Curt Cignetti, a big winner at James Madison before taking Indiana to football prominence — and the nation’s hottest coaching property after his No. 3 Hoosiers knocked off Oregon — wasn’t hired by a major program until he was 61. Now his name is being prematurely tossed around as a leading candidate to fill Penn State’s vacancy.

Cignetti is a role model for late bloomers.

Point counterpoint: Take the over in Sunday’s Commanders-Cowboys game.

Ratings bust: North Carolina’s drawing power under Bill Belichick has receded so far so fast that ESPN is passing on Virginia’s Oct. 25 visit to Chapel Hill. The game is being moved to the kid’s table — the ACC Network.

Rest assured: Without a game on Saturday, Navy’s football team could be spending the week basking in its 6-0 start. But there’s

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