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IU football coach Curt Cignetti on scheduling, CFP qualifiers, play-in
Curt Cignetti’s press conference at Big Ten football media days weighed in on trending topics: schedule changes, College Football Playoff format, play-ins and more.
While miraculously guiding Indiana to a spot in the College Football Playoff last season, Curt Cignetti established himself as one of the more colorful characters in the sport, a swaggering Yinzer who was never shy to share his feelings or hide his bravado.
This week at Big Ten media days in Las Vegas, he directed that unfiltered gaze at the SEC.
While addressing why the Hoosiers had canceled a home-and-home series with Virginia, Cignetti took a shot at the non-conference scheduling model many SEC teams employ and noted that his program was simply following that example.
“12 of the 16 SEC teams play three G5 (Group of Five) or an FCS game,” Cignetti said. “Twelve of those teams play 36 games – 29 G5 games and seven FCS games, and have one less conference game. We figured we’d just adopt SEC scheduling philosophy. Some people don’t like it. I’m more focused in on those nine conference games.”
IU football coach Curt Cignetti has taken a lot of heat for the Hoosiers weak non-conference school. Cignetti with his “wonderful” personality says he’s just following the SEC way of scheduling pic.twitter.com/Ije5HuAjEq
— Rick Semmler (@RickSemmler) July 22, 2025
Indiana made the inaugural 12-team playoff last season behind a gaudy 11-1 record, but did so against a relatively weak schedule. Of its 11 victories, none came against teams that finished the regular season with more than seven wins. While some of that could be tied to certain Big Ten teams on its schedule, like…
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Publish date : 2025-07-22 21:30:00
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