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re: Cignetti signs extension.
Posted on 10/16/25 at 3:57 pm to xtremecouture23
Posted on 10/16/25 at 3:57 pm to xtremecouture23
Good for him. A miracle worker!
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Posted on 10/16/25 at 4:01 pm to SOBMarcus
I don’t know why people are saying it’s a stupid move because he will not win a natty there. He might win one this year. Indiana is that good.
Posted on 10/16/25 at 4:04 pm to rich4pres
And even if he doesn't who cares.
9 win seasons don't come around often there and he'll be in the playoffs back to back years unless an FSU style collapse happens
This is the most relevant Indiana has been since the 1900s lol. Let them eat.
9 win seasons don't come around often there and he'll be in the playoffs back to back years unless an FSU style collapse happens
This is the most relevant Indiana has been since the 1900s lol. Let them eat.
This post was edited on 10/16/25 at 4:08 pm
Posted on 10/16/25 at 4:13 pm to DWag215
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Anyone explain why Indiana is investing to this degree in football? A good season and now willing to make their guy the second highest paid coach in the land? It’s very Aggie of them. Difference is our desperation to win is well established over decades of caring way too much.
Indiana has an enormous amount of money they can spend. Not a lot of people know it but they have Texas and Texas A&M level funds. They can do this without breaking a sweat.
Posted on 10/16/25 at 4:25 pm to Uga Alum
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Stupid move. He will never win a natty there.
He's got his team at #3 with a roster that has 7 guys on it that were 4*s in HS. Rivals says they have 5 4*s in the 2026 class, not hard to imagine they might flip a few more before signing day and Im sure their 2027 class will be good now that he has back to back years of proof of concept
They probably wont win it this year, but if he doesnt go senile they have a pretty good shot to get there by the 2030s when his contract ends
Get paid top money, low pressure from fans who will treat your family like royalty, and probably get the stadium named after you when you retire. Not a dumb move at all
Posted on 10/16/25 at 4:29 pm to travelgamer
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Who wouldn't want to make that money at his age, little or no expectations.
At what age would people not want to make that money?
Posted on 10/16/25 at 4:29 pm to GeauxBurrow312
I'd feel a lot better about this if he had more years at Indiana, especially ones with something other than great play at QB.
Posted on 10/16/25 at 4:29 pm to Go Go Gata
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Building his own legacy at 65. Hoosiers have $ and Mark Cuban is sports oriented and the face of their NIL The B1G conference is not deep, so he has an easier path to the playoffs. Leave for what.
Bingo. Anyone who fails to see that is a retard.
Posted on 10/16/25 at 4:29 pm to John Casey
Really? Show me a year recently where a storied program hasn’t won?
Posted on 10/16/25 at 4:31 pm to bstaceyau19
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I'd feel a lot better about this if he had more years at Indiana, especially ones with something other than great play at QB.
Every QB hes coached has been the player of the year for their respective conference, he also picked their QB last year and this year in the portal. I wouldnt bet against him having good QBs more often than not
The North Texas coach also fits that mold with QB development, thankfully the gators wont go with a high risk high reward coach next go around
Posted on 10/16/25 at 4:34 pm to xtremecouture23
The World is gone mad, economics tells you that the market worked, but paying people $10m a year to coach college football is insane.
Posted on 10/16/25 at 4:52 pm to bstaceyau19
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2 years at IU. Good QB in yr 1. Great QB in year 2.
Rest of his career at non D1 schools and JMU.
No track record at P5 school with average QB.
History says IU overpaid here.
How would you judge Kelly?
Posted on 10/16/25 at 4:55 pm to Uga Alum
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Really? Show me a year recently where a storied program hasn’t won?
The past means nothing.
We've only had 1 year of the 12 team playoff in the NIL era. There's not enough data to support any conclusions, yet, but Indiana will be in playoffs with chance at a natty in 2 of 2 years and Penn State only 1 of 2 years.
This post was edited on 10/16/25 at 4:57 pm
Posted on 10/16/25 at 4:56 pm to xtremecouture23
2023 - $4.5
2024 - $8
2025 - $11.6
Hats off to Indiana for stepping up to the plate.
2024 - $8
2025 - $11.6
Hats off to Indiana for stepping up to the plate.
Posted on 10/16/25 at 4:58 pm to travelgamer
quote:with all the money that Indiana spends on NIL (a lot) and the ease of expectations at his age I knew he wasn’t going anywhere. Everyone was dropping his name for all these HC openings but worked out to his advantage. Now the 3rd highest paid coach behind Smart and Day
Who wouldn't want to make that money at his age, little or no expectations.
Posted on 10/16/25 at 5:07 pm to xtremecouture23
So the dominoes begin to fall. One big name is off the table when there are very few "big" names in play realistically and major programs like Penn St, Auburn, Florida, Arkansas, etc likely in the hunt.
Should be interesting...does the lack of upgradable candidates combined with ridiculous buyouts keep a Freeze or Napier in their offices for another year?
This post was edited on 10/16/25 at 5:13 pm
Posted on 10/16/25 at 5:09 pm to xtremecouture23
2033? That is ambitious.
At what age do you just want to enjoy your wealth and do whatever the hell you want, whenever the hell you want?
At what age do you just want to enjoy your wealth and do whatever the hell you want, whenever the hell you want?
Posted on 10/16/25 at 5:30 pm to Chad4Bama
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So the dominoes begin to fall. One big name is off the table when there are very few "big" names in play realistically and major programs like Penn St, Auburn, Florida, Arkansas, etc likely in the hunt.
Should be interesting...does the lack of upgradable candidates combined with ridiculous buyouts keep a Freeze or Napier in their offices for another year?
I would bet Freeze gets another year, Napier only if he pulls out a couple more upsets. Throw in Virginia Tech, UCLA, and possibly Wisconsin and its a very crowded market for coaches this year.
Posted on 10/16/25 at 5:35 pm to TheePalmetto
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And everyone laughed at Aggie for giving Jimbo 10-$100 million when he had a NC and multiple CCs on his resume.
As well they should have. No matter what effort is made to rationalize it, that whole episode was an embarrassing clusterfrick.
Posted on 10/16/25 at 5:49 pm to John Casey
Ok nutjob.
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