Coach Curt Cignetti's Jaw-Dropping Prediction Comes True - Here's What's Next for No. 9 Indiana!

Coach Curt Cignetti looked at Indiana's 2024 schedule before even taking the Indiana job and checked off 10 wins. He one-upped that mark in a historic first season. And after Saturday's 66-0 rout over rival Purdue, Cignetti insists college football's Selection Committee is on notice.

The Hoosiers, who continued their dominant romp through Big Ten play with their most lopsided triumph since 2002, proved once again why they might be the dark horse many experts are rooting for in this season's College Football Playoff. Cignetti knew what the unranked squad was capable of, making believers of each of his players along the way.

Right before Saturday's senior day game against rivals Purdue, Indiana celebrated its rise to a top-10 ranking and the guarantee of an additional regular season win. Their head coach never took an idealistic or dismissive stance - everything he looked at seemed to keep him pointing in one apparent direction.

At multiple instances this fall, the Big Ten would realize an impressive moment that gave rise to that growing respect for their performance as one team gained speed. When looking around Cignetti, among the national coaches competing in November, you can see no one standing against such fervent success as Indiana's. Cignetti, certainly sensing one path ahead of countless prospects before making assumptions of unspoken probability, quietly checked his projected numbers after going through the IU calendar - putting future projections - back.

Overseeing the operations of historic impact like Indiana's 9th ranking season so far put every single key doubt right back into the equation for Curt and Indiana - producing true questions for each observer. As he walked down to see him close, he let the crowd cheer his efforts on because they created what would be a gigantic opportunity today.

The Hoosiers arrived Saturday sensing why winning large had just caused questions but sparked incredible progress. With a new name in contention, Saturday demonstrated a stronger will towards gaining title after historic triumph. In the heart of a storm which ultimately gave birth to their emergence as contenders who found pride when being put through potential examination, on one winter morning they stood back proud after overwhelming others.