BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Looking for the spoils of the one of the greatest seasons in sports history? You won’t find it in the head coach’s office.
Sure, the national championship trophy was briefly displayed in Curt Cignetti’s office — almost exclusively for recruiting reasons — but on this day, if you want to find the hardware won in Miami just one month earlier, you need to stop by the small office where director of football operations Blake Jackson resides, around the corner from Cignetti’s. Atop a cluttered cabinet sit the trophies from Indiana’s four most important games in program history: Big Ten championship, the Rose Bowl, the Peach Bowl and the College Football Playoff National Championship.
It’s perfectly Cignetti.
John Talty, CBS Sports
Cignetti loved Indiana’s playoff run and how he got to share it with his family, fellow coaches and players, calling it a “glorious five-week time to be an Indiana Hoosier,” but he doesn’t need a bunch of physical reminders of what he accomplished staring him in the face each day. The Indiana coach gave his staff the day off as they flew back from Miami following the Hoosiers’ 27-21 win over Miami in the national championship game, and then it was back to business.
“We got to enjoy it that night in the hotel a little bit and then flew back, and there’s a lot of work to be done,” Cignetti told CBS Sports. “My wife and I went away for about a week after the old signing day. That was nice. Right now we have our weekends off, so it sinks in a little bit, but total focus on ’26.”
In person, Cignetti comes off matter-of-fact and almost subdued. He doesn’t need to…
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