Josh Burnham to Indiana.
Indiana has an interesting portal model. They are getting a lot of later career college guys, a good number of whom won’t go pro or if they do, will do so in very late rounds or as UDFA, but who are basically college journeymen. Different but works for them.
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Good get for IU. The Cignetti Express is rolling!
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Doing a nice job there but look at that schedule........it's dog shite.......again.
Guaranteed Indiana is the healthiest and freshest team in the country come playoff time next year, just like this year.
Starting off with 3 FCS teams (again), 1 tough game against OSU and 9 home games. How any fan can thump their chest at how great their team is with that schedule is embarrassing. Completely unwatchable.
More important is the development of the players he takes.
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Recognize the pattern? Cig took the Saban blueprint. He did this with JUCO kids to build LSU and ALA
Then, to sweeten the deal he convinced a lot of kids to greyshirt and medically ended careers of underperforming players.
Cignetti is just running textbook what he learned at Alabama. Have a solid list of intangibles that translate to quality players willing to commit to a winning system. Only select kids that fit all of the required list of measurables regardless of what recruiting ranking services say. Sound teams and strong teams are built on quality across the board more than they are the sizzle that writes all the commercials and articles.
Saban put the details of the entire operation in his book.
Now that you say it, makes a lot of sense.
I think Marcus has a similar mindset. Whether he has the resources to execute, we’ll see, but it does seem like ND has pivoted back in favor of FB.
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Good player definitely under appreciated
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Coogan?
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Both, these two were head scratcher misses by the staff. Kind of odd, but it happens.
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Burnham
yes, 22-24 year old kids with lots of film vs 18-20 kids with lots of potential.
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Yea mentality and physical strength is so different at 23 vs 19. Good strategy.
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It’s smart & there’s value to be had picking 2 deep guys off of rosters like NDs
NDs and Bamas of the world are developing Indiana’s team.
Different take on what happens in the BBall tourney - the veteran teams vs fresh out of HS all stars.
I don’t understand how we lost this guy. Do we have a plan he wasn’t part of?
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Re: I don’t understand how we lost this guy. Do we have a plan he wasn’t part of?
I’m thinking despite playing a lot, he saw his starting status decrease between 2024 & 25. he’s no longer an underclassman, and he might’ve felt that staying might affect his long term plans.
A really big head scratcher. I don't understand why he didn't play more the past two years.
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I was wondering this myself the other day.
My hope is that we’re all in on 26 and we’d rather spend the Burnham $ on a plan the upsizes and skills the DL and likewise other positions. In support: the recent DL coach hire and Marcus extension.
The cynic in me thinks we may have been asleep at the wheel since this seems orchestrated. We also lost the MSU receiver to Indiana.
I’m keeping my powder dry until I see what happens with some of these transfers we’re bringing in.
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