WEST LAFAYETTE — Pat Coogan’s night ended with him belting out the Indiana footbal l fight song in the locker room at Ross-Ade Stadium.

It started with him giving a pregame speech to the offense that set the table for a 56-3 blowout win over Purdue that gave the No. 2 Hoosiers (12-0, 9-0 Big Ten) the program’s first undefeated regular season and clinched a spot in the Big Ten title game.

“He’s like look at us, a bunch of misfits, guys from FCS, G5, JMU coming up, bunch of transfers, bunch of rejects that got replaced at their old school coming to Indiana , now we have a chance to go 12-0,” Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza said.

Coogan considered himself one of those misfits.

He was a lifelong Notre Dame fan that realized his dream of playing in South Bend and helped the team

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