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Ten SEC Teams Showed Up in ESPN’s Playoff Reveal and Curt Cignetti Had a Theory About Why

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Curt Cignetti’s Hoosiers opened Tuesday’s first playoff rankings at No. 4, which would hand them a first-round bye…

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  1. AL.com

    Big Ten coach rips CFP rankings: SEC gets 'love from ESPN’ (opens AL.com)

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    The head coach didn't hold back after the first CFP poll was revealed.

  2. Newsweek

    Curt Cignetti Criticizes ESPN’s SEC Coverage After CFP Rankings (opens Newsweek)

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    Curt Cignetti criticized ESPN’s SEC coverage after Indiana opened at No. 4 in the CFP rankings.

  3. New York Post

    Curt Cignetti alleges ESPN SEC bias after controversial College Football Playoff ranking reveal (opens New York Post)

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    Indiana coach Curt Cignetti accused ESPN of SEC bias after the first CFP rankings included 10 SEC teams and only six from the Big Ten.

  4. Unmuzzled News

    Ten SEC Teams Showed Up in ESPN’s Playoff Reveal and Curt Cignetti Had a Theory About Why (opens Unmuzzled News)

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    Curt Cignetti’s Hoosiers opened Tuesday’s first playoff rankings at No. 4, which would hand them a first-round bye…

  5. Yellowhammer News

    Curt Cignetti fires more shots at SEC after first CFP rankings, implies collusion (opens Yellowhammer News)

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    Indiana Hoosiers defending national champion head coach Curt Cignetti has never been afraid to put a strong take out there, and he did it again after the release of the first edition of the College Football Playoff rankings. Despite his team being controversially ranked No.

  6. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    SEC coaches predicted playoff punishment. CFP rankings prove them spectacularly wrong (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    The SEC’s crybaby coaches screeched all offseason about the addition of a ninth conference game and the subtraction of a cupcake.

  7. Breitbart News

    Curt Cignetti Charges ESPN with SEC Bias After Bizarre College Football Playoff Ranking (opens Breitbart News)

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    Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti is crying foul and claiming bias after the College Football Playoff Selection Committee released its first weekly rankings.

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