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Elko or Cignetti (COTY award)

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11:24a, 11/19/25
Which coach deserves it more?

- As things stand, I think it is Cignetti's award to lose. The Hoosiers have been the losingest Power 4 college football program for a while until he got there. In just 2 years, they've been able to go to the playoffs and be a threat for a national title both years. They will play for a Big 10 title in his 2nd year which is unbelievable.

- But if they happen to slip up to tOSU in the Big 10 Title while we go undefeated winning in Atlanta, Elko may get it.

Pretty tough argument to have here.

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In reply to AggieNattie • 11:25a, 11/19/25
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AggieNattie said:
Which coach deserves it more?

- As things stand, I think it is Cignetti's award to lose. The Hoosiers have been the losingest Power 4 college football program for a while until he got there.

- But if they happen to slip up to tOSU in the Big 10 Title while we go undefeated winning in Atlanta, Elko may get it.

Pretty tough argument to have here.




They literally went to the playoffs last year. At what point do we stop talking about how shi**y they used to be.
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11:27a, 11/19/25
Elko, and I'm not just being a homer.


IU was in the playoffs last year
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11:35a, 11/19/25
You know it'll be awarded to Cignetti.
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11:38a, 11/19/25
Can't go wrong with either choice.
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11:39a, 11/19/25
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If the winner isn't chosen until after conference championships then this is pretty easy unless both teams win out. But if they do, I think Elko has the edge because of the rebuild job and turnaround from last year to this year, as others have said.
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11:42a, 11/19/25
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Who votes on this award? Your answer is probably there.
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11:53a, 11/19/25
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Flip a coin. Both deserving. If just looking at this year, I'd give the slight edge to Elko since IU was in the playoff last year.
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11:56a, 11/19/25
Season ain't over yet
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12:08p, 11/19/25
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You know there are 12 different National Coach of the Year awards. It looks that the oldest one is AFCA Coach of the Year Award, and Cignetti already won that one last year. No one has ever won the award back to back since 1935. Interesting that Nick Saban has never won this award, that's shocking.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFCA_Coach_of_the_Year_Award
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12:09p, 11/19/25
Not that he doesn't deserve it but it'll be Cignetti because they'll say it's much harder to win at Indiana. Up until recently, they had the most losses in history (now 2nd to Northwestern). The media loves an underdog story.
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In reply to Ag Tag • 12:19p, 11/19/25
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Ag Tag said:
You know it'll be awarded to Cignetti.

That's what I'm thinking

Everyone is loving the Indiana Cinderella story

And Mendoza will get the heisman


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In reply to rootube • 12:23p, 11/19/25
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rootube said:
AggieNattie said:
Which coach deserves it more?

- As things stand, I think it is Cignetti's award to lose. The Hoosiers have been the losingest Power 4 college football program for a while until he got there.

- But if they happen to slip up to tOSU in the Big 10 Title while we go undefeated winning in Atlanta, Elko may get it.

Pretty tough argument to have here.




They literally went to the playoffs last year. At what point do we stop talking about how shi**y they used to be.

They weren't all that great last year either.
Lost the games they played against competitive opponenents.

This year's different though.
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In reply to Davidtheag • 12:24p, 11/19/25
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Another interesting Saban stat that I ran into recently was that he had more national championships at Alabama than road wins against Auburn.
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In reply to NyAggie • 12:37p, 11/19/25
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Ag Tag said:
You know it'll be awarded to Cignetti.

That's what I'm thinking

Everyone us loving the Indiana Cinderella story

And Mendoza will get the heisman



Wut? How can a team that made the playoffs last season be a Cinderella this season? That makes zero sense. If any team is a Cinderella this year, it is A&M. Finished 8-5 a year ago. Picked to be lower middle of the pack this year. By all metrics, A&M is Cinderella this year.
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In reply to Ag Tag • 12:39p, 11/19/25
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Ag Tag said:
You know it'll be awarded to Cignetti.

It should have been him last year, but they gave it to Marcus Freeman. So yah, he probably gets it this year and I'm fine with it.
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In reply to carl spacklers hat • 12:45p, 11/19/25
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carl spacklers hat said:
NyAggie said:
Ag Tag said:
You know it'll be awarded to Cignetti.

That's what I'm thinking

Everyone us loving the Indiana Cinderella story

And Mendoza will get the heisman



Wut? How can a team that made the playoffs last season be a Cinderella this season? That makes zero sense. If any team is a Cinderella this year, it is A&M. Finished 8-5 a year ago. Picked to be lower middle of the pack this year. By all metrics, A&M is Cinderella this year.


Tell that to everyone else in the country. You speak the truth, but everyone else has convinced themselves Indiana deserves even more love than even now.
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12:47p, 11/19/25
Have to give it to indianas coach. It's Indiana football. They'll get murdered in the big 10 championship game though.
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12:51p, 11/19/25
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will be the Indiana coach in a landslide...

IU has been horrid in football. Major basketball school.

Media loves him. They like Elko too....but the love affair with Indiana this year is almost tu like
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12:52p, 11/19/25
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Indiana plays and schedules too many cupcakes
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1:02p, 11/19/25
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Just being fair...

Go look at the recruiting rankings of Indiana vs A&M

Cig has done the most with the least, across the entire country... truly!
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In reply to rootube • 1:37p, 11/19/25
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rootube said:
AggieNattie said:
Which coach deserves it more?

- As things stand, I think it is Cignetti's award to lose. The Hoosiers have been the losingest Power 4 college football program for a while until he got there.

- But if they happen to slip up to tOSU in the Big 10 Title while we go undefeated winning in Atlanta, Elko may get it.

Pretty tough argument to have here.




They literally went to the playoffs last year. At what point do we stop talking about how shi**y they used to be.

This.

I've seen the Hoosiers called a "Cinderella" team this year. How in the heck can a team that went to the playoffs just last season be called a "Cinderella" team?
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1:46p, 11/19/25
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who won it last year?
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In reply to carl spacklers hat • 2:15p, 11/19/25
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carl spacklers hat said:
NyAggie said:
Ag Tag said:
You know it'll be awarded to Cignetti.

That's what I'm thinking

Everyone us loving the Indiana Cinderella story

And Mendoza will get the heisman



Wut? How can a team that made the playoffs last season be a Cinderella this season? That makes zero sense. If any team is a Cinderella this year, it is A&M. Finished 8-5 a year ago. Picked to be lower middle of the pack this year. By all metrics, A&M is Cinderella this year.



I agree, but that's not how everyone is acting..,

Because it's Indiana

They've sucked balls forever and they gave everyone rooting for them to make a run

Them at 2 and us at 3 should tell you all you need to know
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In reply to TxAg76 • 3:10p, 11/19/25
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TxAg76 said:
rootube said:
AggieNattie said:
Which coach deserves it more?

- As things stand, I think it is Cignetti's award to lose. The Hoosiers have been the losingest Power 4 college football program for a while until he got there.

- But if they happen to slip up to tOSU in the Big 10 Title while we go undefeated winning in Atlanta, Elko may get it.

Pretty tough argument to have here.




They literally went to the playoffs last year. At what point do we stop talking about how shi**y they used to be.

They weren't all that great last year either.
Lost the games they played against competitive opponenents.

This year's different though.


It's different if they beat OSU. If they lose it's the exact same. Of course someone could make the same agreement about us.
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3:13p, 11/19/25
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Strength of Schedule:

A&M = 18

Indiana = 38


Source: https://www.espn.com/college-football/fpi/_/view/resume
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In reply to jturner181 • 3:14p, 11/19/25
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jturner181 said:
Just being fair...

Go look at the recruiting rankings of Indiana vs A&M

Cig has done the most with the least, across the entire country... truly!
We are playing a lot of borderline 3-stars under Elko who he had to have transfer in to fill all the holes Jimbo left.
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3:16p, 11/19/25
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I would not vote for the coach that openly stated I want an easy non conference schedule.
Gig ‘Em Baby!
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4:11p, 11/19/25
No brainer if Ags go undefeated in the SEC, but it depends on who votes. Hope tOSU loses to Mich, but destroys IU.
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In reply to 12Power • 4:13p, 11/19/25
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No brainer if Ags go undefeated in the SEC, but it depends on who votes. Hope tOSU loses to Mich, but destroys IU.


If Oregon wins out. And Michigan beats Ohio State.

It will be Oregon and Indiana in conference champ game.
Gig ‘Em Baby!
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6:31p, 11/19/25
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Did Cignetti take a lower base salary to pay his staff?


I think they should factor that in.

Also like others have said IU went to the playoffs last year, so it's not like they dramatically improved.

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Indiana was there last year. He won't be in the running. Likely McGuire from tceh vs Elko.
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In reply to rootube • 6:26p, 11/20/25
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rootube said:
TxAg76 said:
rootube said:
AggieNattie said:
Which coach deserves it more?

- As things stand, I think it is Cignetti's award to lose. The Hoosiers have been the losingest Power 4 college football program for a while until he got there.

- But if they happen to slip up to tOSU in the Big 10 Title while we go undefeated winning in Atlanta, Elko may get it.

Pretty tough argument to have here.




They literally went to the playoffs last year. At what point do we stop talking about how shi**y they used to be.

They weren't all that great last year either.
Lost the games they played against competitive opponenents.

This year's different though.


It's different if they beat OSU. If they lose it's the exact same. Of course someone could make the same agreement about us.


I've gotta give em some credit for beating Oregon on the road.
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