Posted Thursday at 09:19 PM1 day Administrator No. Third highest salary in the nation...just as his Hoosiers are No. 3. Mr. FishDuck
Thursday at 09:22 PM1 day No. For some reason this does not surprise me. If he likes it there (and I would assume he does) why leave for somewhere else? Showing that he can get the job done at Indiana (again, assuming he does continue to do so), he doesn't need to prove anything by going somewhere else.
Thursday at 09:26 PM1 day Author Administrator No. For coaches who remain loyal to the school who gave them a chance...I salute it.Dan Lanning has stated many times his loyalty to Oregon for giving him, a coach with NO head-coaching experience, a chance.Two Loyal Men... Mr. FishDuck
Thursday at 10:51 PM1 day No. Good for Cignetti, double good for Indiana and there fans. I respect Cignetti for being loyal and for the AD stepping up to keep him.The AD got out front of his coach being poached. . Now that Indiana settled this issue, can we now get back to the real task at hand? Getting the Duck O Ferrari back on the track? LOLGo Ducks.....
Thursday at 11:02 PM1 day No. Im sure he is loyal to Indiana but Im also sure he is loyal to 11.6 mil.
Yesterday at 02:03 AM1 day No. Smh..we got this dude a new contract. This has been an awful week for me... Im right back feeling like when we lost to Ohio St..☹️
Yesterday at 02:11 AM1 day Moderator No. 1 minute ago, Lrod said:Smh..we got this dude a new contract. This has been an awful week for me... Im right back feeling like when we lost to Ohio St..☹️But you only have to wait one week instead of months to start getting that Hoosier taste out of your mouth.Hopefully, OBD will brush away Rutgers all Knights long.Get Right at Rutgers! 😁
Yesterday at 04:25 AM1 day Moderator No. 3rd highest paid coach in CFB. That's a very nice return on a bet Cig placed on himself.https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-football/curt-cignetti-indiana-agree-new-deal-makes-him-one-highest-paid-cfb-coaches
Yesterday at 04:41 AM1 day Moderator No. Loyalty pays off for Cig's assistant coaches.FootballScoopBoth of Indiana's coordinators under Curt Cignetti starte...There's an old saying about job searches that goes something along the lines that you shouldn't choose a position based on title or pay, but instead based on the person you
18 hours ago18 hr No. Oregon got two guys fired and one a huge pay raise this year. Will a third get fired after the Ducks host the Badgers?
14 hours ago14 hr No. Cignetti’s reported buyout is $15M. Is that really going to scare away any of the potential top programs, particularly one who just paid their head coach ~$50M to leave?CFB-HQ On SICurt Cignetti's new buyout won't scare off potential suitorsIndiana head football coach Curt Cignetti has his signature on a brand new contract that will guarantee him at least $100 million from Indiana University should Edited 14 hours ago14 hr by OregonDucks
14 hours ago14 hr Author Administrator No. 3 hours ago, GatOrlando said:Oregon got two guys fired and one a huge pay raise this year. Will a third get fired after the Ducks host the Badgers?No, Oregon got THREE fired. Gundy of Oklahoma State, Bray of Oregon State, and Franklin of Penn State.We DID help one get a massive raise and extension! (Cignetti) Is Oregon the new measuring stick these days? Mr. FishDuck
14 hours ago14 hr No. 17 hours ago, Annie said:why leave for somewhere else?I don’t know what motivates Coach Cignetti.Perhaps he wants a chance to win a national championship and believes that another program will give him an opportunity to accomplish that goal?Perhaps he and/or his family doesn’t enjoy living in Indiana and would prefer somewhere else (sunny Southern California, middle of nowhere Pennsylvania)?I hope he stays because I enjoy the parity in college football but he will ultimately have to decide what is most important to him and his family. His $15M buyout will not stop programs from pursuing him. Edited 14 hours ago14 hr by OregonDucks
14 hours ago14 hr No. Third highest paid coach with 1.5 years of P4 head coaching experience, zero conference titles, and 1 signature win?Seems like a bit of a reach IMO, but I hope he has sustained success. Edited 14 hours ago14 hr by JabbaNoBargain
13 hours ago13 hr No. 1 hour ago, JabbaNoBargain said:Third highest paid coach with 1.5 years of P4 head coaching experience, zero conference titles, and 1 signature win?Seems like a bit of a reach IMO, but I hope he has sustained success.Google him, He wins!and he does
11 hours ago11 hr No. From 1995-2023, IU had 3 barely winning seasons. Since Cig in 2024, he will have them in the CFP two straight years in a row. $93 million over 8 years is a lot of dough, but not if he can keep them winning. And although history does not guarantee future results (we longtime Duck fans can attest to this), given their program history, along with the fact that I don't think they have a Phil Knight in their back pocket... Along with the fact that IU is on the hook for the full balance of his contract if they fire him without cause (and losing is not 'cause')... This seems risky to me... but everything has a degree of risk. Bottom line for me is if I was in IU's situation, I would have made the same offer. IMHO, prior to the new contract, Cig was just too damn poachable to not lock down.
10 hours ago10 hr No. 3 hours ago, Charles Fischer said:No, Oregon got THREE fired. Gundy of Oklahoma State, Bray of Oregon State, and Franklin of Penn State.We DID help one get a massive raise and extension! (Cignetti)Is Oregon the new measuring stick these days?I forgot about Bray and Oregon State. They should hire coach Klein and see if the Waterboy has any availability yet.So it's three coaches fired, two Beavers conquered, and one coach getting the money tree.
10 hours ago10 hr No. 17 minutes ago, GatOrlando said:I forgot about Bray and Oregon State. They should hire coach Klein and see if the Waterboy has any availability yet.So it's three coaches fired, two Beavers conquered, and one coach getting the money tree.So, I say that if we're not getting the coach fired, we might as well help him get a $100 million contract.Cig should be sending flowers and chocolates to Oregon right now. I'm thinking that the timing of his Oregon win was worth at least an extra $15 million 😉 Edited 10 hours ago10 hr by Desert Duck added more goodness
9 hours ago9 hr Moderator No. Cig is 64 years of age. His extended contract ends when he's 72. Where is he going to go to find a better gig? Ryan Day is not leaving Ohio State. Cig's been in the SEC. Why go back to the SEC pressure cooker when you have an easier shot at making the PO in the B1G? To wit -6-0 - Indiana - Michigan State, UCLA, at Maryland, at Penn State, Wisconsin, at Purdue5-1 - Oklahoma - at South Carolina, Ole Miss, at Tennessee, at Alabama, Missouri, LSU.Res Ipsa Loquitor. The thing speaks for itself. 😁His loyal assistant coaches, who are still raising children and are happy in Bloomington. The loyalty goes both ways. It was Indiana AD Scott Dolson who took a chance on a 62-year-old coach who had never coached at the top level of college football. I don't believe Cig will forget the man and the school that elevated him to a big-time job and big-time money. His two losses at Indiana came last season on the road against the 2024-25 playoff champion and runner-up. He knew he needed to improve on both LOS and Mark Cuban, and other wealthy Hoosier boosters came up with the cash. Indiana has the largest living alumni base in the USA. A base that is fired up after only one glory year since 1884, 1967, when HC John Pont took Indiana to the Rose Bowl and a close loss to USC, OBD grad John McKay, and OJ. Today, a ticket to an Indiana home game is harder to score than a ticket to a Notre Dame home game. Cig hasn't revived or resurrected the program; there was nothing to revive or resurrect. He's turned the biggest nothing-burger in CFB and the Big Ten into filet mignon with endless pour Dom Perignon on the side.Unless something untoward happens, Indiana should go 12-0, play in the B1G title game in Indianapolis, and return to the playoff with a shot at winning a title this season. Amazing! Move over, Bill Snyder. 😁
9 hours ago9 hr Moderator No. Ohio State and Indiana are on a collision course, right? And more questions to be answered in the 2nd half of the season.https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/seven-stretch-run-storylines-that-will-define-the-second-half-of-the-2025-college-football-season/?eid=c7d8647c6247db8d08c59fe44bc30380a147aa90b9e33099045cd46ddc6a485b&ftag=SNL-04-
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