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I think I know why Indiana with Cig is so successful….

Posted on 1/1/26 at 8:38 pm
Posted by PBD4BAMA
Sweet Home Alabama
Member since Dec 2014
6720 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 8:38 pm
Their team is made up of basically 3 stars, with very few 4 stars and no 5 stars that I know of. These kids are hungry and have to prove their worth to earn some playing time, scholarship and cash!
Bama is made up of 4 and 5 stars that are entitled! Hell, most of them get paid just to sign their name on the scholarship alone, even before taking a snap. What do they have to prove, Where’s their hunger? If things don’t work out, they hit the portal and guess what? Get paid all over again!
I may be totally wrong but I think there’s something to this.
Posted by Night Vision
Member since Feb 2018
19764 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 8:46 pm to
They hit the portal hard.

Posted by UltimaParadox
North Carolina
Member since Nov 2008
52075 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 8:49 pm to
Mark Cuban money?
Posted by UhOhOreo
Los Angeles
Member since Jul 2014
3428 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 8:50 pm to
Their roster is super seniors. It doesn’t matter what star recruit you were if you’re a fifth year senior with 26 games of starting snaps and a career of the weight room

Their center, who was MVP, was Notre Dame’s starting center for years
Posted by YStar
Member since Mar 2013
19975 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 8:51 pm to
They have a veteran older team. You guys obsession with star ratings is smh.

Portal players are developed and proven talent and that is the new way of this new college football world.

We need to get some DL, OL and LBs in the portal. Seasoned veterans and older guys.
Posted by TomRollTideRitter
Member since Aug 2016
13219 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 8:53 pm to
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It doesn’t matter what star recruit you were if you’re a fifth year senior with 26 games of starting snaps and a career of the weight room


Yes, it does. There have been successful teams through experience, but no team has won a national title game with less than 50% blue chips (4 or 5 star). Indiana has a pretty good chance to do it with less than 10% blue chips.

What Cignetti has done with this group is unprecedented.
Posted by PBD4BAMA
Sweet Home Alabama
Member since Dec 2014
6720 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 8:54 pm to
Maybe we should increase our ratio to 50/50
Posted by bamatide07
Member since Jan 2019
5839 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 8:55 pm to
If Indiana ends up facing Georgia for the NC I would take UGA based on pure skill set. But Indiana is the real deal and could easily win it all.
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