Indiana coach Curt Cignetti said his team belongs in the 12-team College Football Playoff field despite Saturday's 38-15 loss at Ohio State.
Jake Trotter covers college football for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2011. Before that, he worked at The Oklahoman, Austin American-Statesman and Middletown Journal newspapers. You can follow him @Jake_Trotter."Is that a serious question?" Cignetti responded defiantly."I'm not even going to answer that one. The answer's so obvious."Tuesday will reveal whether the playoff selection committee agrees.
They also became the first team since 1998 to start 8-0 without trailing once. All but one of the Hoosiers' wins came by at least two touchdowns. But the Buckeyes rolled the rest of the way, holding Indiana to just 53 yards in the first half, its lowest total in a first half in 10 years, according to ESPN Research.Indiana quarterback Kurtis Rourke was held to a season-low 68 yards on 8-of-18 passing in Saturday's 35-18 loss at Ohio State. "We couldn't protect the quarterback," Cignetti said."Every time we dropped back to pass, something bad happened. ... it was like a nightmare.
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