Indiana coach Curt Cignetti wanted one thing after historic victory over Oregon

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Curt Cignetti was not going to take Friday night's College Football Playoff semifinal victory for granted.

For the first time in school history, the Indiana Hoosiers will be playing for a national title after walloping Oregon 56-22 in the Peach Bowl.

Eventually, the Hoosiers will sit down and watch film on No. 10 Miami, which has had quite the Cinderella run to take on the top-ranked, 15-0 Hoosiers.

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Head coach Curt Cignetti of the Indiana Hoosiers hoists the George P. Crumbley Trophy after defeating the Oregon Ducks in the 2025 College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Jan. 9, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)

But Cignetti had one thing on his mind while the Hoosiers celebrated at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

ESPN's Molly McGrath asked Cignetti when he’d "stop and appreciate how special and how historic all of this has been," assuming Cignetti was already "thinking about the next game."

Cignetti, though, corrected her.

"I’m not thinking about the next game. I’m thinking about cracking open a beer," he admitted.

The Hoosiers became the fifth team in modern college football history to go 15-0. Now they can become the first team of the modern era to go 16-0 and only the second of all time, joining an 1894 Yale team that played with leather helmets.

Indiana Hoosiers head coach Curt Cignetti looks on before the 2025 Big Ten Championship Game against the Ohio State Buckeyes at Lucas Oil Stadium on Dec. 6, 2025. (Robert Goddin/Imagn Images)

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