Great job 60 minutes. The only thing was I now know what Cig was pointing at with press box. “That thing must come down”. I’m assuming he’s talking about Mellencamp? 🤣
@olympian97 my favorite blowout story was when we played Nebraska with I M Hipp ( my favorite football name). There had been an accident on 37 so we were about 10 minutes late. Score was 21~0 before we sat down!
I knew several players on the ‘78 team and the stories from that game were almost unbelievable. Corso was a great guy in many ways, but he ran a very loose ship.
Side note. David Levine is a Bloomington native. Bloomington North grad. He does a great job too.
I thought it was a solid segment & a great free 15 minute advertisement for IU.
I agree that 60 Minutes & other media outlets are overdoing the “Rags” portion of the story. Long ago, Bill Mallory showed what was possible. After some years in the wilderness, Kevin Wilson & Tom Allen fielded competitive teams that could never get to next level while nobody was paying attention.
What Coach Cignetti has done in such a short is amazing. But, to me, the foundation was laid over the previous 13-15 years of facility investment & the athletic department finally making a larger commitment to football.
That was good. Enjoyed the overtime interview segments with Aiden and Fernando also.
Did anyone catch the shot of Sammy in the booth sitting next to Don?
@zeke4ahs sorry, but your favorite blowout story blows! I Like the blowouts where we're the ones that enjoy the lopsided victory! I'll take NB last year, just edging out IL this year and the last 2 PU games!
@kkott Nebraska last year was the first time I knew we were REALLY good
I remember as a student 82-83. Corso final year, then Wyche.We'd make a huge deal over whether we could block the extra point. Standing up and roaring as the other team lined up for the kick. There were so many of the opposition touchdowns , had to do something for fun when getting blown out. Probably went away early under Mallory.
@zeke4ahs Same for me. It's great to get any win, but beating those blue blood names like NB, OSU and PSU is extra nice! I'm looking forward to getting a shot at an SEC team, and for that same reason, hope it's Bama!
I agree that 60 Minutes & other media outlets are overdoing the “Rags” portion of the story. Long ago, Bill Mallory showed what was possible. After some years in the wilderness, Kevin Wilson & Tom Allen fielded competitive teams that could never get to next level while nobody was paying attention.
He highlighted the worst of the worst, but he has a 10 mintues to convey his story and I think that was the way to do it. Indiana football has been a disaster for my lifetime, minus a couple of years in the '80s when OSU and Michigan were down. For a P4 school that is known as an athletic school, not an academic one, our football record and ineptitude is hard to over state. We've never, ever been in the conversation for a Big Ten title pre-season, let alone a National Title EVER. And the fan interest and stadium attendance bore that out. While I was in school, 90-94, we were a good team but the stands were never full, and many times, especially after halftime, they were about 1/3 full.
What Cignetti has done here is historic and I doubt will ever be repeated, even though you're going to see a hell of a lot of teams try. I don't care what factors led to this, Cignetti took advantage of them and accomplished something I thought impossible less than two years ago. Mallory, Wilson, and Allen do not belong in the same zip code as Cignetti in terms of accomplishments at IU or in the history of college football.
Coach Mallory was awesome in so many ways. Not just being a solid coach.
But he wasn't given the resources to compete with the big boys. And in that era, that would've been really, really tough. For what he had he gave us some memorable teams.
Cig has adapted to the new era far better than most. And there's a good chance he will be able to continue to adapt. And he has resources. No, not the biggest war chest, but what he said he needed if we wanted to win.
Yeah, a different level. Would have been cool though if 60 minutes had found a way to pay a little tribute to Coach Mallory , even in keeping with their story arc they could've told it as 'the one time Indiana had a taste of good football' then they could go on about how we fired that guy... Which would show how hapless we really were, blaming everything on the coach instead of also support and resources.
Coach Mallory was awesome in so many ways. Not just being a solid coach.
Just a great human being all the way around. It flat-out sucks that he's not here to enjoy these last couple of seasons.
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Like that they interviewed John Mellencamp and pointed out he sits above the press box so he can smoke
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