College Football Thread

[Demo]

8 minutes ago, LIHoosier said:

I think he does TV for a year and tries to get back in the $EC with a decent team (not Arkansas). 

I imagine that path would work for him. But I doubt seriously that any SEC AD is gonna be down with losing the presser that badly and have to explain to his money people that he’s hiring the guy who got unceremoniously dumped at Penn St. Hova mentioned VA Tech and that strikes as an almost perfect kind of next job. Power conference gig with what is probably now a really desperate fanbase. 

[Demo]

32 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

I am shocked they pulled the trigger. They just needed to wait 3 months to save 8 million dollars 

I imagine that thing got negotiated down notably because I’m guessing at this point Franklin wanted out of this situation as badly as they wanted him out. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

9 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

Who is interim coach?

Per CBS Sports:   Associate head coach and cornerbacks coach Terry Smith will serve as interim for the remainder of the 2025 season. 

[Kentuckysucks]

11 minutes ago, Lebowski said:

I can't believe they canned him.  PSU's AD is an IUFB alumni. Honestly, I'm shocked.  

Dude was in the CFP last year. They hosted a game ta boot.  

What kind of negative trickle down will hit the program? They're gonna lose current roster and recruits committed. I'm not sure they thought this through.  

They're gonna throw a massive bag at Cig with huge NIL guarantees.

[rayl456]

2 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

They're gonna throw a massive bag at Cig with huge NIL guarantees.

He’s not going anywhere…jmho.

[Lebowski]

20 hours ago, Kentuckysucks said:

They're gonna throw a massive bag at Cig with huge NIL guarantees.

Unfortunately, I think that's just gonna be the case every year.  Last year we compensated his success by restructuring his contract. I'd assume we'll do the same this year. At some point we won't be able to match and it will ultimately be Coach Cig's own personal decision to go elsewhere. Let's hope he absolutely loves the 812 and truly feels at home. 

[Hovadipo]

Don’t discount how being a giant a-hole behind closed doors can contribute to getting you sent packing earlier than many would think. 

[Brass Cannon]

25 minutes ago, Lebowski said:

I can't believe they canned him.  PSU's AD is an IUFB alumni. Honestly, I'm shocked.  

Dude was in the CFP last year. They hosted a game ta boot.  

What kind of negative trickle down will hit the program? They're gonna lose current roster and recruits committed. I'm not sure they thought this through.  

Modern college athletics is you hire a new coach and have them bring their players.  Look at what Cig did 

[Brass Cannon]

7 minutes ago, Lebowski said:

Unfortunately, I think that's just gonna be case every year.  Last year we compensated his success by restructuring his contract. I'd assume we'll do the same this year. At some point we won't be able to match and it will ultimately be Coach Cig's own personal decision to go elsewhere. Let's hope he absolutely loves the 812 and truly feels at home. 

Nobody outside the Big Ten is going to be able to outspend us thanks to that PE deal.  

[Pagoda]

21 minutes ago, Lebowski said:

Unfortunately, I think that's just gonna be case every year.  Last year we compensated his success by restructuring his contract. I'd assume we'll do the same this year. At some point we won't be able to match and it will ultimately be Coach Cig's own personal decision to go elsewhere. Let's hope he absolutely loves the 812 and truly feels at home. 

Interestingly, IU turned out to be a platform where he can make the CFP and beat teams like Oregon on the road.  We may not have the most NIL, but our NIL is going up.  And he probably has the ideal alignment and relationship with the President, AD, and other key folks, which does matter quite a bit and is part of the reason why this whole thing is working so well.

When the fit is great and things are going very well, and hopefully it continues to, it doesn’t make a ton of sense to leave it and restart.  

[Hoosierfan2017]

7 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

Interestingly, IU turned out to be a platform where he can make the CFP and beat teams like Oregon on the road.  We may not have the most NIL, but our NIL is going up.  And he probably has the ideal alignment and relationship with the President, AD, and other key folks, which does matter quite a bit and is part of the reason why this whole thing is working so well.

When the fit is great and things are going very well, and hopefully they continue to, it doesn’t make a ton of sense to leave it and restart.  

Especially when you turn 65 years old this summer. My extremely crimson tinted glasses say why leave for “greener” pastures when you legitimately have a national title contender at Indiana. Maybe he wants the prestige, and this might sound crazy, but I don’t think his ceiling at Penn State would be higher than his ceiling at Indiana is (because I no longer believe he has a ceiling at Indiana). 

[AKHoosier]

1 minute ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Especially when you turn 65 years old this summer. My extremely crimson tinted glasses say why leave for “greener” pastures when you legitimately have a national title contender at Indiana. Maybe he wants the prestige, and this might sound crazy, but I don’t think his ceiling at Penn State would be higher than his ceiling at Indiana is (because I no longer believe he has a ceiling at Indiana). 

And also, why leave for program with a starved fanbase that will immediately expect you to win 10 games per year. 

[TTT]

Regarding IU football, has it crossed anyone’s mind that the world may be coming to an end?

Regarding IU coach….at a certain point grass is not always greener elsewhere….it’s a risk and what kind of reward do you get….especially when you fixed it at IU and it is never going to break until you are finished with a pretty healthy legacy to be left behind in its own right.  Why jump into a pressure cooker when life is happy land and it’s not like you are living in poverty monetarily and non monetarily.

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

PSU decommitment announcements are already hitting the internet.

[Brass Cannon]

Just now, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

PSU decommitment announcements are already hitting the internet.

Wow for IU couldn’t have come on a better day 

[southsidehoosier]

We always talk about in basketball big names not leaving for the blue bloods  (UK hiring Pope) I think that’s the case for Cignetti. He’ll have a statue, streets named after him and parade if he retired today. He could ride an 8 win floor at IU and never worry about job security 

[Banksyrules]

2 minutes ago, southsidehoosier said:

We always talk about in basketball big names not leaving for the blue bloods  (UK hiring Pope) I think that’s the case for Cignetti. He’ll have a statue, streets named after him and parade if he retired today. He could ride an 8 win floor at IU and never worry about job security 

He thinks differently though. He wants to win it all. After that he wants to win another. He’s that guy. Never settle, always plan and play hard and be content with results. One in a million type person. That being said, he’s staying. 

[southsidehoosier]

1 minute ago, Banksyrules said:

He thinks differently though. He wants to win it all. After that he wants to win another. He’s that guy. Never settle, always plan and play hard and be content with results. One in a million type person. That being said, he’s staying. 

100% agree he thinks differently which is why I don’t feel money will motivate him to leave

[Dhop]

23 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

PSU decommitment announcements are already hitting the internet.

That’s a real shame….NOT

[AZ Hoosier]

30 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

PSU decommitment announcements are already hitting the internet.

Seen this already:

4 top recruits (4 and 5 star) have recommitted already…

Decommitted October 12 (today):
Kemon Spell: A five-star running back and the top player in Pennsylvania for the 2027 class.
Layton Von Brandt: A five-star offensive tackle from Delaware.
Gabe Jenkins: A four-star linebacker. 

Decommitted October 11 (yesterday):
Khalil Taylor: A four-star wide receiver from Pine-Richland in Pennsylvania.