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Indiana's Curt Cignetti's take on Jeremiah Smith: 'He's a freak'
Indiana Hoosiers head coach Curt Cignetti. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect

Indiana's Curt Cignetti's take on Ohio State WR Jeremiah Smith: 'He's a freak'

Indiana Hoosiers head coach Curt Cignetti is not one for mincing words.

There's a whole State Farm commercial campaign going on right now called "Happy Coach", which humorously shows how Cignetti reacts to things in life that make him happy.

The spoiler is that he doesn't react at all.

That's Cignetti. He's as frank and as blunt as a football coach can be. It's old school. Think Bill Belichick at the top of his game, or Nick Saban when he was still coaching.

In fact, as we've found out, Saban has oodles more personality than anyone ever knew. That's not a shot at Cignetti, though, who has one of the greatest one-liners of all time under his belt.

"I win, Google me," is one of the greatest college football statements of all time, especially considering how Cignetti went on to lead the Hoosiers to a championship.

The point is, when Cignetti talks...people listen, and he had a very frank evaluation of the player who is undoubtedly keeping him up late at night right now.

Up next on No. 5 Indiana's schedule are the No. 4 Ohio State Buckeyes and all-time wide receiver Jeremiah Smith.

In breaking down his upcoming opponent, Cignetti paid a massive compliment to Smith.

"He’s taken it up a notch without question,” Cignetti said of the OSU wideout. “There’s no one like him right now, playing at this level. I mean, we got two really good ones. He’s a freak.”

Ohio State WR Jeremiah Smith is playing otherworldly football right now

The Indiana wideouts Cignetti mentions are Charlie Becker and Nick Marsh, who are both playing great ball this season. Becker has 30 catches for 529 yards and eight touchdowns, while Marsh has 29 catches for 528 yards and six touchdowns.

Smith makes both of them look like JV players in comparison. He's caught 48 passes for 916 yards and 11 touchdowns so far this season, and that includes two 200-yard-plus receiving-yard games in a row.

He's perhaps the greatest of all time. Cignetti is right. Nobody is playing on Smith's level right now, and he's going to present a massive challenge to the defending national champs in Week 7.

Andrew Kulha

Andrew Kulha is probably the only sports writer you know who also doubles as a mortician. Spooky! @KulhaSports

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