Indiana Hoosiers head coach Curt Cignetti made his emotions concerning the high soccer applications clear throughout ESPN’s “College GameDay” on Friday earlier than his crew took the sector towards Notre Dame.
“We don’t just beat top-25 teams, we beat the s–t out of them,” he advised the panel in South Bend, Indiana earlier than the primary sport of the revamped Faculty Soccer Playoff.
Cignetti’s trash discuss sparked laughter from the remainder of the group, together with Nick Saban, who introduced within the Hoosier coach as a large receivers coach and recruiting coordinator throughout his first season on the College of Alabama in 2007.
Cignetti talked about how he discovered lots from Saban through the 4 seasons he served below him, however the former Crimson Tide coach made clear that not every little thing the brash coach does is much like Saban.
“One thing you didn’t learn from me is talking all of the s–t you talk,” Saban responded.
Cignetti’s brash phrases haven’t at all times sat properly with opposing groups, with Ohio State — which is ranked within the high 25 — trolling the IU coach after a November sport, which accounted for the Hoosiers’ lone lack of the season.
However Cignetti has had a robust popularity throughout his faculty teaching profession, and through his time at Alabama from 2007-10, Cignetti developed future NFL gamers like Julio Jones and Mark Ingram II.
Cignetti finally left Alabama after getting employed to his first head teaching place at Division II Indiana College of Pennsylvania.
Following a five-year stretch at IUP, the place he went 53-17, Cignetti took his first DI job at Elon College, taking them to the FCS playoffs in his first season in 2017.
After 4 years at James Madison, Cignetti accepted the Hoosiers job in November 2023 to succeed Tom Allen.
He led the crew to a file 10-0 begin to the 2024 season, ending the 12 months with an 11-1 file.
Final month, Indiana prolonged Cignetti’s contract with a brand new eight-year take care of an annual wage of $8 million.
Indiana faces the Combating Irish within the first spherical of the CFP on Friday, the place the 2 face off for the primary time since 1991.
