Overview
- Cignetti dismissed pro interest by saying, “I’m not an NFL guy… I’ve always been a college football guy.”
- Indiana enters Monday’s College Football Playoff National Championship against No. 10 Miami as the season’s last unbeaten team.
- The Hoosiers advanced by beating Alabama and then routing No. 5 Oregon 56-22 in the Peach Bowl.
- Under Cignetti, Indiana is 26-2 across two seasons, the most wins by any FBS coach in his first two years at a school.
- High-profile voices such as Mark Cuban and Steve Kerr praised Indiana’s rise, calling the turnaround unreal and remarkable.