Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti opened this week’s three-day preseason kickoff festivities in Indianapolis by acknowledging he’s still waiting for the NCAA to make a decision on the sign-stealing scandal involving Michigan. The Wolverines, of course, didn’t talk about it Thursday.
Penn State head coach James Franklin talks with reporters during an NCAA college football news conference at the Big Ten Conference media days at Lucas Oil Stadium, Wednesday, July 24, 2024, in Indianapolis. Oregon’s Dillion Gabriel speaks during an NCAA college football news conference at the Big Ten Conference media days at Lucas Oil Stadium, Thursday, July 25, 2024, in Indianapolis.
But after Petitti’s opening remarks, there was little discussion about the controversy — until Franklin was asked how the new communication system would impact college football. Franklin, one of the more outspoken critics last season, was up front. “When I made the decision to leave, coach Lanning called and coach Stein called and there was an immediate alignment with one another,” Gabriel said. “The offensive fit, the returning pieces and also the pieces coming in, it wasn’t a matter of if, it was just how we’re going to get it done.”
“I just loved how he played it, what he represents on and off the field,” Gabriel said. “I think that’s a guy anyone would want to get behind. Just the type of person he is, how he represents Hawaii, as a young Hawaii athlete watching him go do his thing, it’s special.”First-year Indiana coach Curt Cignetti admitted there was a time when his late father, College Football Hall of Fame coach Frank Cignetti Sr., was the son’s “biggest critic.
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