SOUTH BEND, Ind. - When Curt Cignetti came into the press conference room at Notre Dame Stadium after Indiana's 27-17 loss to Notre Dame in the first round of t

At least that was the case until Friday night’s 27-17 loss at No. 7 seed Notre Dame in the first round of the College Football Playoff. And to be clear, there’s really a limited amount of shame in this kind of loss. It seems like every year we get a dud in the playoff no matter how many teams are in the bracket.