Football Playoff national championship on Jan. 19 at Hard Rock Stadium.