What Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti said after blowout win over Nebraska

I notice ’em. It was great because it was sold out. Michigan is sold out. Got to get Washington sold out still.

There’s a lot of excitement a lot of places, which is awesome. I could tell they were really loud. We did have some people leave, which I understand, as the game waned on. We had a pretty big lead. Always on Scott and his crew about in-game entertainment, music selection in the second half.

Keep winning, people are going to come. I felt confident it could happen here like that, too, because I’d done it at one other place that was very similar to this going in.

They threw the ball a lot more than they had. Then they got behind, they had to throw the ball more. So he’s under pressure. Then he’s in some tough down and distance situations. Maybe he’s forcing the ball. He’s young. Very talented guy, but he’s young. We made some nice plays out there.

I think this says a lot about our team. I know there was a national perception that Nebraska had a pretty legit defense on a national scale. So that will open their eyes, okay?

I think this is a great team win.

No, I think with success comes belief, which comes confidence, which comes success, right? It’s that cycle. I think you saw that really kind of start against Western Illinois. Wasn’t a great team, but we played well. We went to UCLA and you just have seen it build off every other week.

They probably had some nice holes. The box count was probably in our favor, which tells me they were probably overplaying the RPOs. We were handing the ball off and gaining yards.

Yeah, you guys make that stuff up, right?

Look, this is the here and now. This is where my feet are, right? I have to be focused, locked in, learning and have a great attitude rub off on other people positively as a teammate, okay? An hour from now is a concept. Tomorrow is a concept. All there is is the here and now.

You want to improve as much as you can on a daily basis. We have a process. If there was a better way to handle it, you know what I mean, we’d have been doing that a long time ago (smiling). This is the way, right?

You go on the field, and the margin for error is like that, right? The guy catches the ball for a touchdown. That much more the DB would have tipped it away. That’s athletics.

We got to put ourselves in the best position. If you prepare properly, anything’s possible.

I thought he played really well. Made plays. Ran a little bit, too. The wideouts made some catches. He threw some nice balls on those back shoulders, and those wideouts made some real nice catches.