For most of its existence, Indiana football had been defined by losing. The Indiana football team was quite literally the losingest major program in college football history entering the 2025 season. Briana Kania, a sophomore at IU, admitted she’s never really known Indiana football any other way. “I’ve never seen Indiana football be bad since I’ve been here,” she said. Indiana football was winning games, sure, but it was also changing the outlook of the entire city of Bloomington.