The No. 5 , a situation Cignetti has never experienced.
"I've never played, I don't think, a football game where we lost three starters in the first quarter," Cignetti said Thursday night on his weekly radio show. "Let alone the opening game of the year. "
Indiana's run game struggled a bit in the opener with 134 rushing yards, a total backup quarterback Grant Wilson boosted with a 43-yard touchdown run in the final minutes. "We didn't have enough explosive runs; we had too many negative yardage runs," Cignetti said. "And some of that was because they were going to come in and stop the run. And that's what they were going to do. " Want more . Listen to Mind Your Banners, our IU Athletics-centric podcast, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. and read all his coverage
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