Indiana’s Curt Cignetti Sheds Tears in Emotional Interview
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Curt Cignetti might not always show it, but the Indiana Hoosiers ' now-legendary football head coach has a great sense of humor. He broke it out during his press conference following IU's improbable 16-0 season and national title, which was completed Monday night in Miami against the Hurricanes.
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Curt Cignetti has come a long way, in a short time. In only two years of big-time college football — at a previously small-time Big Ten program — Cignetti has climbed to the top of the mountain. The question now becomes whether he’ll try to climb the same mountain again, or whether he’ll look for a new mountain.
From "Google me, I win," to "We won the National Championship at Indiana University," Cignetti completed one of the greatest stories we've ever seen
In his halftime interview with ESPN’s Holly Rowe, Cignetti ripped the officials for missing what he termed three “obvious personal fouls.” All three came on late or unnecessary hits on Hoosiers quarterback Fernando Mendoza, he said, one of which left the Heisman Trophy winner with a bloodied lip.
Indiana coach Curt Cignetti is college football's best constructor — on the field and off it. His teams win, his players flourish and his legacy grows.