At least that was the case until Friday night’s 27-17 loss at No. 7 seed Notre Dame in the first round of the College Football Playoff. And to be clear, there’s really a limited amount of shame in this kind of loss. It seems like every year we get a dud in the playoff no matter how many teams are in the bracket.

Everything Curt Cignetti said in his postgame press conference after Indiana's season came to an end with the 27-17 loss to Notre Dame.