Indiana’s Curt Cignetti explains head-scratching call to punt in loss to Notre Dame: ‘Didn’t want to do it’

Sometimes it’s best to save the trash talking until after the game’s been won. 

Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti learned that lesson in primetime after the coach suffered a crushing loss to the Fighting Irish in the first round of the College Football Playoff on Friday night.

Cignetti had plenty to say during his pregame appearance on ESPN’s "College GameDay," noting that the Hoosiers "don’t just beat top-25 teams, we beat the s--- out of them."

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That was not evident in Friday’s 27-17 loss to Notre Dame. But ...