When the Indiana Hoosiers and Miami Hurricanes take the field and battle for the college football national championship on Monday, the most important investment made by either team will be standing on the sidelines.
Indiana University has never claimed a national title in football. Until this season, it hadn’t played in a major bowl game in decades. And while the University of Miami was a football powerhouse in the 1980s and ‘90s, it last won a championship in 2001.
Both schools have showered lavish pay packages on head coaches credited with turning their programs around. Indiana’s Curt Cignetti, who ...