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History in sight, IU football keeps its eye on the Old Oaken Bucket at Purdue

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.