What Cignetti told Indiana he wanted the Hoosiers to do to Alabama before Rose Bowl

“Want to line up and beat the s—t out of them”: Former IU staffer explains mindset going into Alabama game

IU football coach Curt Cignetti credits his time working under Nick Saban at Alabama as highly instrumental in his career development. Cignetti credits to Saban much of the day-to-day process that has allowed him to go 79-11 over the last seven years despite in that span taking one program through a transition from FCS to FBS, and then taking over the FBS program with the most losses ever. But the first time he got a chance to coach against the …

What Cignetti told Indiana he wanted the Hoosiers to do to Alabama before Rose Bowl

Indiana’s head football coach Curt Cignetti wanted to send a statement in the Rose Bowl against the Alabama Crimson Tide. Cignetti was once a member of the Alabama coaching staff, and he has been known to use everything as motivation to obtain an edge. He appeared to have had motivation to beat the Crimson Tide in the Rose Bowl, and he let his team know. “In the game day meeting at the hotel, he was like, I don’t want to do any trick plays, weir…