Penn State’s search for a new head coach after the firing of James Franklin was headline news. And one of the hottest names in the mix was Curt Cignetti . Cignetti took an overlooked program, in the Hoosiers, to the brink of a College Football Playoff appearance with a stellar 17-2 record over 19 games and an impressive 11-1 Big Ten record. But before things could move forward, the Hoosiers quickly pulled the brakes. AD Scott Dolson produced a shiny new contract for the Indian HC. The contract was a game-changing $92.8 million, eight-year extension locking Cignetti through 2033 with an average $11.6 million per year.

With a figure like that, Cignetti stands as the third-highest-paid coach in the country behind only Georgia’s Kirby Smart and Ohio State’s Ryan Day . It was a massive

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