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

[WayneFleekHoosier]

2 hours ago, Lebowski said:

 

This guy is a gem!  Can’t not love him.  
 

His answer about portal recruits being easier because you can Google them is a classic callback. Lol

[Hovadipo]

 

Boy, it doesn’t get much better than this. 

[Stuhoo]

This too:

 

[Pagoda]

Holy moly, IUFB/Cig as the focus for College Football '27 with Cig narrating the state of the whole sport for two minutes??!!  For me, this is the coolest post-title thing yet. 

And what a commercial for IUFB!  Absolutely nuts.  

All these big CFB programs want to win so, so badly and will do all they can to try to... all second fiddle to IUFB and Cig at the moment.  They got a few little clips here and there is his promo video, but the whole darn thing was about IU!

[Stuhoo]

From the 1:21 mark of the EA worldwide release video.

Get on it virtual Jamari!

[68Hoosier]

11 hours ago, Hovadipo said:

 

Boy, it doesn’t get much better than this. 

What a ride it has been!  

[jermhoosierfan]

2 hours ago, Pagoda said:

Holy moly, IUFB/Cig as the focus for College Football '27 with Cig narrating the state of the whole sport for two minutes??!!  For me, this is the coolest post-title thing yet. 

And what a commercial for IUFB!  Absolutely nuts.  

All these big CFB programs want to win so, so badly and will do all they can to try to... all second fiddle to IUFB and Cig at the moment.  They got a few little clips here and there is his promo video, but the whole darn thing was about IU!

I didn't think I would ever see a day that IU would be prominent on a College Football video game!  This might be the coolest part of winning the Natty yet.  

[Lebowski]

On 10/24/2023 at 11:21 AM, Lebowski said:

I'd be happy with Curt Cignetti or Craig Bohl. I couldn't find the buyout numbers but both of their salaries are numbers that can be persuasive enough to entice them to sit at the table, in my opinion. And I would think both of them would like the chance to coach Big Ten football. 

The Dude abides. 

[Stuhoo]

37 minutes ago, Lebowski said:

The Dude abides. 

Craig Bohl has not had a single coaching win the last two years.

C'mon man!

[Lebowski]

1 hour ago, Stuhoo said:

Craig Bohl has not had a single coaching win the last two years.

C'mon man!

A wiser fella than myself once said, "Sometimes you eat the bar and sometimes, the bar, well, he eats you."

[BannerVille]

14 hours ago, Hovadipo said:

 

Boy, it doesn’t get much better than this. 

This is so awesome and bias aside (maybe) a perfect choice.  How much of the last two seasons have felt like picking up a fresh copy of the game and starting a dynasty with IU?  Never in my wildest dreams would I have expected it to play out in real life.

[Crimson and Cream]

9 hours ago, BannerVille said:

This is so awesome and bias aside (maybe) a perfect choice.  How much of the last two seasons have felt like picking up a fresh copy of the game and starting a dynasty with IU?  Never in my wildest dreams would I have expected it to play out in real life.

No lie when CFB25 came out I immediately started a dynasty with IU with the intent of a 10 year rebuild and maybe winning a championship sometime past year 5. I ended up winning in year 2 and at the time it seemed so unrealistic to take IUFB to that level so quickly. I got bored and didn't really play the game much after that. 

Turns out it was spot on foreshadowing of what was about to happen in real life. Still so unreal we are college football champions. 

[Pagoda]

Tops on another list.  Nothing new at this point, but still worth enjoying every little positive piece we get.

 

[Pagoda]

FYI.  He noted he might be in an upcoming commercial (Aflac?).  He also said the high school recruiting market is red hot.

 

[Stuhoo]

57 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

FYI.  He noted he might be in an upcoming commercial (Aflac?).  He also said the high school recruiting market is red hot.

 

He does bunches of media hits, but that was a good one.

[Brass Cannon]

On 6/10/2026 at 6:47 PM, Pagoda said:

Tops on another list.  Nothing new at this point, but still worth enjoying every little positive piece we get.

 

That list is terrible other than getting #1 right 

[jermhoosierfan]

15 hours ago, Pagoda said:

FYI.  He noted he might be in an upcoming commercial (Aflac?).  He also said the high school recruiting market is red hot.

 

Toughness, Character, and Intelligence - The three things he will not waiver on and I don't think he will.

[jermhoosierfan]

14 hours ago, Brass Cannon said:

That list is terrible other than getting #1 right 

Riley has dropped a lot since he went to USC.  He just hasn't figured out the defensive side that well at all and it is exposed even more there.  

[American HoosierX]

14 hours ago, Brass Cannon said:

That list is terrible other than getting #1 right 

I think it’s decent. Curious what you disagree with.

[Hurryin' Hoosiers]

16 hours ago, Brass Cannon said:

That list is terrible other than getting #1 right 

What's so terrible about it?

Cignetti is hard to argue against given that he took over a bad team and won a championship.

Coaches that walked into a top program and have maintained are harder to judge because it is hard to say how much of their success is due to coaching and how much is due to almost always having a talent advantage. I don't follow other teams enough to say how good the list is overall.  It includes the coaches that are often seen in other lists of top coaches.