Curt Cignetti also seems to view public discourse itself as a potential waste of competitive energy.
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The road from Indiana football oblivion to the White House was not supposed to exist.
The first correction of Indiana's spring did not wait for a whistle.
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The wind was cruel. The crowd was loyal. And history, once again, showed up wearing crimson.
Here are just five things he did that all great leaders do.
Of all the accolades to come Curt Cignetti's way after Indiana's first national championship, a three-word nod from Google might be the most viral.
You can have your five-star factories, your recruiting czars with laminated hashtags, your headsets piped into power rating podcasts. College football crowned a champion Monday night, and his name is Curt Cignetti, a man who once waxed staff tables at Indiana of Pennsylvania and now owns a perfect season at Indiana of Indiana.
Fernando Mendoza. Airborne. Football gripped and extended. Helmet first. Heart first. Headlong into history.
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Indiana beat Miami 27–21 to achieve college football immortality — a 16–0 perfect season, the first national title in program history, and the culmination of a playoff run that saw the Hoosiers outscore Alabama, Oregon and Miami by a combined 104–62.
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun posted on X asking Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis about a friendly wager.