r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Jan 02 '26

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Indiana Defeats Alabama 38-3

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Alabama 0 0 3 0 3
Indiana 0 17 7 14 38
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u/Taxes_and_Fees Florida State Seminoles • Drake Bulldogs Jan 02 '26

Cig is a pyscho coach. Stone faced while his team dismantles Alabama in the rose bowl. He gave us a single smirk at the end and went right back to being the joker.

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u/ill_be_late_4_that Georgia Bulldogs • Auburn Tigers Jan 02 '26

Exactly how it should be

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u/DirkNowitzkisWife Texas Longhorns • Marching Band Jan 02 '26

Jobs not finished

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u/ill_be_late_4_that Georgia Bulldogs • Auburn Tigers Jan 02 '26

This is why I loved Kobe

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u/AmTheWildest Texas Longhorns • Marching Band Jan 02 '26

Yooo fellow LHB member in the wild!

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u/Jedimaster996 Oregon Ducks • Sickos Jan 02 '26

My reaction after the Oregon game that we might get to face Indiana again: 😃
My current reaction after watching the Indiana game play-out: 😨

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u/ill_be_late_4_that Georgia Bulldogs • Auburn Tigers Jan 02 '26

Pulling for yall

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u/stab-somebody UCF Knights • Miami Hurricanes Jan 02 '26

He’s going to be a menace for the foreseeable future. He’s gonna fill the Saban void I think.

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u/stab-somebody UCF Knights • Miami Hurricanes Jan 02 '26

Alabama’s never been considered an underdog, and Saban already won a National Championship before he took over. If Cignetti stays at Indiana and has long term success, he’ll be the guy with a statue outside of the stadium, and remembered as the guy who made them a powerhouse team.

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u/metaxa219 Indiana Hoosiers Jan 02 '26

I’ll donate to the statue fund

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u/billyboybluee Jan 03 '26

Fuck it imma build it at this point

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u/siblingofMM UCF Knights • Big 12 Jan 02 '26

You think people begin to hate him and Indiana like the Saban dynasty or is this just too good of a story?

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u/Mattblaster0 Clemson Tigers • The Citadel Bulldogs Jan 02 '26

Nobody ever liked Bama because they were never a Cinderella. I think if it happens it’s way more like when Clemson won the first recent championship. We got a couple years where it seemed like everyone was cool with us because we were beating Bama, then the support cooled haha.

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u/karmew32 LSU Tigers • Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Jan 02 '26

I think the support for IU will last noticeably longer than it did with you. Clemson is no Bama but generally has had a history of decent success, even having a title back in 1981.

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u/karmew32 LSU Tigers • Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Jan 02 '26

The Chiefs hate didn't really start until the Damar Hamlin incident basically gifted them the 1 seed.

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u/Mattblaster0 Clemson Tigers • The Citadel Bulldogs Jan 02 '26

I agree with that. Hopefully we get to see that.

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u/siblingofMM UCF Knights • Big 12 Jan 02 '26

Yeah could see that, would be nice to see Indiana have some solid years under Cig. College needs more coaches like him

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u/Licit_x64 North Carolina Tar Heels Jan 02 '26

Why are you getting downvoted? This is a good question.

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u/siblingofMM UCF Knights • Big 12 Jan 02 '26

Maybe people thought I was being disingenuous? Not sure, I thought it was an honest, reasonable question. But it’s reddit, so anything goes

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u/elbenji Grinnell Pioneers • Miami Hurricanes Jan 02 '26

itll be more like clemson. he's also much older

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u/TinderForMidgets Stanford Cardinal • /r/CFB Press Corps Jan 02 '26 edited Jan 02 '26

Curt Cignetti is the most feared man in college football and he looks like my accountant.

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u/thesleazye Texas A&M Aggies • Houston Cougars Jan 02 '26

Accountant here. Tracks.

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u/KingOfTheUzbeks Ohio State • Minnesota Jan 02 '26

I mean the joker does smile. I get what you’re going for here, but that’s a very significant thing that happens.

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u/3493049 Notre Dame • Dartmouth Jan 02 '26

He was referring to Absolute Batman Joker, maybe

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u/HawkeyeTen Iowa Hawkeyes Jan 02 '26

That is what is scary. Tom Osborne and Nick Saban were both similarly during big wins (just look at the 1996 Fiesta Bowl, when the legendary '95 Huskers were destroying Spurrier's Florida Gators, Osborne was scowling and venting frustration that they weren't dominating even harder). Cignetti is of a very rare type.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '26

That hospital still got destroyed less than Bama did

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u/Rational_Detatchment Idaho Vandals Jan 02 '26

Lol

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u/composer_7 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets • Marching Band Jan 02 '26

Crazy how Bama is on the receiving end of a Saban type character this timen

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u/Geoff12889 Oregon Ducks Jan 02 '26

The Blue Blood Killer

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u/ghost_rider24 San Diego State • Army Jan 02 '26

Shades of another coach who famously was never satisfied….

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u/Zealousideal-Ad-1676 Jan 02 '26

Here’s hoping he never throws a chair. I am truly worried, though, that his game-time glare is going to start a fire someday. 

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u/voujon85 Penn State Nittany Lions Jan 02 '26

work to be done

if idk James Franklin put up this game he'd be smiling and laughing and joking around

there's level s

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u/Pile_of_AOL_CDs Alabama Crimson Tide • UAB Blazers Jan 02 '26

Saban's spirit left Alabama and went to Indiana.

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u/entenduintransit Michigan Wolverines • Syracuse Orange Jan 02 '26

He's CFB's version of Dan Hurley but just a lot less bitchy

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u/aksoileau LSU Tigers Jan 02 '26

I feel like this would have been Kobe if he ever got into coaching.

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u/TheMiddlechild08 /r/CFB Jan 02 '26

It’s not about money. It’s about sending a message

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u/TimmyPenguin Jan 02 '26

I'm pretty sure he's manic tbh, he's definitely something!

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u/Snow_Wolf1069 Jan 02 '26

Mark Dantonio of the NIL era, hopefully he raises the trophy like Mark's 2013 team would've if they weren't snubbed

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u/MelodicDeer1072 Michigan State Spartans Jan 02 '26

Saban, Belichik, Cignetti... they are all cut from the same cloth