Indiana's Curt Cignetti complains about lack of calls against Miami during halftime of national title game

Indiana Hoosiers caput manager Curt Cignetti expressed immoderate vexation with the officials successful the assemblage shot nationalist title connected Monday night.

Cignetti spoke to ESPN’s Holly Rowe and was frustrated with the deficiency of calls against the Miami Hurricanes for hits connected Fernando Mendoza. The Heisman Trophy victor was near bloodied aft 1 of the hits that were enactment connected him.

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Indiana caput manager Curt Cignetti watches during lukewarm ups earlier the College Football Playoff nationalist title crippled betwixt Miami and Indiana, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, successful Miami Gardens, Florida. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

"There’s 3 idiosyncratic fouls connected the backmost not called successful 1 drive," Cignetti said. "They request to beryllium called due to the fact that they’re evident idiosyncratic fouls. I’m each for letting them play, but erstwhile you transverse the line, you gotta telephone it. They were achromatic and achromatic calls."

Through the hits, Mendoza has hung successful determination and had Indiana up 10 points astatine halftime.

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Indiana backmost Fernando Mendoza looks to walk against Miami during the archetypal fractional of the College Football Playoff nationalist title game, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, successful Miami Gardens, Florida. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

He was 12-of-17 with 116 passing yards.

Indiana’s scoring began successful the archetypal 4th with a tract goal. Then, with astir 6:13 near successful the 2nd quarter, Mendoza led the Hoosiers down the tract and handed the shot disconnected to Riley Nowakowski to punch the shot in. The Hoosiers held a 10-0 pb astatine that point.

Indiana caput manager Curt Cignetti speaks during quality league up of the College Football Playoff nationalist title crippled betwixt Miami and Indiana, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026, successful Miami. The crippled volition beryllium played connected Monday. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

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The Hurricanes started to find a bushed precocious successful the archetypal half. But Carter Davis’ tract extremity effort went disconnected the upright. The Hurricanes lone had 3 archetypal downs contempt having the shot for astir 12 minutes successful the half.

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