Curt Cignetti has the Hoosiers one win away from cementing their place atop college football's new world order.

Cignetti has had an unprecedented journey throughout his coaching career. After working under Nick Saban for four years at Alabama and winning a national championship in 2009, Cignetti departed from the Crimson Tide to become a head coach for the first time. He moved down to the D2 level to coach the Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

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Indiana has already found its potential replacement for Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Fernando Mendoza in former TCU Horned Frogs signal-caller Josh Hoover. However, quarterback isn't the only position that needs to be addressed.

Cignetti is big on football, light on small talk. His edge and Saban-like attention have fueled Indiana's rise into football's upper echelon

When people ask, why didn’t Alabama hire Curt Cignetti to replace Nick Saban, that cannot be a serious question. You know the answer.

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The real reason Indiana looks like they know every play before it happens? Curt Cignetti’s obsessive approach to preparation and his “rip off the rearview mirror” philosophy. The newly crowned Dodd Trophy winner, who’s now 25-2 in two seasons at Indiana, doesn’t let his team dwell on past wins or worry about future matchups.

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