Curt Cignetti wouldn’t have Indiana in Rose Bowl without Nick Saban, Alabama

CFP quarterfinal preview Alabama vs Indiana Alabama faces top-seed Indiana in a CFP quarterfinal matchup. Does Alabama have what it takes to upset No. 1 Indiana? Before getting his first head coaching job, Curt Cignetti was an Alabama assistant from 2007-11.Cignetti's former colleagues said at Alabama, they saw the qualities that would make him a successful head coach.Now leading No. 1 Indiana, Cignetti said his time at Alabama provided the blueprint to his success today. “This guy is very intelligent.” That was the thought Major Applewhite had after meeting a fellow Alabama staff member. It was 2007, Nick Saban’s inaugural year in Tuscaloosa, and Applewhite was his first offensive...