By newsfirstusa 
Occasionally it’s best possible to avoid wasting the trash speaking till then the sport’s been received.
Indiana head lecturer Curt Cignetti discovered that lesson in primetime then the lecturer suffered a crushing loss to the Preventing Irish within the first spherical of the College Football Playoff on Friday night time.
Notre Dame Preventing Irish operating again Jeremiyah Love (4) celebrates then scoring a landing all through the primary part of a recreation between the Indiana Hoosiers and the Notre Dame Preventing Irish within the first spherical of the School Soccer Playoff on Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, in South Bend. (IMAGN)
Cignetti had plethora to mention all through his pregame look 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 once no longer open in Friday’s 27-17 loss to Notre Dame. However possibly extra mystifying than the loss was once Cignetti’s debatable resolution to punt within the fourth quarter.
Trailing by way of 17 issues with simply over 10 mins too much, Indiana discovered itself at fourth-and-11 on the Notre Dame 48-yard layout. All issues thought to be, Indiana was once anticipated to travel for it. However that’s no longer what came about.
Rather, punter James Evans ran out at the grassland.
Next the sport, a deflated Cignetti was once requested to give an explanation for his resolution.
Indiana head lecturer Curt Cignetti watches towards Notre Dame all through the primary part of the primary spherical of the NCAA School Soccer Playoff, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photograph/Darron Cummings)
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“I didn’t want to punt, but we were doing nothing on offense, and our defense was fighting. That was the only positive, really, that I could draw, is our defense was still fighting, because offense was doing nothing,” he stated.
“And I didn’t want to go fourth-and-10 – it’s like you’re just wishing and hoping. You have nothing to base it on that you can convert fourth-and-10 at that point, right? And there’s still time if you punt to win the game. So, that was the reason why. I didn’t want to do it, but I felt like it was the best move.”
However the plan temporarily backfired, and Notre Dame would lengthen their supremacy at the resulting pressure.
Georgia Bulldogs quarterback Gunner Stockton (14) drops again to cross towards the Texas Longhorns all through the second one part of the 2024 SEC Championship recreation at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. (Brett Davis-Imagn Photographs)
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Notre Dame strikes on to stand SEC champion Georgia within the Sugar Bowl.
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