r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Jan 20 '26

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Indiana Defeats Miami 27-21

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Miami 0 0 7 14 21
Indiana 3 7 7 10 27
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u/eye_can_see_you Texas Longhorns • Team Chaos Jan 20 '26

"I win. Google me." is such a bold statement to make getting hired at the worst CFB program in history, and then he fucking backed it up

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u/TbRays93Plumber26 Utah Utes • Florida Gators Jan 20 '26

I remember memes from last season giving him shit. I dont think their will be memes anymore

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u/narfidy Jan 20 '26

Memes about the meme makers probably

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u/thegeeseisleese Notre Dame Fighting Irish Jan 20 '26

The memes were kind of wild last season anyway considering the only teams he has lost to at IU were both in the natty

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u/tell-u-wut Indiana Hoosiers Jan 20 '26

Interesting- never thought about it that way. People were trashing him left and right last year after that OSU loss

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u/Srirachafarian Indiana Hoosiers • Texas Longhorns Jan 20 '26

There will be memes but not for the same reason

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u/Osiris32 Oregon Ducks • /r/CFB Brickmason Jan 20 '26

I have altered the memes. Pray I do not alter them any further.

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u/Extreme_Extent3805 Jan 20 '26

You can't spell memories without memes!

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u/Gray_side_Jedi Colorado Buffaloes • Wisconsin Badgers Jan 20 '26

Given that he just turned into the CFB equivalent of Genghis Khan, I reckon everyone else will want to give him as little motivation/bulletin board material as possible…

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u/kcknuckles Notre Dame • Nebraska Jan 20 '26

We are the memes now.

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u/Icy-Split6920 Ohio State • Notre Dame Jan 20 '26

The memes were fair at the time

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u/pataoAoC Oregon Ducks • Team Chaos Jan 20 '26

It doesn't work like that

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u/Icy-Split6920 Ohio State • Notre Dame Jan 20 '26

Idk man they were pretty funny and valid

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u/mukduk1994 Utah Utes • Army Black Knights Jan 20 '26

And they aren't anymore. They also weren't then either

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u/Icy-Split6920 Ohio State • Notre Dame Jan 20 '26

They are definitely still funnt

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u/mukduk1994 Utah Utes • Army Black Knights Jan 20 '26

Then you can go off to your little corner and laugh at them by yourself

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u/Icy-Split6920 Ohio State • Notre Dame Jan 20 '26

Why are you so pressed?

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u/tell-u-wut Indiana Hoosiers Jan 20 '26

Valid? They went from 3-9 to 11-2 his first season and lost to OSU who won the chip.

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u/Icy-Split6920 Ohio State • Notre Dame Jan 20 '26

Right. So from an Ohio State fans perspective the memes were valid and they were funny.

We saw this guy walk into a basketball game, say we sucked, and then he proceeded to get blown out by the Buckeyes. Hence the memes, and Will Howard's gesture were valid.

I like Cignetti, but to pretend he wasn't arrogant and humbled in 2024 is silly. 

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u/daswassup13 Virginia • North Carolina Jan 20 '26

"A national championship at Indiana, it can be done" I got chills in that postgame speech

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u/tragicallyohio Ohio State Buckeyes • Ohio Bobcats Jan 20 '26

I'm not sure it can be done with anyone else. Cignetti got that Bloomington hoodoo.

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u/Huge-Error-2206 Jan 20 '26

It was a cool quote then but in retrospect it might be the single coldest line I’ve ever heard.

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u/Wonderful_Rest_573 Indiana Hoosiers • Sickos Jan 20 '26

In retrospect I think it was a warning

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u/godisoursavior Iowa Hawkeyes • Texas Longhorns Jan 20 '26

The tiktok edits are about to crazyyy lol

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u/joethahobo Houston Cougars • Pac-12 Jan 20 '26

I cannot wait to see those 30 second edits now, where he says the line then shows some big plays and Indiana winning it all

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u/SoCalMemePolice Virginia Cavaliers • Boise State Broncos Jan 20 '26

Bro cashed in only two years 😭

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u/bothcavs Virginia Cavaliers • Ohio State Buckeyes Jan 20 '26

So insane

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u/PrairiePilot Wyoming Cowboys Jan 20 '26

He’s got shit to do, can’t be faffing about.

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u/Jewish_Dragon Jan 20 '26

Such a bold statement to make so fucking cold to back it up like he did

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u/Cruel_but_usual Louisville Cardinals Jan 20 '26

I mean the context was “How will you recruit athletes to Indiana?” from a reporter. It’s actually a great answer to the question.

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u/Comprehensive-Car190 Jan 20 '26

And then he was like "I don't need athlete, I need football players" and said fuck them stars.

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u/NameIdeas Appalachian State Mountaineers Jan 20 '26

Just how! Did he sell his soul to a demon or something?

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u/-SatchelGizmo- Virginia Tech Hokies • Sickos Jan 20 '26

That's my daily affirmation in the mirror. 

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u/u-s-u-r-p Nebraska Cornhuskers • Stanford Cardinal Jan 20 '26

Purdue sucks! (applause)
AND MICHIGAN AND OHIO STATE SUCK TOO! (fear)

The Grinch knew all along.

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u/EnderTheTrender Oklahoma Sooners Jan 20 '26

One of the things I hated most during high school was my team seeing a guy on the other team that was crazy fast or big and then immediately deciding we lost.

Cig said fuck that we can beat anyone.

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u/Whatsdota Jan 20 '26

That’s an all time great quote

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u/DarthVader19920 Kentucky Wildcats Jan 20 '26

Dude needs a dump truck to carry around his massive nuts

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u/supergeeky_1 Indiana Hoosiers Jan 20 '26

He can park it next to the dump truck that is hauling all of his money. 

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u/resuwreckoning Stanford Cardinal Jan 20 '26

Next to the dump truck that holds his celebratory beer.

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u/thatswhytheycallitsh UCF Knights Jan 20 '26

This is the best part. It's modern day Babe Ruth calling his shot but better.

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u/Oblivionguard19 Georgia Bulldogs • Sickos Jan 20 '26

Within two years too. Even if you believed he’d pull it off at the time, you’d probably expect 5-6 years before doing it

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u/whattheprob1emis Ohio State Buckeyes Jan 20 '26

I’m just glad that Will Howard had his fun with Cig last year. Won’t be many opportunities for that moving forward now that Ciggi has his Death Star fully operational.

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u/MattRecovery23 Washington Huskies Jan 20 '26

That's the absolute coldest line of all time. Just pure swagger, dude can build a program and he fuckin knows it. Just spectacular

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u/cardmanimgur Ohio State Buckeyes Jan 20 '26

Insane. He would've gotten absolutely clowned if he flamed out with Indiana and instead it's an iconic line.

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u/GarrisonWhite2 Penn State Nittany Lions • Temple Owls Jan 20 '26

Eh I think a lot of people would have forgotten about it because it’s Indiana.

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u/seoul_drift Michigan Wolverines • Uppsala Snakeheads Jan 20 '26

It's almost too good a story, like the scriptwriters didn't bother to hide the plot.

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u/better-every-day Clemson Tigers Jan 20 '26

" I always win things in my second year"

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u/clearcloseall Jan 20 '26

Unlike Ange, I think Cignetti is gonna get to show us what season three looks like

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u/SmokyDragonDish Indiana Hoosiers Jan 20 '26

When he said that and the thing about Purdue sucks, Michigan sucks, and Ohio State sucks.... I was like.... OK dude, you're a clown.

I guess I'm the clown.

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u/KingSweden24 Washington Huskies Jan 20 '26

“I am HIM” was insufficiently hard so Cig went with the posted quote

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u/greenday61892 UConn Huskies Jan 20 '26

It feels like Dan Hurley's "you better get us now because we're coming" on fucking crack cocaine

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u/rapturexxv Jan 20 '26

Cignetti has generational aura...

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u/Sage296 Penn State Nittany Lions Jan 20 '26

GOOGLE ME CHUCK

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u/IntelligentSpite6364 Jan 20 '26

Engrave it in his statue

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u/bmac92 Arkansas Razorbacks • Tulsa Golden Hurricane Jan 20 '26

Same vein as Bozak's quote when he signed with the Blues:

I want to win a Cup. So damn bad. That's why I signed in St. Louis. There's your headline. Print it.

Then they went and won their first Stanley Cup.

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u/markrulesallnow Indiana Hoosiers Jan 20 '26

This. This is it. Build the statue.

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u/NA_Faker Texas Longhorns • Wisconsin Badgers Jan 20 '26

We were unfamiliar with his game

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u/ArchEast Georgia Tech • Georgia State Jan 20 '26

Hoosiers better chisel that into the pedestal of the 300-foot statue they're gonna build of that man.

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u/nefariousBUBBLE Indiana Hoosiers Jan 20 '26

And when he was at Lucas Oil before his first year: "Well you know, I'm just scouting the facility for when we play the Big Ten Championship."

Who here laughed? I did lol.

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u/tell-u-wut Indiana Hoosiers Jan 20 '26

I remember many of us IU alums kind of cringing at that and the basketball game speech where he said “Purdue sucks and so does OSU!” and that IU football was about to start winning a lot. Thought we’d be an even more laughable program than before if we kept the same track record, but boy was I wrong.

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u/TiredMillennialDad Jan 20 '26

He will be in the NFL

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u/fire_water_drowned Indiana • Notre Dame Jan 20 '26

He's already said he doesn't want that.