Indiana coach Curt Cignetti wanted 1 thing after historic victory over Oregon

Curt Cignetti was not going to instrumentality Friday night's College Football Playoff semifinal triumph for granted.

For the archetypal clip successful schoolhouse history, the Indiana Hoosiers volition beryllium playing for a nationalist rubric aft walloping Oregon 56-22 successful the Peach Bowl.

Eventually, the Hoosiers volition beryllium down and ticker movie connected No. 10 Miami, which has had rather the Cinderella tally to instrumentality connected the top-ranked, 15-0 Hoosiers.

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Head manager Curt Cignetti of the Indiana Hoosiers hoists the George P. Crumbley Trophy aft defeating the Oregon Ducks successful the 2025 College Football Playoff Semifinal astatine the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl astatine Mercedes-Benz Stadium connected Jan. 9, 2026 successful Atlanta, Georgia. (Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)

But Cignetti had 1 happening connected his caput portion the Hoosiers celebrated astatine Mercedes-Benz Stadium successful Atlanta.

ESPN's Molly McGrath asked Cignetti erstwhile he’d "stop and admit however peculiar and however historical each of this has been," assuming Cignetti was already "thinking astir the adjacent game."

Cignetti, though, corrected her.

"I’m not reasoning astir the adjacent game. I’m reasoning astir cracking unfastened a beer," helium admitted.

The Hoosiers became the 5th squad successful modern assemblage shot past to spell 15-0. Now they tin go the archetypal squad of the modern epoch to spell 16-0 and lone the 2nd of each time, joining an 1894 Yale squad that played with leather helmets.

Indiana Hoosiers caput manager Curt Cignetti looks connected earlier the 2025 Big Ten Championship Game against the Ohio State Buckeyes astatine Lucas Oil Stadium connected Dec. 6, 2025. (Robert Goddin/Imagn Images)

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Cignetti has near the assemblage shot satellite breathless with a melodramatic turnaround of the Hoosiers program, going from 1 of the losingest teams successful the Big Ten to perchance the astir ascendant azygous play of each time.

Following their undefeated regular season, the Hoosiers person lone gained momentum successful the CFP. After defeating Ohio State for the Big Ten championship, Indiana overwhelmed Alabama 38-3 successful the Rose Bowl quarterfinal arsenic Fernando Mendoza passed for 192 yards and 3 touchdowns.

Indiana Hoosiers caput manager Curt Cignetti walks towards the sideline aft a clip retired against Ohio State Buckeyes successful the 4th fourth during the shot crippled successful Columbus connected Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. (Kyle Robertson/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

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Indiana volition effort to springiness the Big Ten its 3rd consecutive nationalist title, pursuing Ohio State and Michigan the past 2 seasons. Few teams from immoderate league tin comparison with the Hoosiers’ season-long objection of balanced, beardown play.

Fox News' Jackson Thompson and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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