Has Indiana football played in the Rose Bowl ahead of Thursday's New Year's Six bowl matchup vs. Oklahoma/Alabama? Here's what to know.

The Rose Bowl CFP quarterfinal between Indiana and Alabama averaged 23.9M viewers, the most in the expanded 12-team era.

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

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’s 38-3 victory over Alabama in the Rose Bowl Game set a ratings mark for the modern postseason. According to WJOX's Pat Smith, the matchup averaged 22.5 million viewers, making it the most-watched game of the 12-team College Football Playoff era.

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.

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.

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.

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When Cignetti took his seat in front of a Rose Bowl and College Football Playoff-labeled backdrop for a press conference Wednesday, alongside the University of Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer, he spoke with a sense of urgency.