The day has finally arrived. The college football world has set its sights on Columbus, Ohio, for the most important matchup of the regular season in the Big Ten: Ohio State vs. Indiana.

It's a de facto elimination game. If Ohio State loses, it's out of the Big Ten title game two weeks from Saturday night, where it would rematch Oregon. The Buckeyes' College Football Playoff chances would take a hit, too. How severe is unknown.

For the Hoosiers and Coach Curt Cignetti, it's a chance to keep a dream season alive. A season that two months ago would have looked unfathomable.

An Indiana win puts it on the doorstep of an undefeated season, a guaranteed postseason berth, and a chance to win the conference title against Oregon in its own city and state in two weeks.

ESPN's Pat McAfee painted the remarkable scene. It can only be described in two words: absolute cinema.

McAfee went into a now-iconic speech; one which will likely be remembered for eternity if it holds true with an Indiana win.

"What an absolute honor," McAfee said Saturday morning. "Listen, this college football season has been nothing short of magical. If you were to write a script about a movie, about a football game that would have implications on the sport for the next 20-30 years, you couldn't script one better than what we have here in the great state of OH-IO today. You have one team [in Ohio State], constant juggernaut. You're talking about having everything. Every coach that's ever coached here has seemingly won big - Woody won, Tressel won, Urban won. Ryan Day has yet to win. And the expectations are always through the roof for this team and this roster."

McAfee then went into a bone-chilling Hoosier-led rationale.

"In comes a team from Bloomington, Indiana," McAfee said. "A team that has been awakened from the depths of hell of college football. An island of misfit toys. A group of people that were outcasts. Not desirable. Not looking forward to having a D1 football career. All the leaders on the team are from JMU. The quarterback [Kurtis Rourke], he's a former MAC Player of the Year. The MAC is cute in the middle of the week. Let's get to the big games in the weekend. Then it's led by a head coach who's a Pittsburgh football guy. It wasn't until the age of 50 where he got his first head coaching opportunity, and it was at D3 IUP. Then he would win. Google him. Then he would win. Google him. Then he'd go to JMU. Win. Then he'd come to Indiana with next to no money, no NIL, no facilities and turn them into a juggernaut inspired to take over this college football world and come into the Horseshoe, in November, and beat the Ohio State Buckeyes' ass."

Week 13 has many meaningful games, but Indiana-Ohio State transcends the schedule. We'll see what impact it leaves in the coming years.