Alabama football knows what it means to play in the Rose Bowl. Yes, Alabama has ample West Coast ties on its coaching staff. Yes, the Crimson Tide has 15 California players on its roster including Zabien Brown, Dijon Lee, Domani Jackson and Kaleb Edwards.

Indiana fans flooded the Rose Bowl, and the Hoosiers punished blue-blood Alabama. But the best could still be ahead.

Indiana dominated Alabama 38-3 in the Rose Bowl, the most lopsided postseason defeat in Crimson Tide history after backup Austin Mack replaced Ty Simpson.

No. 1 Indiana's 38-3 win over No. 9 Alabama in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl attracted a large television audience.

Top-ranked Indiana advances to the semifinals of the College Football Playoff with a 38-3 win over No. 9 Alabama in front of more than 90,000 fans at the Rose Bowl.

About 300 members of the IU Marching Hundred continue its historic season at the Rose Bowl. Their jam-packedschedule in Pasadena includes marching in theTournament of Roses paradeand the halftime show.

While Indiana hasn’t fallen this season, history isn’t on its side in the second year of the 12-team CFP. All four teams that received first-round byes last season lost in the quarterfinals: Oregon, the University of Georgia, Arizona State University and Boise State University.

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