CIGNETTI CONTINUES TO WIN DESPITE SPECIAL TEANS BREAKDOWN
Weekend Stuff … college football, mostly: THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT … from the song of the same name we give you CURT CIGNETTI , whose 4th-ranked, defending national champion Indiana Hoosiers beat Minnesota 23-16 despite enough mistakes to last a lifetime … not the least of which was one by the coach himself ... for not using No. 2 kicking specialist PADDIE McATEER sooner… For it was the transfer from Troy State who booted a 60-yard field goal – his longest ever, by far – on the last snap of regulation to force overtime … matching one a few minutes earlier from the same distance by arguably the Big Ten’s best kicker, New Mexico transfer LUKE DRZEWIEDKI , who enrolled at Minnesota in August and had made his last 25 field goal attempts (longest active streak in the nation) coming into this one. So it was no surprise he made it 26 straight … and that, with 19 seconds left in regulation, seemingly had given the Gophers probably their biggest all-time upset … after Cignet...