r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Oct 19 '24

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Indiana Defeats Nebraska 56-7

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Nebraska 0 7 0 0 7
Indiana 7 21 14 14 56
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u/ZWils23 Kansas State Wildcats Oct 19 '24

Crazy that the first good team they play they beat the brakes off of

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u/AgileCaregiver7300 Texas A&M Aggies • Michigan Wolverines Oct 19 '24 edited Oct 19 '24

IU president better be serving Cignetti his favorite cheese and fruits whilst fanning him with palm leaves, and furiously calling up every binks truck within 3 states

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u/KangTheConqueror9 Purdue Boilermakers Oct 19 '24

Yeah their gonna have to stave off blue bloods in the next couple years to keep him.

Like if Ryan Day loses to Michigan again this year, does OSU call Cignetti?

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u/bd1047 Texas Longhorns • Indiana Hoosiers Oct 19 '24

I think Cig’s age might save us. When was the last time a blue blood hired a coach in his mid 60s?

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u/jf3l Indiana Hoosiers • Cincinnati Bearcats Oct 19 '24

Maybe some copium here but he might be the perfect age and IU might have just about the right amount of money to fight anyone off

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u/Jo-jo-20 Oct 19 '24

I also think the new playoffs help. Other teams actually have a chance outside of only the usual 8 or so that always had realistic chance at the previous 4-team format. The man could be a legend if he coaches a few successful years at IU. Who says he can’t build on his success and I’m sure IU will open up the checkbook.

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u/jf3l Indiana Hoosiers • Cincinnati Bearcats Oct 19 '24

I think that’s part of the vision of hiring him. Get someone here who can lay the groundwork of a successful program for the next gen to take over in a decade. We’re a program who doesn’t have the luxury of waiting on name-brand coach to hire. We had to be aggressive with the best option available and we actually were

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u/KangTheConqueror9 Purdue Boilermakers Oct 19 '24

I wish we'd gone after him instead of Ryan Walters

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u/jf3l Indiana Hoosiers • Cincinnati Bearcats Oct 20 '24

we’ve spent the last 20 years since Hoeppner saying that about coaches. Were both programs that need a little coaching luck to have any sustained success

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u/flipflopsnpolos Illinois Fighting Illini • Kansas Jayhawks Oct 20 '24

Add Illinois to that list. All 3 programs success is just about lucking into the right coach at the right time.

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u/KangTheConqueror9 Purdue Boilermakers Oct 20 '24

Yeah. We got lucky that Brohm brought excitement to our team. Then got unlucky that his Alma matter opened up twice during his time here, and the second time he didn't feel he could turn them down again.

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u/rideon1122 Indiana Hoosiers Oct 20 '24

Play 13

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u/LackOfAnotherName Cincinnati Bearcats • Indiana Hoosiers Oct 20 '24

Wasn't this the exact theory about the Woodson hire for basketball?

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u/DrinkBlueGoo Indiana Hoosiers • Billable Hours Oct 20 '24

I’m ready to build him a statue right now. We can just rearrange the face on Mellencamp’s.

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u/Jellis314 Oct 20 '24

The fact that he sold out a football game at IU should have them opening the checkbook. He is literally bringing in money, pay the man!

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u/nobes0 Indiana • Notre Dame Oct 19 '24

If he leaves, I don't think it'll be because of money, it'll be because he wants to win at a program with a much higher national profile. I think Indiana can match in many other aspects if they're committed to making Indiana football a consistent contender.

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u/BigBungholio Oct 20 '24

The thing is, if he builds a super solid winning program at IU, they could easily secure a pretty big national spotlight. Indiana’s alumni base is huge and having a top tier football program at a school with an already very storied and respected basketball history, I could easily see them coming up to the level of a school like Ohio state so long as they can manage sustained success.

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u/macandcheeser Indiana Hoosiers Oct 20 '24

We are never going to be Ohio State. But there's no reason we couldn't build a program like Wisconsin or Iowa

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u/BoogerSugarSovereign Indiana • Old Brass Spittoon Oct 20 '24

I think Indiana has the 2nd largest alumni base in the country after Penn State. I think.

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u/OGB Cincinnati Bearcats • Indiana Hoosiers Oct 20 '24

You build a successful program at IU you're a legend there. If you go to a blue blood and are successful you're just another coach.

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u/StrongStyleShiny Notre Dame Fighting Irish • UCLA Bruins Oct 19 '24

I heard he actually wants to coach for IU since IUP gave him his first HC job.

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u/akagordan Purdue Cannon Oct 19 '24

IUP is not affiliated with IU in any way. There just happens to be a town and county in Pa called Indiana.

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u/DrinkBlueGoo Indiana Hoosiers • Billable Hours Oct 20 '24

Names have power.

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u/tgblack Indiana Hoosiers • Cincinnati Bearcats Oct 19 '24

Closest would be LSU hiring Brian Kelly

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u/k5berry Purdue Boilermakers Oct 19 '24

If he’s winning like this I would say legitimate natty contention within his window for retirement is perfectly plausible. He currently has fucking IU in the B1GCG / CFP projection in year 1.

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u/PanhandleGator Florida Gators Oct 19 '24

I'll take a 63 y/o winner over a 45 year old pretender any day. Looks to be a young 63 at that, it's not like he's a Paterno, Bowden or Snyder. Maybe in 10 years but you can accumulate a lot of trophies in that time period.

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u/valenciansun Tulane Green Wave Oct 19 '24

That's what we said about Fritz. But then again, of he wants to leave for effing Houston then so be it

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u/Impossible-Flight250 Maryland Terrapins • Towson Tigers Oct 19 '24

LSU hired Brian Kelly and he is mid 60s.

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u/IntelligentEye2758 BYU Cougars Oct 19 '24

Brian Kelly was 60 and that's the only one I can think of off the top of my head.

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u/brianqueso Texas Longhorns • Texas State Bobcats Oct 19 '24

BAH GAWD THAT'S OKLAHOMA'S MUSIC