Curt Cignetti drops insane "Pearl Harbor" line after Indiana squeaks by Northwestern

The Hoosiers were nearly three touchdown favorites most of the week, but that never came close to hitting.In fact, for most of the first quarter, Indiana led Northwestern by a robust score of ...2-0.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners.

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2-0! Nothing like a little Friday night pitcher's duel in Bloomington.It's rare to see a 2-0 score in a football game, by the way.

Duh.So when it happens, you have to soak it in.Amazing.I could watch it all day.

Again, you just don't see it.Old school football, baby!Anyway, it was a struggle for Indiana most of the night.

The Hoosiers had leads of 2-0, 5-0, 12-0, and 12-7 before Northwestern closed the gap to 22-20 midway through the fourth quarter.Indiana Hoosiers head coach Curt Cignetti after defeating the Miami Hurricanes in the College Football Playoff National Championship game at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida on Jan.19, 2026.

(Mark J.Rebilas/Imagn Images)The defending champs prevailed, but it wasn't pretty.

Perhaps opening the game with back-to-back false starts — followed by a turnover on downs at the goal line — was a harbinger of things to come.At least that's what head coach Curt Cignetti took away ...Sort of:"We got Pearl Harbored the first two offensive plays."Well, that's certainly one way to put it.I'll be honest, I've never heard that one.

Good stuff here from Cignetti.Nobody does it quite like him.The guy is just a content machine.

It's Cignetti, Lane Kiffin, and then everyone else.Indiana Hoosiers head coach Curt Cignetti is seen following a college football game between the Northwestern Wildcats and Indiana Hoosiers on Sept.25, 2026, at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Ind.

(Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)Cig has...