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

[WayneFleekHoosier]

1 hour ago, Chris007 said:

He better make a bowl in all of his first three years or we'll run him out of town like Woodson missing the tournament in his 3rd season

We are paying Woodson to field a top 15 team or at least a top 30 team. Definitely not a top 105 team.  Woody has some stuff to figure out. The great coaches do it virtually every year.  We want one of those.  I’m definitely willing to give Woody the 4th year if he wants it, but it can’t be this bad again. 

[Lebowski]

I'm enjoying the updates of the off season progress.

 

 

 

[Lebowski]

My man.

 

 

[Demo]

https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2024/02/12/indiana-football-curt-cignetti-invests-in-added-staff-for-recruiting-iu-hoosiers-matt-wilson/72570947007/
 

Summary of the new scouting staff. Not behind paywall.

[Lebowski]

 

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/39710229/new-indiana-coach-curt-cignetti-expects-big-things-bloomington

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Extremely impressive individual.  Hopefully, we'll see it in the product he puts on the field.

[Hovadipo]

3 hours ago, Lebowski said:

 

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/39710229/new-indiana-coach-curt-cignetti-expects-big-things-bloomington

ESPN: Important question for any Indiana coach ... have you met John Mellencamp yet?

Cignetti: I did, actually. We had an event with about 34 donors, with $100,000 get in for NIL. He came and played three or four songs. It was awesome. Mark Cuban was there. So was his business partner, Todd Wagner. It was a great affair.

 

$3.4 million NIL meet and greet... WHEW

[mamasa]

35 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

ESPN: Important question for any Indiana coach ... have you met John Mellencamp yet?

Cignetti: I did, actually. We had an event with about 34 donors, with $100,000 get in for NIL. He came and played three or four songs. It was awesome. Mark Cuban was there. So was his business partner, Todd Wagner. It was a great affair.

 

$3.4 million NIL meet and greet... WHEW

As much as I wanted to go to that event, I was busy that night lol.  I'll give my NIL this way....

 

[Hovadipo]

16 minutes ago, mamasa said:

As much as I wanted to go to that event, I was busy that night lol.  I'll give my NIL this way....

 

I'm sure they were happy to accept your entry fee even though you couldn't make it.

[mamasa]

2 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

I'm sure they were happy to accept your entry fee even though you couldn't make it.

About that, can I borrow $100k?

[Hovadipo]

Just now, mamasa said:

About that, can I borrow $100k?

I'm not super liquid right now, sorry!

 

 

All of my assets are tied up in an Indiana State final four play on FanDuel.

[Lebowski]

1 hour ago, Hovadipo said:

$3.4 million NIL meet and greet... WHEW

This is why I'm very bullish on IUFB. My unicorn dream to see before I get fed to the worms is to witness IU become a football school. 

 

ESPN: Simply put, no one has won big here in nearly a century. How did Scott Dolson and the administration tell you it was going to be different?

Cignetti: I think I sensed the commitment here that, obviously, college athletics has changed a lot. Football has changed a lot. Football's driving the bus across the country in terms of athletic revenue. And Scott has not been here that long as the AD, but he's been here 33 years and had a really good feel for Indiana. He came up as a ball boy under Bobby Knight. He and I really hit it off. I really got a sense from the president, Pamela Whitten, who had been at Georgia for five years and at Michigan State 15, that football was really important. Institutionally, the football budget and the commitment would be there. I knew there would be an NIL commitment, at least triple what it had been. As it turns out, it's been more than that. I felt like there was a commitment to get it done. And I felt extremely confident with a commitment that we would be successful. And I think in December, we made tremendous progress here. You can't really measure, it's not tangible or quantifiable because we haven't played a game. But we completely flipped the roster in December.

[monskisprodigy]

On 3/12/2024 at 1:07 PM, Lebowski said:

This is why I'm very bullish on IUFB. My unicorn dream to see before I get fed to the worms is to witness IU become a football school. 

 

ESPN: Simply put, no one has won big here in nearly a century. How did Scott Dolson and the administration tell you it was going to be different?

Cignetti: I think I sensed the commitment here that, obviously, college athletics has changed a lot. Football has changed a lot. Football's driving the bus across the country in terms of athletic revenue. And Scott has not been here that long as the AD, but he's been here 33 years and had a really good feel for Indiana. He came up as a ball boy under Bobby Knight. He and I really hit it off. I really got a sense from the president, Pamela Whitten, who had been at Georgia for five years and at Michigan State 15, that football was really important. Institutionally, the football budget and the commitment would be there. I knew there would be an NIL commitment, at least triple what it had been. As it turns out, it's been more than that. I felt like there was a commitment to get it done. And I felt extremely confident with a commitment that we would be successful. And I think in December, we made tremendous progress here. You can't really measure, it's not tangible or quantifiable because we haven't played a game. But we completely flipped the roster in December.

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. 

[Golfman25]

28 minutes ago, monskisprodigy said:

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. 

I agree.  He wins -- Google him.   

Get your bowling shoes ready.  

 

[CSP]

On 3/12/2024 at 3:21 PM, mamasa said:

As much as I wanted to go to that event, I was busy that night lol.  I'll give my NIL this way....

 

Starlight Distillery (Hubers)... has a Blackberry Whiskey that is too good... 

Blackberry whiskey

water

ice 

maybe a little sugar...

 ... and a couple of these.... 

put all that in a pitcher. Hard to beat! 

[mamasa]

1 minute ago, btownqb said:

Starlight Distillery (Hubers)... has a Blackberry Whiskey that is too good... 

Blackberry whiskey

water

ice 

maybe a little sugar...

 ... and a couple of these.... 

put all that in a pitcher. Hard to beat! 

Guess I know what I'm doing this weekend....

[CSP]

Just now, mamasa said:

Guess I know what I'm doing this weekend....

I guess idk how to embed pictures lol but yeah. good stuff

[Demo]

4 minutes ago, btownqb said:

Starlight Distillery (Hubers)... has a Blackberry Whiskey that is too good... 

Blackberry whiskey

water

ice 

maybe a little sugar...

 ... and a couple of these.... 

put all that in a pitcher. Hard to beat! 

That sounds spectacular 

[Lebowski]

3 hours ago, monskisprodigy said:

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. 

It is IUFB we're talking here but today, right now, I'm at the level of we're going to turn some heads this year and going to be the talk of the nation. Like, major talk. Keep in mind every year about this time I'm always thinking we're going to win at least 6 games, but this year feels different than others. Hearing the coach say words like "No self imposed limitations" or "Change the way people think" just oozes with confidence. It's what this program needs, a proven winner. I'm excited and can't wait for the season to start. But again, we're talking IUFB here so only time will tell.

[rcbowla]

On 3/12/2024 at 4:07 PM, Lebowski said:

This is why I'm very bullish on IUFB. My unicorn dream to see before I get fed to the worms is to witness IU become a football school. 

 

ESPN: Simply put, no one has won big here in nearly a century. How did Scott Dolson and the administration tell you it was going to be different?

Cignetti: I think I sensed the commitment here that, obviously, college athletics has changed a lot. Football has changed a lot. Football's driving the bus across the country in terms of athletic revenue. And Scott has not been here that long as the AD, but he's been here 33 years and had a really good feel for Indiana. He came up as a ball boy under Bobby Knight. He and I really hit it off. I really got a sense from the president, Pamela Whitten, who had been at Georgia for five years and at Michigan State 15, that football was really important. Institutionally, the football budget and the commitment would be there. I knew there would be an NIL commitment, at least triple what it had been. As it turns out, it's been more than that. I felt like there was a commitment to get it done. And I felt extremely confident with a commitment that we would be successful. And I think in December, we made tremendous progress here. You can't really measure, it's not tangible or quantifiable because we haven't played a game. But we completely flipped the roster in December.

When did this $3.4M event take place? Just curious if it was very recent and he will use that in spring portal time/'25 recruiting or if it was part of the winter overhaul? This question can go to anyone that may know. So pumped for spring ball and fall. Actually made a bet with a friend that IU would 8 games. Of course I was laughed at but I actually believe it's attainable.