Indiana Head Coach Curt Cignetti during the Indiana versus Howard football game at Memorial Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026.
There’s no denying that the Indiana Hoosiers were the best team in college football over the last two seasons under head coach Curt Cignetti. But the free-speaking Cignetti was sure to remind Hoosiers fans where they came from recently.
Over his first two years in Bloomington, Cignetti went 27-2 and won perhaps the most improbable national championship in the history of the sport last season.
This season, Indiana is trying to join Georgia and Alabama and the only undisputed back-to-back national championship this century, and they’re off to a pretty good start!
The Hoosiers are 3-0 with three victories in a row by more than 30 points. But apparently that isn’t good enough for some fans.
Curt Cignetti Tells Spoiled Indiana Fans Not To ‘B-tch’ About Blowout Wins
The Hoosiers rolled to a 38-0 victory over Western Kentucky last Saturday. But they didn’t look all that convincing in the process, and a number of fans were unhappy about how slow of a start the team got off to, leading just 14-0 at halftime.
Cignetti, meanwhile, doesn’t think those critiques are valid.
“What are we, 29-2? When I came, I saw the pictures: 10,000 people in the stands. Don’t b—h about a 38-0 win,” he said during a recent appearance on the Kirkwood and Dunn podcast.
Curt Cignetti: “What are we, 29-2? … When I came, I saw the pictures, 10,000 people in the stands … Don’t bitch about a 38-0 win.” #iufb pic.twitter.com/3QMKA5XOeR
— Jeff Rabjohns (@JeffRabjohns) September 25, 2026
Cignetti is spot on. Before his arrival, the Hoosiers were nothing more than a laughingstock in the college football landscape. Regardless of what happens from here on out, the fans should be forever indebted to him.
Instead, they want to complain because a 38-point blowout isn’t dominant enough?
That’s ridiculous. If not for Cignetti, there’s a good chance Indiana would still be in the doldrums of the college football world. When he says “jump,” fans should simply ask “how high?” And there should be no complaints anywhere in the near future about either him or his team’s performance.