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Did the previous poster really need to specify that intramural Greek league football or whatever level NDSU plays at isn't what he was talking about?

Imagine how unstoppable Cignetti will be once he learns about nektons.

Signing a transfer QB who is not viewed as a strong Heisman contender, and then utilizing him in a way that makes him a Heisman winner, on the other hand, is a recipe for success.

The idea that Indiana simply bought an elite roster is nonsense. I want to say preseason odds, after everyone saw the roster they "bought", had them as the 23rd most likely team to win the natty. Their recruiting rankings (both high school and transfer) were pretty medicore. Id venture that none...

If he was the preseasin favorite to win the Heisman, your argument would make more sense. But Mendoza was 60-1 to win the Heisman in August. A Heisman winner wasn't bought. Cignetti identified and utilized him. Before the season started, no one was saying "that Arch Manning guy looks good, but...

It should get big enough to allow every SEC in. They proved they are the best conference by qualifying 5 teams for the CFP this year (never mind what those teams did once they got there). I seriously continue to believe every FBS conference champion (even G6) should get an auto bid. I would...

Handled Illinois pretty well!

If I remember right, there was some discussion about a similar issue when Minnesota hosted the Super Bowl and the Vikings were one win away from playing in it.

After Indiana bought the best roster in the country, shouldn't they have been all over this? Or is it possible that that narrative only developed after too many wins against good teams forced skeptics to abandon the "they havent actually beaten anyone so they aren't that good" narrative?

The talent he showed freshman year didn't go away, even if his on field performance was mediocre at best this year. Someone will be willing to see if a change if scenery can get him back on track, there is plenty of potential upside there. There are plenty of examples of talented athletes who...

I dont think anyone thinks money is a non-factor for transfers going to any major conference school. That said, before the season started, did you think Indiana had bought a roster that OSU and Alabama were jealous of?

I dont remember which thread this was in, but my favorite argument for why Cignetti is not that good was that his team did not play in a conference championship game two years where they finished first in their division but were ineligible to play in the conference title game. That would be like...

In FCS world, do you hang banners for that?

Its shocking how much the 2-2 record the SEC got in the SEC vs SEC bowl games is bolstering their bowl winning percentage this year.

So step one is to assume in some alternate reality he would have won less game. Then, if we take that assumption as fact, we have to acknowledge that less wins would be less impressive than becoming the undefeated B1G champ and steamrolling Bama en route to a berth in the semis. And, based on...

Id listen more seriously to the argument that stupid amounts of money allowed Indiana to simply buy a winning team if the narrative at the start of the season was "look at this ridiculous stacked roster, this team should be favored to win the big ten and steamroll its way into the semifinals as...

Let's not be too hard on Bama. This is just one data point, and it shouldn't overshadow how utterly dominant their numerous hypothetical wins are.

Showing up with a good scheme and playing well is a much better reaction to a key injury than wetting the bed and making excuses.

Having Bama in the playoff would be like letting a AAA team in the major league playoffs.

What Cignetti is doing at Indiana isn't that impressive. He is just the beneficiary of NIL funding that the likes of OSU and Alabama cant hope to compete with. Am I doing this right? (side note: it was really cute how long his haters tried to dig in on the "they arent good, they havent really...