Indiana's Curt Cignetti says Big Ten is 'best league in football'

CHICAGO -- Seven months removed from raising Indiana 's first football national championship trophy, Hoosiers coach Curt Cignetti strutted to the lectern Thursday -- with that same trophy just to his right -- and confidently delivered the strongest remark on the SEC-Big Ten debate yet. "The Big Ten is the best league in football," Cignetti said at Big Ten media days. "We don't run a hype machine up here in the Midwest. We believe everything's earned, not given. And when we fall short, we say we fell short. We don't cry a river, whine and complain. And that's why we're the best." Cignetti, who led the Hoosiers to an unprecedented 16-0 season and one of the most remarkable program turnarounds in recent history, has never shied away from speaking his mind.

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