Indiana

[rrdd2021]

Wouldn't surprise me if they beat OSU as long as they don't turn the ball over.

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

 

[tdburg11]

Wouldn't surprise me if they beat OSU as long as they don't turn the ball over.

Indiana scores points. They will give OsU all it wants

 

[kceasthawk]

Yes, it is just one season.

But, he brought guys with him from James Madison, not Alabama. He seems to have a system that works rather well. And it ought to be much easier to attract recruits to a B10 school in the future.

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....

 

[CookyMonster]

It's one season. Let's touch base again in say 3 or 4 years. Let's see a whole bunch of consistency and having to recruit guys not from James Madison that he know for quite a while.

Yah all that top tier talent from James Madison, so unfair.

 

[MeetTheFerentzes]

I think Miami and probably 3 SEC teams are better than any B1G team this year.

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.

 

[MAXIMUSHAWKEYE]

I'll add that Cignetti is not a one year wonder. This is not an anamoly. This is what he does, these are JMU and other transfers that he's put this team together with. He reloads once his people are in place.
They are going to be a force, if Indiana is smart they will make him one of the highest paid coaches in the country.
This is his first big paycheck, he's 61. 4.4 million isn't going to cut it. He's going to be a hot commodity.

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.