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Adam retainberg
Bloomington, ind. – For the first time all night, Indiana coach Kurt Cignetti stopped herself.
After number 19 Indiana Last number 9 rolled down Illinois One in 63-10 winIn which Hosiers scored the highest marks by a Big Ten team against the AP Top -10 rival, Signetty was asked about the message that his team asked about the message given by his team, especially those who questioned those who used to ask whether 2024 Hosieres were in college football playoffs.
,[The media] Controls all that stuff, I just got to prepare them and then we all play their games and see what shakes at the end of the year, “Signetty said.
Then he stopped, smiled and saw his communication head.
“I want, but I will not.”
The 2025 version of Cignetti cannot be the same. The 2025 version of Indiana, meanwhile, may be better than its predecessor, and there is no intention of leaving the CFP conversation. The first Illinois-Indiana matchup for teams ranked since 1950 became completely unilateral, as Hosieres overwhelmed Illinois in all three stages, increased by a 35–10 halftime lead and continued to add touchdown.
“We deserve to be in the top 10,” All-Big Ten Cornerback and Special Teams Ace D’Angelo pond Said. “We proved today.”
Indiana broke the previous Big Ten Scoring Record against the top -10 enemy of 62 points, set twice by Ohio State, recently against No. 4 Michigan in 2018.
Illinois coach Brett Bellema was “a disadvantage to words” after Ilini was the most shutdown as a rank team in the AP Pol Yuga.
“I have never been a part of anything like that,” said Bellema.
Cignetti added: “We broke their wish.”
Indiana led the nation in the average scoring margin (25.7 PPG) in 2024, but came against a schedule in which opponents were not ranked. Although Illinois did not meet the country’s number 9 team on Saturday night, Ilini entered the season with credibility after winning 10 games and retained many of her top players, including quarterbacks. Leuk ultamier,
Hosieres began his attack with a pond pant block and scoop-end-score, and then made a touchdown on seven consecutive assets, five yards or five stretching for more. He excluded Illinois 579–161, 31 dougs for Illinois, and Ilini placed Ilini in a 2 net rushing yard.
“They will definitely see it differently,” Indiana wide receiver Omar Cooper JuniorSaid. “One of the biggest things he said [last season was] We have not defeated anyone in the top 25. So now when we were able to do this today, and do it very prominently, I think they will start to respect us a little more. ,
As Indiana retrieves her place on National radar, quarterbacks Fernando Mendoza Increased her profile as a Hissman trophy claimant and NFL draft probability with near-reflection against Ilini. He had five touchdown passes and only had two imperfections, his younger brother Alberto finished with a distance of 267 yards before changing him quickly in the fourth quarter.
Fernando Mendoza witnessed Indiana’s lost victory in 2024 while playing for Cal. He was also part of the loss of Cal to Miami, which erased the lack of 35–10. Mendoza placed the pedal down, and in the last 30 years, completing his 90% pass against AP rank rivals became the second FBS player with five passing touchdowns, including Ohio State’s CJ Stroud in 2021 against the number 7 Michigan state.
“You are never going to be 100% right, and if you are, something is always going to happen, a game in the game,” said Mendoza. “But this drive is to be right and never decent. And that’s why I came here, to become the best quarterbacks that I could become, and can see expediting my development, which I want, and I want to speed up ten times.”
Mendoza’s talent was matched to Indiana’s defensive front, which overwhelmed an Illinois aggressive line, which returned all five beginnings but struggled in the first half of a win -2 victory in Duke. Indiana quarterback Leuk ultamier And Ilini ball carrier, record five sacks and seven tackles for damage in the first half, and ends for damage with seven sacks and 10 tackles.
“I felt that our defensive line could whip his aggressive line, and we did,” Cignetti said.
Unlike the previous season, Indiana will have more signature opportunities to increase their CFP profile. Hosiers visit Iowa next week and road trips to number 6 Oregon on 11 October, and number 2 on 8 November are in the state state.
“People are always going to doubt, whether we win this way, or if we win from one point,” wide receiver Eliza Sarat Said. “We just proved that we can win some big games. This is the message this year – we want to win big games, and as long as we do what we do, the boundary of the sky.”
