Shortly before taking the field with his team for the first game of the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff, Indiana. coach Curt Cignetti joined the College GameDay set and reunited with legendary mentor Nick Saban. Cignetti, who played quarterback for West Virginia when Saban was a defensive backs coach for the Mountaineers, was part of Saban's first coaching staff at Alabama in 2007.
Cignetti worked under Saban as a wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator from 2007 to '10. He coached future All-Pro receiver Julio Jones, and helped the Crimson Tide win a BCS national championship title in 2009. Cignetti went on to coach the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Elon, and James Madison before taking over Indiana's program in 2024.
