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Is this like Kentucky or Duke winning a football national title?

Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:42 pm
Posted by Go Go Gata
Member since Oct 2016
4612 posts
Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:42 pm
...or more impressive?

A great hoops program that had been trash forever winning a NC in FB.
This post was edited on 1/19/26 at 10:45 pm
Posted by DeathByTossDive225
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2019
7420 posts
Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:43 pm to
I think IU’s football history is actually worse than Duke’s
Posted by VFL67
Member since Feb 2025
1123 posts
Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:43 pm to
More impressive. Pretty sure they were statistically the worse program ever
Posted by UltimaParadox
North Carolina
Member since Nov 2008
52046 posts
Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:43 pm to
Feels equivalent.. But with nil and Indiana large alumni base. They shouldn't have been as bad as they were.

That being said history is history.

I think cfb is changed for good
Posted by 1983
Member since Jan 2026
13 posts
Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:44 pm to
Those would be equivalent and are not out of the question! Indiana charges the narrative for ever team!
Posted by CarolinaGamecock99
Member since Apr 2015
24688 posts
Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:45 pm to
Indiana had 3 bowl wins coming into this year. What they did is unprecedented
Posted by Go Go Gata
Member since Oct 2016
4612 posts
Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:46 pm to
Damn only 3 bowl wins?!?
Posted by SingleMalt1973
Member since Feb 2022
23016 posts
Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:46 pm to
We will never know
Posted by BluegrassBelle
RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019
Member since Nov 2010
106545 posts
Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:48 pm to
quote:

Indiana had 3 bowl wins coming into this year. What they did is unprecedented


For sake of comparison, Kentucky has 12 bowl wins (out of 23 bowl appearances).

Indiana didn’t have a 10 win season until 2024 under Cignetti and this season.
Posted by vidtiger23
Member since Feb 2012
8418 posts
Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:50 pm to
quote:

I think IU’s football history is actually worse than Duke’s

It most certainly is. Pretty wild
Posted by Lynxrufus2012
Central Kentucky
Member since Mar 2020
18744 posts
Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:53 pm to
UK 32-25-1 vs IU in football all time.

IU hasn’t been great in basketball for a minute.

They are now a football school.
Posted by Hawgnsincebirth55
Gods country
Member since Sep 2016
18288 posts
Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:56 pm to
Worse than those but about the same as if Kansas went 16-0.
Posted by Violent Hip Swivel
Member since Aug 2023
8666 posts
Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:56 pm to
Before Cignetti, I always thought of Rutgers and Indiana as the two shittiest programs ever. Frigging Rutgers man.
Posted by Gatorbait2008
Member since Aug 2015
27532 posts
Posted on 1/20/26 at 12:33 am to
They have been very, very bad. It is insane what he has done there. Like there better be a documentary done soon because there needs to be one. What he has done is crazy.
Posted by ColoradoAg
Colorado
Member since Sep 2011
26040 posts
Posted on 1/20/26 at 12:41 am to
Great coaching. So rare these days
Posted by Gideon Swashbuckler
Member since Sep 2019
9011 posts
Posted on 1/20/26 at 1:58 am to
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Great coaching


Cignetti found a loophole and exploited it. When these 6-7 year players are out of college football, and he has to develop his recruited talent and win with that, I might jump on the bandwagon. I don't even think he will sustain much success into next year. He caught lightning in a bottle and almost let it slip away tonight. Beck throws that last pass 12-15 yards farther and IU is just another "almost champion". His team this year is literally older than the Green Bay Packers who were a playoff team in the NFL.
This post was edited on 1/20/26 at 1:59 am
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
136918 posts
Posted on 1/20/26 at 5:01 am to
Is it more impressive though in the purchasing wins era?
Posted by UKWildcats
Lexington, KY
Member since Mar 2015
19009 posts
Posted on 1/20/26 at 5:41 am to
We beat Indiana to the punch. Sorry OP

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