Curt Cignetti suggested the day he was introduced as Indiana’s football coach that the Hoosiers would be in the Big Ten championship game this season.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – When Curt Cignetti was introduced as Indiana’s new football coach, he joined the Big Ten Network set on the Lucas Oil Stadium field in Indianapolis.
Cignetti, of course, was referring to the Big Ten championship game, which is played at Lucas Oil Stadium on Dec. 7. Indiana won just three conference games from 2021-23, but Cignetti has led a historic turnaround in his first season. His preseason prophecy no longer seems like a long shot. In their third season under coach Dan Lanning, who’s 31-5 at Oregon, the Ducks have a favorable schedule the rest of the way. It’s highly likely they’ll be favored in their final three games: at home against Maryland , at Wisconsin and at home against Washington .
Indiana's three remaining opponents are also the ones Cignetti called out the day he was introduced as head coach. During a break in the Indiana men’s basketball game against Maryland at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, Cignetti took the microphone. In his first season at Indiana, Cignetti has already set several program records. Indiana is 9-0 for the first time ever, and a win Saturday would give the Hoosiers their first 10-win season in program history. Cignetti is also the first Division I head coach 8-0 or better in two straight seasons at different schools, James Madison and Indiana.
Fans are all-in on the Hoosiers now, but Cignetti had to drum up some of that before the season, like during his appearances on the Big Ten Network and at Assembly Hall.
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