{"id":676593,"date":"2026-01-14T12:57:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T12:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/676593\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T12:57:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T12:57:13","slug":"david-pollack-calls-out-extra-media-hype-curt-cignetti-is-getting-amid-indianas-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/676593\/","title":{"rendered":"David Pollack calls out extra media hype Curt Cignetti is getting amid Indiana’s run"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following its 56-22 drumming of No. 5 Oregon<\/a> in the Peach Bowl, No. 1 Indiana<\/a> is just one victory away from becoming the first ever team to finish a season with an unblemished 16-0 record.<\/p>\n

A truly historic season will be on the line in the National Championship Game, when the Hoosiers clash against No. 10 Miami<\/a>, the last at-large team into the College Football Playoff field. A victory for Indiana would give the Hoosiers their first ever National Championship, while Miami could clinch its first national title since 2001.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the National Championship Game, David Pollack called out the extra media hype that Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti<\/a> is getting amid his team\u2019s run to the game. While clarifying that he is indeed a fan of Cignetti, Pollack believes the second-year head coach is getting a little too much love.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, I would say when you\u2019re talking about (Curt) Cignetti, as much as Marcus Freeman<\/a> got a lot of pub, there\u2019s no coach getting more pub than Cignetti,\u201d Pollack said on the latest edition of \u2018See Ball Get Ball with David Pollack<\/a>\u2018. \u201cCignetti wrote on a napkin that \u2018hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard\u2019. Oh my God, that\u2019s the greatest quote in the history of the world. We literally would be like \u2018Cignetti\u2019s the biggest genius we\u2019ve ever seen\u2019. That\u2019s one thing, honestly, because I\u2019m very much a contrarian. I\u2019m really, really, tired of certain narratives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Curt Cignetti is 26-2 as Indiana\u2019s head coach across two seasons<\/p>\n

\u201cBut, the fact that I saw an ESPN article the other day that said Cignetti personally watches every transfer\u2026 No shiznit Sherlock,\u201d Pollack continued. \u201cSo does every other head coach in college football. Like, they all watch \u2019em. You don\u2019t think Kirby (Smart)<\/a> down the road is going \u2018nah, you got it. I trust you with my $2.5 million check I\u2019m about to stroke.\u2019 No shiznit. That part bothers me a bit. I love Cig and I think he\u2019s been great for the sport. His confidence and his leadership. He\u2019s got all of the right things.<\/p>\n

\u201cHere\u2019s the thing though\u2026 this is what the media is going to do. Build, build, build until there\u2019s a crack. Give me a crack and I\u2019ll knock you back down a few pegs. That\u2019s exactly what the media does.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cignetti has certainly more than earned the hype, as it took him just two seasons to complete one of the most impressive turnarounds in collegiate sports history. Indiana finished with a 3-9 (1-8) record in 2023, former head coach Tom Allen<\/a>\u2018s final season in charge.<\/p>\n

Cignetti was hired from James Madison<\/a> and immediately led the Hoosiers to the College Football Playoff, finishing with an 11-2 record. That success has carried into this season, where Indiana is 15-0 with one game remaining. Across two seasons in Bloomington, Cignetti has led the Hoosiers to a 26-2 record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following its 56-22 drumming of No. 5 Oregon in the Peach Bowl, No. 1 Indiana is just one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676594,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[16784,46128,7,49,48],"class_list":["post-676593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-curt-cignetti","tag-david-pollack-01-shiloh","tag-football","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115893571216460342","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}