Curt Cignetti Emailed The Entire Indiana Student Body To Put Off The Tailgating, Partying, And Studying To Get Their Ass To The Football Game Tomorrow

Fuck it, troll job = over. I was bored a few weeks ago and picked at my good friend White Boy Rick for getting too excited about IU football, and it got me into a war with Hoosier fans. You know me, I love a good back and forth with words. But the fact of the matter is that Curt Cignetti is a really good football coach and this is an awesome move. A rising tide lifts all boats and it's good for the Big Ten and college football in general to have people like Curt Cignetti in the game. I don't care that Indiana hasn't played anyone with a pulse yet. It's still cool to see a perennial doormat have some excitement around their football program. Does this mean they'll play within 4 scores of Ohio State? No. Did I notice he called Maryland a "very good team"?  Yes. But forget all that. He emailed the entire student body to get their ass to the football game tomorrow, and my favorite part about it is that I truly believe he actually wrote it. There's some football coaches out there that don't even touch their email, having a personal assistant run their accounts and speak for them. I truly believe Curt Cignetti wrote this email in which he said, and I quote, "The tailgates can wait. The parties can wait. If you need to study, that can wait too."

I hope Indiana fans take his words seriously and get their ass to Memorial Stadium tomorrow for the clash of titans. Not just because it's a huge game, not just because the Indiana football team needs the energy, but because there's only 5 more opportunities to see this gem of a Head Coach they have in Bloomington. 

Although Cignetti will probably be off to greener pastures at the end of the season, I'm all in on this year's team and starting to get drunk off this Crimson and Cream kool-aid he's serving. Screw 9windiana, that's a 10windiana at minimum right there and don't be surprised if the Wolverines come to Memorial Stadium in November and go home with a big fat L. Could we see a 10-0 Hoosier team heading to Columbus on November 23rd?? No one wants it / believes it more than me. But that's down the road and Coach Cignetti has me locked in on one thing and one thing only right now: Maryland. 

Folks, we're talking about the chance to go 5-0 for the first time in 57 years!! My advice isn't to skip the tailgates but rather to wake your ass up a little earlier, drink a little bit more, and be in the stadium 20 minutes before kickoff to welcome the vaunted Maryland Terrapins onto the field with the same energy you would if the defending Big 10 champion / National Finalists Purdue Boilermakers were running onto the court at Assembly Hall. Or if Jalen Haralson were to announce he was staying home in the great state of Indiana to play college basketball at….Notre Dame. Give me that same energy!! Go Hoosiers, I'm cheering for you. Just bought a shirt.