Pete Thamel on Curt Cignetti and the rapid ascent of Indiana football

Описание: ESPN’s Pete Thamel joins Woj to dissect one of the most improbable rises in the history of the sport: the Indiana Hoosiers’ journey to the national title game. Ahead of a showdown with Miami, Woj and Pete dive into how Curt Cignetti built a "destination logo" in record time and the seismic shifts making this era of college athletics the most chaotic in history.


• The Indiana Rocket Ship: Pete explains why the Hoosiers’ rise is unprecedented and why it required a "perfect storm" of the transfer portal, NIL and administrative defiance to keep a coaching staff intact.
• The Death of Continuity: How the gap between the "Blue Bloods" and the rest of the field has widened, and why the mid-major advantage of veteran rosters is disappearing.
• The Revenue Share Frontier: A look at the House settlement and why schools are continuing to spend at "100 miles per hour."
• The 10-Year Outlook: Will the Power Conferences eventually break away from the NCAA? Pete breaks down the multi-billion dollar binders that are keeping the current model together for now.


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01:50 – The unprecedented rise of Curt Cignetti and Indiana Football
04:02 – The "Rocket Ship" factor: Why this only happens in the Portal/NIL era
04:41 – How IU committed to keeping its staff intact
06:26 – Becoming a "Destination Logo": Why coordinators are staying in Bloomington
07:46 – The Death of Continuity: Why the mid-major advantage is disappearing
09:24 – The Parity Shift: Blue Bloods vs. the new Power Conference middle class
12:15 – Fandom in the Portal Era
13:17 – The Atlantic 10 perspective: Roster turnover and lost rivalries
16:30 – The House settlement: Will the $21M cap actually curb spending?
22:15 – The future in 5-10 years: Will the Power Schools break away from the NCAA?


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