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Going to be watching.  Looking forward to check them out.  

I heard we’re favored. Anyone tailgating? Beautiful weather. 

Nice pick up. Pretty good offer list he had as well. 

Committed today. 

I tried to keep an open mind when I opened the article, but yeah, you're 100% right. 

Not really sure our starting point, but triple the NIL is surely a move in the right direction.
I am trying to not get the cart ahead of the horse too much, but I have a high level of hope that Cig is the real deal, and will have us competitive week in week out. Win the games you should, play well against the big dogs, steal one here and there and play in bowl games. 

11.1 100 as a SO in HS is very fast 
Sub 50 sec 400, as well 

AZ St had offered like an hour before he committed to us. 6'3 safety 

Toomer really isn't bad. neither is the corner Minor (not the LBer)
CTA didn't do a bad job in the portal, overall, truthfully. 

Chicago DB/WR Garrett Reese commits to Indiana on 2/16, other reported offers include Cincy, Cal, and an assortment of MAC'tion.
https://247sports.com/Player/garrett-reese-46139781/

 
 

Such a fantastic young man. Very much welcome him back to the team culture.

Big getting a veteran OL back

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Katic is returning!
 

I'm assuming it's this:
 

And T.A. is in a much better match for himself.  He did excellent for himself both, professionally and financially.
And the starving IU football fanbase create an illusion that James Madison is a division 1 football power with NFL like player prospects with a new IU football coach who accepts a $millions of reasons to lead IU football to the football promised land by accepting his best offer of the best thing going for him.
 I do wonder why he hasn’t been offered in power 5 before??…with all his winning success…Is IU decision makers all of a sudden football genius??

I was just going over IU’s transfer portal roster. It currently lists 9 players total who originally committed to Coach Cignetti and JMU. Though some on here are reluctant and apprehensive about most of these players because of their lack of  “stars” or even star power. 
I have a couple observations on all of this. 
- That many players and potentially more, believe and trust in Coach Cignetti enough to follow him where ever he goes. That says volumes….
- Coach Cignetti still wanting these specific players to come with him it IU and be a part of this rebuild also speaks volumes as to the type of players he knows and wants to go to battle for him.
I also liked one of many comments he has said about his process so far. I will paraphrase… “We had to re-recruit IU guys to get on the bus with us and we also had to tell some to get off the bus!”
It would be interesting to find out which IU players he told to “get off the bus!” 
 

I hope the kids coming over from JMU are up to the challenge of playing in a league like the Big Ten. No disrespect meant, but this ain't the Sun Belt.

Time will tell obviously. But normally guys like this don't lose much, that's why they are like this. Taking the IU job is a colossal risk and test for someone of this ilk. Not saying he's going to win championships, but I think we'll see something we haven't seen in a while if ever at IU. It makes for a much more engaged fanbase when you have a coach who's confidence (possibly arrogance) brings some attention to himself and the team. I just don't really see him hitting rock bottom like the coaches before inevitably sank to. Maybe I am just drinking the Cig Kool Aid, but he just seems different than any coach we've had in the past. He seems like the right type of guy for the current climate of CFB. 

Any coach's personality or schtick gets old if they are losing. 

I don't have a problem with it and he actually has me a bit excited about IU football, which is a rare thing. It's great now to hear him talk like that and I won't mind it if he wins. If he doesn't win here, it will quickly become old.

He told IU football fans what they wanted to hear and have been dying to hear for years.  No typical I'm honored to be here and we're going to work hard, blah, blah, blah.     He told us we're going bowling next season and if you didn't believe him, just Google him because he's a winner.
Sure, some people will find that very abrasive and be turned off.  That's just human nature.  I've been about as pathetic of an IU football fan as you'll find but I believe he can do what he says.  I Googled him --  he's a winner.

Thanks for the blood sweat and tears CTA. Appreciate those awesome two seasons. 

It will be very, very interesting to see how Cigs does with a full recruiting cycle. I for one am impressed by what he's pulled off in a few weeks. 

Cig is killing it in the portal, get me a few guys in the trenches that can be instant impact players and I’ll be thrilled 

And committed, also to the surprise of no one.