UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — With the sun going down in Happy Valley, Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti had a couple hundred fans waiting for him as he exited Beaver Stadium on Saturday.

The Hoosiers' taciturn head coach had a smile on his face for an extended walk back to the team bus on the heels of a 27-24 comeback win over Penn State, a comeback he described as the “most improbable” victory in his career.

There were hundreds of fans clad in crimson and cream lined up against a barricade cheering him on. He posed for a quick photo with one young fan, a decision that opened the floodgates for everyone in the queue. More: No. 2 IU football wrote its origin story for new era, sets up collision course with No. 1 Ohio State

It was hard to know which was the more unlikely sight — an I

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