Indiana vs Oregon: Analyzing Key Match-Ups and Strategy

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00:00And Indiana versus Oregon, two fantastic offensive coaches here.

00:03And I want to ask you a two-part question, Coach.

00:05Number one, obviously, who's going to win this football game?

00:07But number two, you've played in a lot of loud stadiums before.

00:10Autzen certainly is way up there.

00:12How do you prepare your football team to get ready for that type of an environment as well?

00:17Autzen is as tough as any place.

00:19I didn't coach there, but I broadcasted there.

00:21I mean, they can pour their bourbon and cokes on your head from the bleachers.

00:25That's how close they are to the field.

00:27And they will do that too, but they've got an 18-game home winning streak right now.

00:32And they're a great football team.

00:34But there's no contender pretender here.

00:36This is not an indication that Indiana will look to be a pretender.

00:40I think these are both contenders, both very good quarterbacks, very good football teams.

00:45But Oregon has the best secondary in the country.

00:48I think it'll show up.

00:49I think Indiana has an outstanding running game.

00:52It will have to come through.

00:53At the end of the day, Oregon's quarterback, a little better.

00:56Oregon's talent, a little better.

00:58At Allison Field, a lot better.

01:00Oregon will cover.

01:01Coach, I know you know Kirk Cignetti very well.

01:05Talk to me about potentially what he could do a little bit differently on the road.

01:10Because, again, the last time he stepped up against Notre Dame and against Ohio State,

01:14a step up in competition, they didn't win those games, were severely outmanned in the trenches.

01:20But what can he do from the coaching advantage to potentially pull out this victory?

01:24Well, I think anything, any coach will learn from their mistakes or will learn what they've done wrong.

01:29But let me go back.

01:30I've known Kirk since he was five years old.

01:32His father was my dad's offensive coordinator at West Virginia.

01:35His father was my head coach, one of the brightest offensive minds.

01:39Kirk has years and years of people explaining him how to handle an away game.

01:44How to handle an away game where you're an underdog.

01:46Do you let them watch TV?

01:48Do you bring them together?

01:49Do you do this?

01:49Do you have walkthroughs?

01:51What the day-to-day routine is, the Friday and the Saturday of a game?

01:55He'll know what to do because he's been raised a football coach.

01:58And he's been a head coach a long time.

02:00I don't care if you're Division III or Division IA.

02:03The pregame preparation is the same wherever you are.

02:07So it's a big game.

02:08He's been in big games.

02:10And remember, this is a better football team than it was last year.

02:13He's building this program and he knows how to build it.

02:16And so we've got to assume some of the things like Ohio State, Oregon games last year where

02:20he lost late in the season, he's getting better.

02:23And I don't think he'll win this game because he's got a great team.

02:26He's playing on the road.

02:27But I think he knows how to handle the environment and the situation that's at hand.

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