Arrr, Cignetti be scratchin' his noggin over th' call t' punt, claimin', "I didn’t be wantin' t' do it!"
2024-12-21
Arrr, Coach Cignetti of Indiana be sayin’ he hoisted the dubious punt in the fourth quarter o' Friday's scallywag defeat to Notre Dame, claimin', "Our offense be as useful as a ship with no sails!" Aye, a jolly fine excuse, me hearty!
Ahoy, me hearties! Gather 'round and listen to the tale of Coach Curt Cignetti, a landlubber who learned a jolly lesson 'twixt the battlements of a gridiron clash against them Fighting Irish! Aye, it be a cautionary yarn of trash talk untempered by triumph.Before the fateful match of the College Football Playoff, Cignetti boasted like a rooster atop a barn, crowin' that his Hoosiers "don’t just beat top-25 teams, we beat the s--- out of them!" Alas, the gods of fortune had other plans, as they found themselves on the wrong side of a 27-17 skirmish, with the Irish raising their flag high.But wait, me hearties! The real treasure of mischief lay in Cignetti's curious choice to punt when the winds of victory seemed slim. With the Hoosiers down by 17 and a fourth-and-11 at the Notre Dame 48, all expected a brave charge! Yet, out trotted punter James Evans, like a scallywag with a bucket of seawater! Cignetti, deflated as a balloon at a child’s birthday, offered an explanation that left many scratchin' their heads.“I didn’t want to punt,” he lamented, “but the offense was as effective as a rusty sword.” And so, the Irish sailed on to challenge the mighty Georgia in the Sugar Bowl, leavin' the Hoosiers to ponder what might’ve been over a flagon of grog!