When a college football coach takes a new job, any semblance of continuity is a major factor in hitting the ground running.
Winning, and doing so quickly, has become the normal expectation for coaches taking over a Power Four program, regardless of historical status. As college football pundit Josh Pate put it, the incredible job Curt Cignetti has done at Indiana has been “disastrous” for every other coach in the country, “evaporating” the concept of patience.
The Hoosiers are ranked No. 1, Texas Tech and Mississippi also made the College Football Playoff and Virginia, Vanderbilt and Georgia Tech came well within striking distance of doing so.