Ohio State 38, Indiana 15: Curt Cignetti Postgame Press Conference

Indiana Hoosiers head coach Curt Cignetti met with the media following his team's 38-15 loss at Ohio State.
He discussed what went wrong for IU, what he thought about Ryan Day's decision to punch in an extra touchdown in the final minute, took a look ahead at the Old Oaken Bucket game against Purdue next week, and was asked about whether his team still belongs in the College Football Playoff.
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[@rvandy5728]

Coach Cignetti is a quality guy and has done a great job with the hoosiers. Hats off to you and your team. Anyone who beats Michigan is a friend of mine.

[@jeffreymcdowell7189]

Also, he took his butt whooping with class. He knows he needs to parlay the season into better recruiting classes. I don't know if they have the resources but I could see him turning them into a 2015 MSU type team, eventually.

[@jonjhon8491]

Living through other teams to beat your rival 😂😂 loser

[@taxisquad11]

Half the the teams on Michigan's schedule beat them

[@FarminwithBlake]

From 3-9 to 10-1 is NOTHING to be ashamed of…I’m aware it was against lesser competition but it’s still impressive regardless for IU

[@j.thompson9345]

Says a lot about the BIG 10 this year lol

[@jasonmellman6300]

As an OSU fan, I have nothing but respect for Curt and IU. What Cig did in one year is insane. IU will be formidable for years to come. Congrats and good luck on the rest of the season

[@jeffbeck6588]

Thanks, class breeds class

[@jaibuckeyes]

Lets say IU beat Purdue next week.. they are 11-1. Any B10 teams with 11-1 record should play in CFP. It lost to #2 team in the country.. not Vandy, GA tech or NIU.

[@henrymagoun3230]

Imagine complaining about the refs when almost every call went your way

[@ReginaldForman]

8 missed holds, 3 pass interferences i counted

[@ColeslawVariant]

​@@ReginaldFormanYou sure did, reggie.

[@garyfawver2748]

​@@ReginaldFormanwhiner!

[@mking2288]

He wasn't complaining

[@RedsFanRan]

That's a fact

[@paulwilliams6438]

As an Ohio State fan that was very nervous for this game... Cignetti did a real good job in this press conference after a difficult loss... he owned the inability of his team at certain points of the game... and I do respect him as a coach after this presser....

[@briancrawford69]

Lol you were nervous? I was calling for an OSU blow out all week. They have played nobody, don't have the athletes, and have never been in this big of a moment

[@PyrexPopp]

@@briancrawford69 🤯 you are so smart holy cow. This guy.

[@mgmmac36]

Cignetti should not be complaining about the officiating. Ohio State physically whipped Indiana.

[@JeffBrown-pb5qr]

agree

[@Nate-zw7si]

The one he mentioned about the offsides, could’ve been a momentum shift. I said could’ve. Wasn’t really a complaint either. He said maybe things could’ve been different.

[@tracywinters917]

How about a fack pass interference call...point is ither than thw Iowa game refs have been god awful this year

[@user-bv4ct7tk3j]

I mean he literally said it wouldn’t have impacted the outcome of the game but it did shift momentum.

[@timlutz2355]

Indiana is still Indiana.

[@Bucks-By-Fiddy]

Day had to show him there’s levels to this.

[@JasonD0550]

Dude took that loss like a new multimillionaire

[@duncan2993]

As an IU fan, it is actually pleasing to hear the trash talk from Ohio State. It means we did something this season, and can hopefully build off this season. His deal is for 8 seasons, so there is a sense of security that we have not had. I hope OSU can beat Oregon.

[@OnlyNikeFans]

Oregon's the best in the B1G. Ohio State doesn't look scary. They are a top 3 team for sure...so are the Ducks... Go Ducks 🟡🟢

[@buckeye-pe6df]

😂Oregon is not the best in the Big10. You nerds cheated to strip time off the clock. ​@@OnlyNikeFans

[@buckeye-pe6df]

We will win the Big10 championship.

[@mr.ohiostate2544]

Well it's not that you did anything this season. It's that pre-season your coach started writing checks your team could not cash.

[@mr.ohiostate2544]

​@@OnlyNikeFansthe Ducks won by 1 at home with 2 very horrible calls. Ducks gonna get cooked real soon

[@JoeWill-t5i]

“A couple nicks weren’t called” bro your DB’s held every other pass and never got called once 😂 the penalty ratio was 8-3 in favor of Indiana. They might have been makeup calls for the other two BS block in the back calls that bailed you out. For a guy so confident he’s awfully salty.

[@tonystuckey3461]

Did you miss the mutiple times he complimented OSU, stating how loaded they are? Smh.

[@MsChemicalEngineer]

Indiana sucks!!! This guy is a whiner of the first water!! Bad calls, loud stadium, boo hoo!

[@JoeWill-t5i]

@@tonystuckey3461 apparently you don’t understand a backhanded Compliment lol 😂 he also said they suck until he lost 😂

[@tonystuckey3461]

@JoeWill-t5i take it as a slight, whatever.

[@michaelkolacz4449]

Cignetti lost the game to a superior team and complemented the Buckeyes a number of times in the presser. What do you want him to do, kiss Day's ass?

[@theemrroboto]

From a lifelong Buckeye - I'm happy for IU to be relevant again. Appreciate the fans that stuck with the crop for years. IU has a bright future. Bring it on!

[@jeffbeck6588]

Thank you for the class comment. Sportsmanship.

[@Area_man_88]

There's no guarantee they'll stay relevant, and IU was insane to give him this huge new contract just because he started 10-0. They should have waited til AFTER this game.

[@jerryg2232]

A really great Coach ! And Gracious ! Beware of Indiana ! GO Buckeyes !!

[@HughMorristheJoker]

You gotta hand it to this guy, he is a fiery coach.

[@buckguy1215]

It would be so awesome if any of the media had the ability to record the press conference where you can actually hear the question being asked. Especially the last one that he wouldn't answer.

[@bryanfields5563]

It sounds like it was about whether IU should be part of the 12-team playoff.

[@paulsoxl7739]

The answer is obvious coach No

[@Espiel78]

Coach Cignetti has made Indiana a worthy opponent to any of us in The Big Ten, so good on ya'! This OSU Alum and supporter salutes you and your team.

[@harveydilworth7140]

I like this guy and I'm glad he's a coach in the Big Ten we need him

[@troyv8302]

I Googled him, it said Ohio State is his daddy.

[@b.douglas2753]

😂😂😂

[@MsChemicalEngineer]

Yeah I saw that!!!!

[@iameam]

Hoosier Daddy!

[@mdeborah1]

LOL

[@jonjhon8491]

Does that make Michigan Indiana's Grandpa since Michigan is ohio states, Daddy? 🤔

[@freeone5534]

Gave that boy some humble pie

[@zacharyvalloric9076]

He a man your a boy just like Oregon did y’all in lol

[@zacharyvalloric9076]

He a man your a boy just like Oregon did y’all in lol

[@freeone5534]

@ bye a point? 😂 “did us in” we will see at the big ten championship. Somewhere where you won’t be enjoy this L.

[@ReginaldForman]

​@@zacharyvalloric9076feel free to spare everybody with that bs. Ohio state beat themselves that game. Oregons extremely lucky to have walked out of that one with win. It was a win none the less however to oregons credibility.

[@zacharyvalloric9076]

@ excuses are lole assholes plenty on your life lol

[@gregorybrand8746]

Down four scores and afraid to throw the ball. Thanks for eating up the clock.

[@thefireshow1]

Hats off to our Buckeyes! Great win. Hats off to Indiana, a really good season, keep it going Hoosiers. Now, bring on Michigan! 🏈😎😡

[@waynecourt5970]

That would be Xichigan

[@daveharvey8074]

​@waynecourt5970 sometimes referred to as Bitchigan

[@jonjhon8491]

​@@waynecourt5970That would be another L

[@444chroma]

Good luck the rest of the way Hoosiers.

[@MikeCline]

Love hearing how loud the stadium was. About time the fans brought it! Has not been the case every game, especially these early kickoffs

[@Soulr]

Not good enough for the CFP…

[@michaelbrown7774]

I have much respect for Cignetti's program he's turning Indiana around...📣🅾️.H

[@johnzwickjr.2676]

Turns out Ohio State doesn't suck.

[@kevinlowry3814]

It happens.OSU deserves credit. Keep going IU.🏈

[@Bucks-By-Fiddy]

What question did he say he wouldn’t answer? I couldn’t hear

[@wagglebutt]

He asked if he still thought they should be one of the 12 teams in the playoff.

[@DisplacedSportsGuy]

He asked if he thinks Indiana's body of work is playoff-worthy even if he doesn't make the decisions.

[@donshotrodgarage1717]

He's a great coach. Nothing wrong losing to a better team. His guys did there best, as Indiana always plays the Bucks tough

[@bobk381]

Indiana is a competitive team. They don’t cheat and play hard nosed football. Keep up the hard work!

[@Bucks-By-Fiddy]

Complaining about the refs when you got absolutely dominated Is not a good look

[@ryanhohman1646]

He brought up one call. Otherwise OSU was penalized way more in this game than IU. He knows it was about the talent discrepancy and he gave a lot of credit to that

[@tracywinters917]

​@@ryanhohman1646two he said some nicks in the back

[@Bucks-By-Fiddy]

@ he brought up false start and then said there were block in the backs on the punt return and said he didn’t agree with some of the calls. All I’m saying is take your humble pie and go home

[@ericharrison813]

@@Bucks-By-Fiddy humble pie??? Y’all acting like he came out n said Ohio state sucks n we r gonna stomp them?? He defended his team and talked shit because that’s who he is.. love a coach that has confidence n he loves the osu fans shit talking him back.. he wouldn’t want it any other way.

[@Bucks-By-Fiddy]

@ bro the man LITERALLY SAID OHIO STATE SUCKS. Do your research or you look stupid

[@e.h3286]

His team lacked confidence. He gave up in the 3rd. The lack of depth really showed in the 2nd half.

[@jblake41526]

Did you like Will Howard gesture at the end of the game where you took the cigarette and put it out in with his foot as if he was stating that he put Cig out lol. I'm sure somebody else caught that besides me.

[@cdogrun1628]

Bro you commented like 4 times…. Rent free😂🤦‍♂️

[@jblake41526]

Sorry, he was so cocky and confident pisses me off, and I might comment more He was so confident now he's gonna eat his words shut that weak ass shit up. OH!

[@tracywinters917]

I saw! It was great

[@ronaldreagan6756]

Oregon is looming. He is skeered.

[@mrillmakeit]

I would really like this guy, even with the pre-season trash talk, but mentioning the officiating this much after his 1st loss with Indiana makes it really hard. There's just levels. And that showed today. O-H!!! #GoBucks!!

[@warrentracydavis7658]

OSU fans Respect your team

[@mbkamalie]

Cignetti is a great coach and IU is lucky to have him. It takes more than 10 months and the transfer portal to make up the difference in these 2 programs, but IU is on the right path.

[@peterk7662]

I have nothing against this guy. Gg Indiana. Go Bucks.

[@TheLEMRR]

Nice to see IU join the party. Beat Purdue and see where the cards fall next week. Officials sucked on both sides of the ball, so it was consistent. Cignetti is a good coach. BIG10 needs about 2-3 more like him, because a few of these teams are dragging the conference down. Now THE week we live for, here in Columbus, is upon us. Let's go Bucks!!!

[@troyjones5156]

IU did join the 10 and 1 party OSU 10 and 1....right? If we are losers what is OSU? Same record right?

[@paulsoxl7739]

@@troyjones5156Your a team that didn’t play a good team till today and lost

[@TheLEMRR]

@@troyjones5156 are you trolling someone that is giving Indiana props? Seriously?

[@jonlanier_]

Indiana's defense line is in the middle of the 3rd ... hands on hips and sucking wind. They need a tougher schedule to get used to that hard of play all game long. Their last touchdown was a gimmie. OSU played it soft just to waste time.

[@timlutz2355]

Welcome to Ohio State!

[@kevinnobody3052]

Ohio State fan here. Coach Cignetti is a class act. Good luck to IU for the rest of your season.

[@travismarshall4220]

I like Cig a lot, great coach

[@joekean8555]

Indiana came in and played tough. Ohio state was just too deep. Congrats to Indiana for their great turn around.

[@jae_bee]

Respect to Cignetti, Indiana is in good hands

[@kennybradshaw522]

Congratulations on a great season coach! But you got your ass kicked today! Very humbling! A Google fact! Capricorn, truth, Bronx facts!

[@strat6258]

glad he's our coach. we'll be back. congrats to osu

[@1Caplaw]

I wonder if I can Google Cignetti's record against Ohio State?

[@AKA_MR_LANCE]

Don’t bother….ofer

[@audoko82]

Overrated conference

[@cheese-qw9vd]

FIRST PLACE, GO DUCKS!!!!!

[@RandyDeGolyer]

OSU Played very well unbelievable skill players . As an IU fan I root for OSU the national championship.

[@Alex-zi1oq]

Score could and should have been a lot higher for Ohio State. Indiana got their butts kicked.

[@troyjones5156]

Now they both 10 and 1....

[@ColeslawVariant]

Indiana literally had one good drive the entire game.

[@hossm1808]

1 misses penalty change the game for you?? What about the two Unsportsmanlike conduct penalties that they didn’t call against you in the fourth quarter??? I googled him and it said O H I O!

[@user-bv4ct7tk3j]

Guess you need to turn the hearing aid up. He didn’t say 1 missed penalty would have changed the game.. he was clear as day when he said they were dominated regardless.

[@truz8134]

⁠@@user-bv4ct7tk3jhe quite literally said it changed the game lol

[@hossm1808]

@ I don’t wear here engaged, but thank you very much for the stupid advice! I heard damn well what he said and I responded to it so that’s that and the score was 38 to 15 Ohio State so there you go!

[@jeffbeck6588]

You can spell!

[@mattrannells8458]

It's called Ohio St. has a great Defense....#1 for a reason...

[@quinnyellstrom719]

What he’s been able to do in one season is remarkable. I look forward to seeing what he can do the next few years.

[@taxisquad11]

Has to be able to recruit at a high level

[@tracywinters917]

He brought like 20 transfers. He needs to no recruit against big name schools now

[@MRBUCKNUTZ2]

Hoosier daddy?

[@JoshJorg44]

Cignetti has done the impossible with that team, and with just ok talent. Indiana will be a top team niw the the Big 10

[@Peruvian.Lama74]

James Franklin 2.0. Let's see how he does next year without all his senior James Madison transfers. tOSU is a different beast.

[@jordanthompson6349]

Cignetti likes to run his mouth and tell people to google him. But, he forgot to google Ohio state. He acts like this program isn’t one of the most decorated and historic programs in all of college football history. Maybe he should google Ohio state if he did he find that this program has the greatest winning percentage in all of college football history. Kind of a big deal.

[@ericharrison813]

U acting like he said osu was shit?? He never said shit about osu program?

[@drewdozerthaprophet9568]

In all seriousness, hats off to coach cig and his Hoosiers. This should be a 4 win team, instead they’re a playoff team. Go Bucks!

[@Southernfarmsandcarry]

Hey congrats on them though. I'm glad another BIG10 team has stepped up. The shoe was rocking today !!!! Was laughing from all the Indiana fans yapping from the get….but that quickly ended.

[@Andy-AJC72]

Hats off to Indiana. They were the most impressive MAC team Ohio State has ever played. 😉

[@MS-co3pu]

Cigs a good coach. Glad Bucks won. On to the next one. GO BUCKS!

[@Neurolytic76]

I am a lifelong OSU fan, but Indiana is a team damn... They are going to be good imo.

[@taxisquad11]

Cignetti had never played in a 110,000 seat stadium and the noise it creates. Like The Shoe,, The Big House or Beaver Stadium

[@OnlyNikeFans]

Autzen is louder.... Go Ducks 🟡🟢

[@user-bv4ct7tk3j]

Bruh.. he coached at Alabama… lol

[@ronbaun4864]

​@@OnlyNikeFansyeah OSU will own you in the Big 10 Title game and more importantly in the National Title game if you get there.

[@taxisquad11]

@@user-bv4ct7tk3j Sis... as an assistant. He couldn't get a promotion there so he left and went to Indian University of Pennsylvania. There are no more players to bring in from James Madison. NOW as a head coach in the Big Ten he has ro out recruit Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, Oregon, Washington and USC.

[@OnlyNikeFans]

@@ronbaun4864 why would they "own me"?? 🤡 I don't play for the Ducks!? 🟡🟢

[@timothymason9163]

This guy is a good coach. He beatTTUN. Wish him luck.

[@jonpierce2137]

Got brought back to reality

[@MsChemicalEngineer]

Block in the back, twice? I don't think so. Who's you Daddy Cig??? That's right it's OSU!!

[@OSU2010]

I googled Indiana and the results came back as Inconclusive 🤔?

[@rouse196]

You mean to say "we couldn't protect the quarterback because we don't make proper adjustments" -from a guy that overestimated this staff for this game You better beat Purdue by 100 coach. I like this guy, I really do. I see his vision and when I look at the roster, it's there. It's a deep roster. This game exposed them and they can learn a lot from it. $20million roster they played today. This team has to make a loud plea to sneak into the playoff Saturday.

[@lovemachine4life]

I agree with Danny Ainge

[@jollymon-g5w]

Had a lot of respect for Coach Cignetti this entire season, right up to this post game interview. He almost sounded like Harbaugh complaining about the officiating as their downfall. Christ, be happy and grateful for how far your team has come, least not be reminded about the cruise control schedule you've been so fortunate to enjoy this year until today. Welcome to the B1G leagues Cig.

[@sspiff75]

This dude is a goof

[@taxisquad11]

Next year there are no James Madison players to bring in

[@constantineandreu9377]

❤ yah Coach Cig🚬🔥💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨

[@chuckwalkerii2761]

Troy V Snopes said the same thing.

[@troyv8302]

LOL

[@tommccafferty5591]

Class act. Great coach.

[@Lothbrook66]

Bucks won as expected. Indiana is not a playoff team period. Had a piss poor schedule.

[@mattrannells8458]

Welcome to the B10 Cignetti...So much for Ohio St. Sucking...They kicked your butts...😅

[@silkeden1]

"We didn't handle the noise well."

[@tommyhaywood7540]

Maybe after today you can keep "The" Ohio State out your mouth Go Bucks O H I O

[@zacharyvalloric9076]

He still way better coach then Day way way better

[@Alex-zi1oq]

Stop.

[@BlackMountainCycles]

Based on what? The best scoring offense IU played before today was Maryland, who was ranked #85.

[@murphalicious1]

​@@BlackMountainCyclesosu should have lost to Nebraska .but the refs saved you there. How quickly you forget.

[@ethantomblin7506]

If anything the refs were calling bs calls against ohio state

[@CleverDowed]

Caden Curry #92 single handedly put this cig out. I'm not just saying this because he's my cousin either. Ok, I'm a lil bias. The rest of his team ain't too bad. 😅

[@Beaumo66]

We whooped their Hoosiers! The officiating kept them in it early -.- they gave Ohio state penalties for a “block in the back” a couple or few times, which is ridiculous. I don’t agree the PI calls were really obvious PIs. You let those go and let top 5 teams go at it. Ohio state is physical and strong mentally. Proud of the buckeye fans for being loud af!

[@kentkash]

Bro their offense wasn’t held to barely 300 yards, they didn’t need a lot of yards because your team gave them the ball in the red zone

[@JC-td1bt]

He’s a great football coach they just had too many costly mistakes in their own territory plus he just didn’t have the talent to make a comeback in the end the end the better team won

[@briancrawford69]

I guess the trash talk didn't alter reality for them

[@glennvanzandt3011]

It does when you finally play a decent team. In the sec you'd barely have any wins

[@mayniac5.09]

your lineman jumped on that play bro...

[@murphalicious1]

Wrong.. Iu was doing their silent cadence and the OSU player responded to that and went offsides. Should have been called against osu. Changed the momentum as Cig said.

[@lekalaxz-a-million4548]

IU fans really thought there was going to be an Upset 😂… just because yall beat TTUN yall thought yall was invincible 😂😂😂… GO BUCKS!!!!

[@asoukkhanouvong1]

Who sucks? OSU been your daddy 3 decades now🤣🤣🤣

[@jimbarker8168]

What was the question that he wouldn’t answer

[@frankcarone3769]

ohio state only gave up 154 yards of total offense

[@robertthomas4545]

Indiana doesn't half to hold their heads low they are very good team keep it going Indiana and as so Ohio state

[@David-ce7hg]

This guy is full of it .

[@franknorton8168]

Props to OSU….they kicked our butts today! Indiana keep your heads up! Awesome season and great Coach! I think they needed to play in an environment like that. We will see what happens the rest of the way! Go HOOSIERS and congratulations Bucks!

[@Zach2A]

thank you. if you guys keep him as your head coach, the future is bright at IU. just compare this year to last year. if IU recruits well, they are set up for success in the future. talent just separated these 2 teams today..

[@JC-td1bt]

GG IU yall on the come up it’s very refreshing and nice to see Cignetti is a great coach great things will come soon for the program

[@DavidGonzalez-ek3zh]

31 to 15...less than 5min left? Dreamer!!! Lol

[@stevendonovan9762]

Boy he sounds like Ohio State did after losing to Oregon.

[@dylanmyrick5060]

Maybe now Curt can worry about Indiana's schedule instead of Alabama's... 😂

[@BOOMMERZ024420]

Did this guy and the indiana fan base really think they can hang with the big boys

[@lots33ml]

Coach how many calls did you get in the game. C'mon man you have to overcome thise things. It was one false start call.

[@Melrose51653]

Yeah. It was the officiating that caused the loss not the soft schedule and arrogant overestimating

[@lazydazey9282]

He got out coached and his players got out played.