Yeah, totally agree with you - To win, Indiana will have to play a perfect game in the Horseshoe. I believe it was on the Indiana board that OSU was a 11 point favorite as of yesterday. I realize that many are pumped up for Indiana but I would take OSU and lay the points if I was betting today. The game, however, is still a few weeks out
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Ought too, but there are no givens, so wait a full recruiting cycle (3 to 4 years) and decide..The thing people don't account for is he put together a really nice team at JM recruiting against who for which players? Now he'll be recruiting for even better players but against even better teams going after the same guys. Kirk found after 2005 that some of those guys are great recruits but don't fit your culture. Also sometimes in going after the 4-5 star guys, if you don't land them, you end up with fall backs. He may do great and he may not. We'll see....
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You have a right to your opinion, but that's a rather strange one, especially the Miami part; the Hurricanes have basically been Iowa St this year. And I don't know how any SEC team (except maybe Georgia), much less 3, would have proven themselves objectively better than Oregon or Ohio St.
At 61 ,he's no spring chicken. Good for him. But this run reminds me of their 20 run with Penix. Then it all went down hill. They caught lightening in a bottle with a favorable schedule. But I would not want to play em this year for sure.
C'mon, man. You don't know this.
Two very recent examples - Look at '21 Michigan St. Look at '22 TCU. Both had miracle seasons under a first year coach, looking like they had a home run hire and would be a force to be reckon with for years.
I give kudos to Cignetti and the Hoosiers, but pump the brakes a bit.
Miami is way overrated. They have slopped out a few games vs average competition. They lose 3 plus games in SEC or Big.
He's hungry though, this is his first big money. He rebuilt first year, he reloads after that.
Guy is an amazing coach.
So sad we don't have him.
Indiana is going to be relevant as long as he is there. They better step up with 8 million a year or so, someone will poach him if not.
First year contract 4.4 million.
Every team tries to score as much as possible to look better for the committee (except Iowa until this year...)
He's beating BIG teams with JM recruits, he won't have to compete against the big boys for recruits if he can beat them JM type recruits, it's more what his system requires to be effective.
Exactly what Kirk did in his early years. Still I wouldn't take one year and make a assumption its always going to work out that way either. Like I said its one year. We'll see.....
Pretty easy team to root for, at least for me.
No historic success and I like Cinderella stories. They're my adopted team from here on out...which probably jinxes them.
If that happens - and they finish 11-1, it will be interesting to see what happens. The first 3 teams will be Oregon, OSU and PSU if PSU wins out (they should). That will be 4 teams from the B1G and what many aren't factoring in is Indiana's super soft-charmin schedule. Currently, OSU is the only ranked - top 25 team - on their entire schedule.
I'm thinking it's not that close.
Yeah, I've watched Michigan a few times this year and man, have they dropped like a rock after 2023. Kind of reminds me of their NC and 1997 and how they disappeared for a couple of decades after that. They are just not a very consistent program - year in and out - like Alabama, OSU, Georgia, Clemson and others
That's what happens when the guy that was cheating leaves the program.
Indiana is in a good spot.
Beat Ohio State, and they can lose in the BTCG and still be in the playoff.
Lose to Ohio State, and they don't play in the BTCG, and they're still in the playoff.
*Barring something crazy, like Michigan upsetting Indiana. LOL
You can bet that the Playoff committee will look hard at the weak Indiana schedule also. OSU is the only ranked team on their schedule which, of course, is not their fault.Oh yeah good point.
Maybe an 11-1 Indiana team does not get into the playoff.
Yeah let's see when he has to recruit new guys into Indiana and not just bringing his own laundry with him.
Memba Scott Frost??????????????
How much does Indiana football NIL budget have??????????????????????? Money will matter big time.
Kirk's first year he won one game, three the second year. Frost won 4 his first two years. Sanders won 3.
Cignetti going 9-0 his first year is historic. Especially at a school like Indiana. That tells me a winning season next year is VERY likely.
Indiana will find a way to lose to meatchicken, get boat raced by Ohio and finish with a win over Purdue. Not a bad season.
Lololol.. Show me where exactly I said he wouldn't have a winning season next year? Good luck hunting that up. The point being there are a few on here that act like he's going to start 9-0 every year and compete for the title. All I said was maybe wait a few years before he becomes the new King, huh.....
I do like how Cignetti was able to bring over the better talent with him from JMU ... and then he brought in other proven talent from lower-tier programs ... so that the guys would come in "hungry" and still play with a chip on their shoulders. Furthermore, they'd be wanting to come into the B1G in order to gain more exposure too ... which would allow them a bit more of a pay-off in terms of risk-reward.
