Every major collegiate sports postseason event seems to be expanding. The NCAA Tournament recently made the move to 76 teams from 68 and the College Football Playoff went from just four teams to 12 starting with the 2024 season.
It was then that Curt Cignetti took over a long-ailing Indiana football program and led it to an appearance in that inaugural 12-team playoff format before winning the whole thing just a year later, becoming the first program to win a game following a first round bye. Now
there’s talk of further playoff expansion and Cignetti… well, he has bigger things to worry about, like his own program.
Cignetti addressed playoff expansion during a speaking appearance with Indiana fans in Carmel on Thursday night, saying that he doesn’t typically pay much mind to matters over which he has no control. Though he noted his support for Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti, who supports a 24-team playoff.
It’s the usual with Cignetti, he doesn’t have much interest in opinions one way or another on the hot topics around college sports on NIL or the transfer portal. He’s focused on how to win.
Here’s what you need to know about the Hoosiers today:
ICYMI on The Crimson Quarry
- Indiana receives expert prediction to land in-state 5-star 2027 WR Monshun Sales
- Indiana men’s basketball’s home and away opponents announced for 2026-27
- Indiana football in top-5 for 4-star 2027 safety Davion Jones, visit set
- Indiana men’s basketball lands transfer guard Justin Monden
- Indiana football schedules visit with in-state edge rusher Ifeanyi Emedobi
- Indiana football set to host 4-star 2027 edge rusher this weekend
What they’re saying about the Hoosiers
- The Herald-Times: What does Indiana football’s Curt Cignetti think about CFP expansion
- AL.com: Curt Cignetti on working for Nick Saban: ‘Every day was fourth-and-1’
- The Daily Hoosier: “Had a mentality about them”: Alabama coach says program still learning from loss to IU football
- Inside The Hall: By the numbers: The transfer portal’s impact on Big Ten men’s basketball in 2026
- NOLA.com: The Indiana football team re-created 2019 LSU’s ‘Get The Gat’ video in the White House
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