By Rock Westfall
Google him, he wins.
Indeed, he does.
Indiana Hoosiers head coach Curt Cignetti has a career record of 127-35. Additionally, Cignetti played a key role in forging Nick Saban ’s Alabama dynasty as the recruiting coordinator, setting the foundation for six national championships.
This year, his first at Indiana, Cignetti has caught lightning in a bottle . Upstart Indiana is 8-0 and controls its destiny for a shot at the Big Ten championship and a coveted slot in the newly expanded 12-team College Football Playoff .
Indiana is enjoying its greatest season since 1967, when it reached the Rose Bowl . It is the “impossible dream” campaign that has become all things possible. It is lightning in a bottle. And that’s just it. Cignetti, to his credit, is doing what nobody ever did or thought possible. But he is doing so by masterfully exploiting a set of circumstances that will be impossible for him to duplicate next year, whether at Indiana or somewhere else.