Indiana Coach Curt Cignetti Takes Jab At SEC Schedule

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"That was a scheduling philosophy that began before I was hired. But I did sign off on it upon being hired, before our first season," Cignetti shared during Big Ten Media Days.

"Look, here's the bottom line," he said. "We picked up an extra home game and we play nine conference games. The two best conferences in college football – any football guy that's objective will tell you – [are] the Big Ten and the SEC. 12 of the 16 SEC teams play three G5 or an FCS game. Twelve of those teams play 36 games – 29 G5 games and seven FCS games, and one less conference game."

"So we figured we'd just adopt [an] SEC scheduling philosophy. Some people don't like it. I'm more focused in on those nine conference games."

Cignetti also threw his support behind the B1G getting four automatic qualifiers in the College Football Playoff. Posing the question: "why shouldn't [we]?"

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