Cignetti

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Brave Volunteer said:
Indiana is going to demolish Miami. Miami doesnt have the discipline and I still think Mario Cristobal is kind of a buffoon coach who cant manage clock.
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I think Miami plays the Hoosier's much closer than Oregon did.

But...the 'Canes have critical defensive injuries and a defensive back starter out for the first half on a targeting call.

Indiana is a machine.
 
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S.C. OrangeMan said:
I think Miami plays the Hoosier's much closer than Oregon did.

But...the 'Canes have critical defensive injuries and a defensive back starter out for the first half on a targeting call.

Indiana is a machine.
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This Indiana team reminds me a lot of those 90's Tom Osbourne coached Nebraska teams. Just tough as nails, hard-hitting, and extremely disciplined.
 
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unfrozencvmanvol said:
I like Heupel and all but we need to make Cignetti the most obscene coaching contract offer known to man.

5 years, 200 mil;
His own Memphis Riverboat;
A mountain top mansion in the Smokeys;
Induction into the Grand Ole Opry;
A monthly orgy with the Titan's cheerleaders;
Motorboating with Dolly Parton and
Prima Nocta throughout the State.
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Should it be motorboating Dolly Parton instead of with? Or both?
Motorboating Dolly Parton while in a motorboat!! Yes, that’s it!!
 
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I'd take Cristobal too. What Cignetti has done at Indiana is in two years is incredible. What he did at ECU before that was pretty amazing. The guy is a winner. He builds disciplined football teams of 3 star players who are willing to play out of their minds for him. I like Heup but he is no where near the caliber of Cig or Cristobal.
 
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How can he be a hidden gem all these years and suddenly be so dominate ? Saban did it but he had to be loaded with five stars and they say Indiana doesn't have any.
 
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Wait til his players from James Madison are gone and he has to teach new players from high school and portal.We had Bill Battle who had two good years then went downhill until he was fired and Johnny Majors came and had to rebuild from scratch.
 
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unfrozencvmanvol said:
I like Heupel and all but we need to make Cignetti the most obscene coaching contract offer known to man.

5 years, 200 mil;
His own Memphis Riverboat;
A mountain top mansion in the Smokeys;
Induction into the Grand Ole Opry;
A monthly orgy with the Titan's cheerleaders;
Motorboating with Dolly Parton and
Prima Nocta throughout the State.
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This is the best coaching contract I have ever heard of. You sold me somewhere between the Titan's and motorboating Dolly. I should get into coaching, and you should be my agent.
 
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sami said:
Do you seriously believe that 4- and 5-stars won't be flocking to that place if they win the natty, especially given the fact that they have a sugar daddy in Cuban financing the NIL?

Hell, the season isn't over yet and he already has the top transfer QB signed and ready to step in for Mendoza next year.

This Indiana team has 2019 LSU vibes, except they have the real deal as a coach instead of a clown, so it's unlikely they collapse like LSU did after Burrow & Co. left. It's highly unlikely that IU ever has a season like this one again, but as long as this guy hangs around they aren't going anywhere.
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Yes, in the short term, the way he has taken the college football world by storm is reminiscent of when the wishbone was first revealed. Teams were virtually powerless to stop Texas' initial use of that system until Notre Dame developed their "mirror" defense. Other teams will adopt elements of Cignetti's roster-building strategy, and the night-and-day advantage that he currently enjoys will shrink somewhat. Then, it will boil down to the old fundamentals of great coaching, fundamental execution, and who can financially leverage the transfer portal to greatest advantage.
 
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Brave Volunteer said:
This Indiana team reminds me a lot of those 90's Tom Osbourne coached Nebraska teams. Just tough as nails, hard-hitting, and extremely disciplined.
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Except that this Indiana team is far more balanced offensively. Osborne's most elite Nebraska teams just physically mauled opponents, like a grizzly tearing a carcass apart. Cignetti's heavy use of the transfer portal does, however, approximate the tendency for Osborne to have almost exclusively senior-laden offensive lines.
 
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unfrozencvmanvol said:
I like Heupel and all but we need to make Cignetti the most obscene coaching contract offer known to man.

5 years, 200 mil;
His own Memphis Riverboat;
A mountain top mansion in the Smokeys;
Induction into the Grand Ole Opry;
A monthly orgy with the Titan's cheerleaders;
Motorboating with Dolly Parton and
Prima Nocta throughout the State.
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I wonder how many know what prima nocta means? LOL Belly and all!
 
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Volosaurus rex said:
Yes, in the short term, the way he has taken the college football world by storm is reminiscent of when the wishbone was first revealed. Teams were virtually powerless to stop Texas' initial use of that system until Notre Dame developed their "mirror" defense. Other teams will adopt elements of Cignetti's roster-building strategy, and the night-and-day advantage that he currently enjoys will shrink somewhat. Then, it will boil down to the old fundamentals of great coaching, fundamental execution, and who can financially leverage the transfer portal to greatest advantage.
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I don't disagree at all, but Indiana won't fall off a cliff as long as Cignetti is there. I'm not saying this because of the hype, but from watching how sound and disciplined they are in all three phases - it isn't about how many 5-stars, but how you coach up the talent and fit it to scheme.

There will be a return to earth for sure, but it's hard to imagine this guy not having a well-coached, very competitive team from year to year.
 
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Get ready for a lot of this. We are going to 9 sec games and we are going to beat the hell out of each other and watch the Indianas and miamis of the world dominate with their cupcake schedules.
 
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lastlapuncle said:
Wait til his players from James Madison are gone and he has to teach new players from high school and portal.We had Bill Battle who had two good years then went downhill until he was fired and Johnny Majors came and had to rebuild from scratch.
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Kind of like "Wait til they play a real team", then "wait til they play an SEC team" then "wait til they have to play Oregon again"....
 
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Flipdaddy said:
Get ready for a lot of this. We are going to 9 sec games and we are going to beat the hell out of each other and watch the Indianas and miamis of the world dominate with their cupcake schedules.
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Rofl, again this makes no sense. If they dominate "cupcake" schedules then play a "real" team, then Alabama should have whipped them. Yet I seem to recall them kicking Alabama's ass.....

And Miami beat 2 SEC teams, one at their place.

You all need to stop huffing the copium.
 
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SNAFU said:
Phenomenal might be an understatement. Bloomington freakin IN. How do you get quality players to go there? Can’t be just money. History of IU football can be summed up in 2 sentences. Big 10 champs in ‘45, ‘67 and now 2025. 15 bowl games and the playoffs the past 2 seasons. Immediately before Cignetti, IU was 2–10 overall (0–9 Big Ten) in ‘21, 3–9 overall (1–8 Big Ten) in ‘23 before hiring Cignetti. His 1st season at IU began with the first 10-0 start in program history. Love him or hate him, show me a better turn around than this one. Freakin’ IU!
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To put it in terms that some in here can understand, Indiana is the Vanderbilt of B1G football. Big difference is that Indiana already has the massive alumni support as the state's flagship university.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
Rofl, again this makes no sense. If they dominate "cupcake" schedules then play a "real" team, then Alabama should have whipped them. Yet I seem to recall them kicking Alabama's ass.....

And Miami beat 2 SEC teams, one at their place.

You all need to stop huffing the copium.
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You can’t tell me playing multiple sec teams doesn’t put way more wear on us than playing the majority of scrimmage games like these other conferences play. Go look at Indiana’s schedule and tell me it’s not a joke. You can really get tight and rhythmic playing cupcakes every week and then perform really well against better opponents. I’m not saying Indiana doesn’t have great players but they’re less likely banged up at the end of the season.
 
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Flipdaddy said:
You can’t tell me playing multiple sec teams doesn’t put way more wear on us than playing the majority of scrimmage games like these other conferences play. Go look at Indiana’s schedule and tell me it’s not a joke. You can really get tight and rhythmic playing cupcakes every week and then perform really well against better opponents. I’m not saying Indiana doesn’t have great players but they’re less likely banged up at the end of the season.
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Lol, I can tell you that you people are excuse machines and do enough mental gymnastics to give flat earthers a run for their money.

No matter what, you're going to have an excuse. If Alabama had beaten Indiana, you'd say it proves Indiana was a joke and that they played nobody. But now the narrative is changed to "They dominate the playoffs because they didn't play anybody". All season the goalposts keep being moved. In no way does it make sense that a team that played nobody would perform really well against better opponents. That's just stupid, and you know it. Texas Tech should have blown out Oregon by your logic...but didn't. They looked like ass.

Maybe you should stop drinking the SEC Kool-Aid. I'd point to the postseason results but you appraently have all the excuses ready for that.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
Lol, I can tell you that you people are excuse machines and do enough mental gymnastics to give flat earthers a run for their money.

No matter what, you're going to have an excuse. If Alabama had beaten Indiana, you'd say it proves Indiana was a joke and that they played nobody. But now the narrative is changed to "They dominate the playoffs because they didn't play anybody". All season the goalposts keep being moved. In no way does it make sense that a team that played nobody would perform really well against better opponents. That's just stupid, and you know it. Texas Tech should have blown out Oregon by your logic...but didn't. They looked like ass.

Maybe you should stop drinking the SEC Kool-Aid. I'd point to the postseason results but you appraently have all the excuses ready for that.
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Ok so you’re telling me that indiana and the others would have run the table with an SEC schedule? You’re absolutely delusional.
 
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Flipdaddy said:
Ok so you’re telling me that indiana and the others would have run the table with an SEC schedule? You’re absolutely delusional.
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Who said anything about running the table? You're just making crap up now.

This is about your idiotic statement saying playing a weak schedule helps them beat the hell of better teams in the playoffs. You have a lot of balls telling me I'm delusional when that genius logic just came out of your mouth.

This is about winning in the playoffs head to head; you're bending over backwards to try to make excuses why Alabama got their ass kicked and why TAMU and Ole Miss both couldn't beat such a weak team like Miami. It couldn't possibly be that Indiana is just... *GASP* good? That TAMU might thave been incredibly overrated? That just maybe....the SEC wasn't as good as you're acting like. The SEC won 4 postseason games, 2 of them over another SEC team.

You've about to OD on the copium.
 
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