Indiana’s 27-17 loss to Notre Dame in the first round of the College Football Playoff was not head coach Curt Cignetti’s finest performance.
While a few late Hoosiers touchdowns made the score much more respectable, the reality is that Indiana was a step slow and a bit outmatched. But that was all buoyed by Cignetti’s timid decision-making.
Nothing embodied that more than Cignetti deciding to punt twice while down 17 in the second half. Despite the fact IU made it’s name with risky offensive gambles in the regular season, the Hoosiers opted to punt on 4th-and-3 from their own 3