Hour 1 - Hoosiers Shock the Nation: Cignetti’s Blueprint & Big Turnarounds

Hour 1 opens with Chris Russell reacting to the stunning College Football Playoff National Championship, where Curt Cignetti’s Indiana Hoosiers took down Miami in their own building at Hard Rock Stadium. From there, Chris digs deeper into how Indiana pulled off the unthinkable and asks the bigger question: which programs across college football could be next to make an Indiana-style leap. The conversation turns to whether James Franklin could spark that kind of turnaround at Virginia Tech, before wrapping the hour with a look at Cignetti’s bold personality, early trash talk, and the surprising stoic figure Chris compares him to. A wide-ranging hour on college football, culture shifts, and what real program-building looks like.