So much for a bye week! The grind doesn’t stop! Yesterday Indiana was making waves by announcing coveted recruits committing to the program, and now the Hoosiers drop an atomic bomb on all of us. I’m making my coffee, planning my morning, ready to have a Saturday where football isn’t the main focus, and Indiana decides to cuck the college football world by extending Curt Cignetti’s contract through the year 2032.
Indiana has had the best season in program history, hitting the 10 win benchmark for the first time ever (leaving Iowa State and Vanderbilt as the only power conference schools to not achieve double digit wins.) While Hoosier football fans have tried to enjoy the excitement, the haters have made their voices loud – enjoy it while you can, because Cignetti is GONE after this season. He’ll be coaching the Gators, or the Buckeyes by next season. Well, everyone can shut the fuck up, because he’s staying in Bloomington.
Would you rather be a legend for the rest of time at Indiana, or go to Ohio State and at best be another guy who won a title OR gets run out of town in 4 years for not meeting the fanbases expectations? (shoutout IU basketball) Cignetti chose to be a legend at a place that will appreciate him forever after completely changing the culture of the football program. For what Cig is now getting paid, leaving for another school wouldn’t make sense. His original deal was $4.5 million annually through 2029, but has now been bumped to $8 million annually to 2032. Looking at the highest paid coaches in college football, why not take a few million less to stay at a place where expectations aren’t sky high, but you clearly can be involved in a chance at the national title game? You could maybe argue resources/ facilities, but Indiana has some of the best thanks to Daddy Cuban and the Simons. Indiana has always had money, they’ve just never had a reason to spend it on the football team. AND, the facilities that are already state of the art are only getting better after IU announced a few weeks ago an expansion to memorial stadium.
Side note: maybe my biggest take away from the highest paid coaches list is Brian Kelly is a thief, and I’d much rather pay Cignetti than that red faced fuck Brian Kelly.
After years of disappointment and watching disgusting football being played, I’m still in shock every time I see this Indiana Hoosiers football team play ball. This team actually knows how to play the game. Indiana has had talented team in the past, but absolutely zero coaching. Cig is the hardass the program needed to turn things around. Preaching fundamentals and no one is bigger than the team. Where have I heard that before? Oh, Bobby Knight a man who won with less talent than any of the big name coaches out there. Here’s to hopping Cig is the Robert Montgomery Knight of the football program (with a little less assaulting players.)
