Indiana football is 4-0, but coach Curt Cignetti doesn’t want his team to relish too much in their early success. He used a famous phrase from Nick Saban to illustrate that.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Curt Cignetti resembled legendary Alabama coach Nick Saban going into Indiana’s crucial Week 5 matchup against Maryland.
“When you win, it's about maintaining your edge and avoiding complacency,” Cignetti said. “And not having the warm fuzzies and not taking the rat poison, right?” Cignetti is familiar with this challenge. He went 52-9 over the last five seasons at James Madison and has a 123-35 record as a head coach, with stops at Elon and Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
“Success leads to confidence, which leads to success, and so they go hand in hand,” Cignetti said. “But you still have to put the work in during the week because everything we do isn't fun. You've got to pay the price in terms of your commitment level, make some choices and decisions, good ones, and sacrifices. But we should be a confident football team right now, but we've got to put the work in.
Starting with Maryland on Saturday at Noon ET at Memorial Stadium, the task becomes more challenging. ESPN ranks Indiana’s strength of schedule 119th, accounting only for the games it has played so far, and its remaining strength of schedule ranks 34th.“We don't want to maintain the level. We want to improve the level in everything we're doing,” Cignetti said. “We want to improve because we're not – nobody is in a position in college football where they afford to go backwards.
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