Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti signed an eight-year, $93 million fully-guaranteed contract extension on Thursday. But rest assured, his well-worn, 36-year-old recliner isn't going anywhere.
"We bought the recliner when we got married, and the company has offered to replace it, but they don't make that kind anymore," Cignetti told the Big Ten Network prior to Saturday's game vs. Michigan State. "And we got new furniture in that room last night, and it's beautiful furniture and everything went — except for my recliner. It's untouchable."
Last August, IndyStar sports reporter Dana Hunsinger Benbow profiled the chair . Yes, the chair was profiled.
Curt Cignetti calls it his beloved La-Z-Boy. It's beloved by him, not necessarily by his wife, Manette, and it's not a La-Z-Boy, she