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Always College Football with Greg McElroy

Curt Cignetti EXCLUSIVE + Tennessee’s next move at QB | Always College Football

Always College Football with Greg McElroy

ESPN

Football, Sports

3.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Curt Cignetti joins Greg McElroy to talk life after winning the National Championship, how to prevent complacency, if he ever smiles, how Indiana identifies the RKG’s (right kinda guys), what Cig has seen from the new group coming in for 2026 and so much more. Plus, McElroy goes over why Joey Aguilar got denied another year of eligibility and what it means for Josh Heupel and Tennessee going into 2026. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

They're not making it through the door unless they're right kind of guy.

0:03.0

And then, you know, assimilate into the program. And if they can't do it, they're not going to be here real long. Like I'm not one to, you know, they're getting paid nowadays. You got to stroke them off. No, no, no, no, no. That's not happening here. Right? There's a standard and everybody's, and there's accountability to meet the bar day and day out. And if you can't

0:21.4

consistently meet the bar, then you're probably in the wrong place. Welcome in. It's always

0:29.7

College Football. I'm your host, Greg McElroy. We are happy to be with you here on February

0:34.1

23rd. And if you thought the off season was a time to relax, well, you haven't been

0:40.4

paying attention to what's going on in some courtrooms all across the country. You haven't

0:46.4

been paying attention to what's going on when it comes to the rules committee because there's

0:51.2

some stuff that's going on right now, some stuff that could affect our games here in the very near future.

0:57.4

Today we're diving into a massive show because the landscape of 2026 has continued to shift

1:03.7

a little bit.

1:05.0

We are going to have a bit of a national championship vibe in the building today as we are

1:10.2

going to be joined by

1:12.0

Kurt Signetti, the head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers, the man of the hour, a 16-0, a brand new

1:20.5

beautiful ring on his finger, a brand new 13 plus million dollar a year extension that makes him one of the highest paid coaches in the

1:30.0

sport. We're going to talk to Coach Sig about managing those expectations. And how are they going

1:35.7

to replace the Heisman trophy winner in Bloomington, Indiana? So we're going to talk to him.

1:41.4

We also need to talk about what's gone down in Knoxville, Tennessee over the last 72, 96 hours thereabouts

1:48.5

because their quarterback, Joey Aguilar, lost his injunction.

1:52.7

So what does that mean?

1:53.9

The saga has reached a definitive and controversial conclusion.

1:57.9

So we'll break down what it means for Tennessee and what it means for Joey Aguilar.

2:03.2

Plus, common sense might finally be winning out in Indianapolis. The NCAA Rules Committee is

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