{"id":739506,"date":"2026-02-09T05:16:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T05:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/739506\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T05:16:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T05:16:15","slug":"college-football-perfection-philadelphia-sports-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/739506\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Perfection. – Philadelphia Sports Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

College<\/a>\u2022More PHL<\/a>\u2022News<\/a>\u2022Unique Columns<\/a><\/p>\n

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That\u2019s right\u200a\u2014\u200athe last week of college football was quite eventful.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Two weeks after the FCS College Football Championship Game\u200a\u2014\u200aEmmaus, PA is still feeling estatic about the end of the season<\/a> (and we don\u2019t mean about the Eagles.)<\/p>\n

About two hours north of Philadelphia is the small town of Macungie\u200a\u2014\u200apopulation<\/a> of less than 4,000. And two weeks ago\u200a\u2014\u200aMacungie and specifically Emmaus High School\u200a\u2014\u200ahad something big to celebrate. Indiana University starting Defensive Lineman Mario Landino who played football<\/a> at Emmaus High School is now a College<\/a> Football National Champion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Indiana may have previously been known primarily for it\u2019s basketball program with legendary Coach Bobby Knight and the 1986 film Hoosiers starring Gene Hackman<\/a>. Not any more.<\/p>\n

And while 65 NCAA Football Teams have been undefeated since the AP started polling in 1936\u200a\u2014\u200aIndiana<\/a> is only one of two teams<\/a> to finish 16\u20130. The other\u200a\u2014\u200athe 1894 Yale Football<\/a> Team. Indiana ran through their 2025 D1 College Football season including a 13\u201310 win over Ohio State. In the 2025 CFP Playoff\u200a\u2014\u200athe Hoosiers beat the University of Oregon 56\u201322 in the Peach Bowl and a 27\u201321 win two weeks ago on Monday night<\/a> in the CFP Championship over the University of Miami<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 2024\u200a\u2014\u200aEmmaus High School won their first ever Eastern<\/a> Pennsylvania Conference League Title<\/a>. They then reached<\/a> the PIAA District XI 6A Championship Game<\/a>, but ultimately would lose the game to Parkland.<\/p>\n

Tags: College football playoff<\/a> College Football Playoffs<\/a> Indiana<\/a> National Championship<\/a> <\/p>\n

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