Coach Curt Cignetti to INDIANA... Forever and Ever, Amen!

[IUrocker 2,531]

Signed a new extension to stay a Hoosier. Good through 2033…$11.6 million a year. 

Cig: “I couldn’t be more proud to be a Hoosier…I plan on retiring as a Hoosier..” 

[Stuhoo 93,163]

Bumped to reflect thread title change.

[southsidehoosier 5,408]

https://x.com/indianafootball/status/1978914872730484763?s=46

[jermhoosierfan 562]

19 minutes ago, IUrocker said:

Signed a new extension to stay a Hoosier. Good through 2033…$11.6 million a year. 

Cig: “I couldn’t be more proud to be a Hoosier…I plan on retiring as a Hoosier..” 

Coaches at the P4 level have to love job openings because this is his second raise in 11 months.  It looks like he has tripled his salary since he was hired on.  He doesn't hate that, and he has deserved it.

[TTT 1,566]

In the future whether some fans will be dead and those that are still alive Indiana should finally have a retired coach with an elite winning record making Indiana an elite football program.

[str8baller 8,280]

38 minutes ago, jermhoosierfan said:

Coaches at the P4 level have to love job openings because this is his second raise in 11 months.  It looks like he has tripled his salary since he was hired on.  He doesn't hate that, and he has deserved it.

If he didn’t far exceed expectations last year and then go on the road and get our first top 5 win ever, he wouldn’t have gotten the raise. Two way street working in his favor. Saban once extracted a raise when boosters were griping over a regular season loss—just on principle. Life in the big leagues…

[Class of '66 Old Fart 95,733]

On 10/14/2025 at 8:13 AM, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Way too much hand wringing going on.  

 

Please, your standing ovation is embarrassing.   :-D

[southsidehoosier 5,408]

 

[Uspshoosier 55,333]

[Artie86 3,589]

.....just wondering about this,..... Does Coach Cignetti go out each year and pick up a new stud qb, with intentions to be the starter the next year? Somehow, I don't get the feeling he is going to settle on Alberto potentially competing to be next year's starting qb. I think he gives him chance, but best believe there's a qb with plans on going to the portal with IU in his sights.

His approach has been paying off so far....

[Stuhoo 93,163]

15 minutes ago, Artie86 said:

.....just wondering about this,..... Does Coach Cignetti go out each year and pick up a new stud qb, with intentions to be the starter the next year? Somehow, I don't get the feeling he is going to settle on Alberto potentially competing to be next year's starting qb. I think he gives him chance, but best believe there's a qb with plans on going to the portal with IU in his sights.

His approach has been paying off so far....

If Alberto has the arm talent I'd imagine he's our guy, though I've yet to see the necessary arm talent in his brief appearances so far. But the coaches see him every day and are well aware if he can hit the whole route tree. 

If Alberto can't be the guy then we should have our pick of the litter. But if he can? That's a major cost savings that can be spent in other places. And we're likely to need multiple portal offensive linemen for next year.

[Magnanimous 5,558]

2 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

If Alberto has the arm talent I'd imagine he's our guy, though I've yet to see the necessary arm talent in his brief appearances so far. But the coaches see him every day and are well aware if he can hit the whole route tree. 

If Alberto can't be the guy then we should have our pick of the litter. But if he can? That's a major cost savings that can be spent in other places. And we're likely to need multiple portal offensive linemen for next year.

There is no reason why Arch Manning shouldn’t transfer here.

[Hovadipo 63,520]

5 minutes ago, Magnanimous said:

There is no reason why Arch Manning shouldn’t transfer here.

I can think of like 14 and all of them have to do with how bad he is.

[Magnanimous 5,558]

6 hours ago, Hovadipo said:

I can think of like 14 and all of them have to do with how bad he is.

I agree, but he’d learn a lot from Alberto! 

[CSP 12,373]

17 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

If Alberto has the arm talent I'd imagine he's our guy, though I've yet to see the necessary arm talent in his brief appearances so far. But the coaches see him every day and are well aware if he can hit the whole route tree. 

If Alberto can't be the guy then we should have our pick of the litter. But if he can? That's a major cost savings that can be spent in other places. And we're likely to need multiple portal offensive linemen for next year.

Kamara, Fisher, Ponds (maybe), Smith, Coogan, Sarratt, and Mendoza will be huge losses... they will be HUGE gains in regards to NIL, though. 

[Stuhoo 93,163]

Just now, CSP said:

Kamara, Fisher, Ponds (maybe), Smith, Coogan, Sarratt, and Mendoza will be huge losses... they will be HUGE gains in regards to NIL, though. 

We will only return Evans and Lynch to the O-line, and we won't return any of our three edge rushers (Kamara, Daley, and Wyatt). 

Will need a QB1, but all of the other position groups should have plenty of experienced returnees.

[CSP 12,373]

8 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

We will only return Evans and Lynch to the O-line, and we won't return any of our three edge rushers (Kamara, Daley, and Wyatt). 

Will need a QB1, but all of the other position groups should have plenty of experienced returnees.

For some reason I thought Wyatt had another year, but maybe not. He definitely does on NCAA26 lol 

[Hovadipo 63,520]

Just now, CSP said:

I believe Wyatt has another year. Could be wrong 

Played 6 this year and 10+ his other 3. Would require some sort of hardship waiver which I don’t think he’d get. 

[realTomCrean 2,893]

17 hours ago, Magnanimous said:

There is no reason why Arch Manning shouldn’t transfer here.

I'll take Little Al over Arch 7 days a week.

[realTomCrean 2,893]

2 hours ago, Hovadipo said:

Played 6 this year and 10+ his other 3. Would require some sort of hardship waiver which I don’t think he’d get. 

Illinois coach Beliema was pretty convinced before our game the NCAA was going to pass the 5 for 5 rule. I don't know how that affects Wyatt, or if the NCAA coaches committee got that passed. Any insight into that? @Lebowski