Indiana football is flirting with history.
The first undefeated regular season in program history is one win from becoming reality. A trip to the Big Ten Championship Game is inevitable and a first-round bye in its second straight College Football Playoff could be just weeks away.
Curt Cignetti isn’t thinking about any of that — only his second go-around with rival Purdue, the same program he dismantled 66-0 in his first try. The Boilermakers are 2-9 and winless in conference play, but Friday night in West Lafayette is, in his eyes, the most important game of the season.