Curt Cignetti appears to tell Indiana player to 'toughen up' following injury, broadcast critical

The CBS broadcast caught an interesting and tense moment in a contest between Oregon and Indiana on Saturday afternoon. Hoosiers coach Curt Cignetti seemed to be quite upset with one of his players for coming out of the game with an injury.

After defensive back Jamari Sharpe was injured on a play, he started walking toward the sideline. The cameras were on him, when Cignetti approached and began yelling at him.

“We’ve got guys laying on the ground and they go in the next play,” Curt Cignetti said. “Toughen up.”

The exchange caught the attention of the broadcast crew, which quickly commented on it. Brad Nessler began the interaction.

“Jamari Sharpe is the most recent Hoosier to come off the field,” Nessler said. His partner Gary Danielson quickly cut in.

“Good, tough, football game,” Danielson said. “I thought that was Curt Cignetti yelling at Jamari Sharpe, saying ‘You’ve got to be tougher than that.’ He didn’t like him coming to the sideline.”

Without missing a beat, Nessler chimed in with some critical analysis. “Easy for him to say.”

At that point, the broadcast continued on with another play or two. Then the truck pulled footage of the play in question for Danielson and Nessler to analyze. As it ran, Danielson added some final thoughts.

“I thought Jamari Sharpe got landed on the play, making the tackle, taking on the big running back,” he said. “And then everybody lands on him here. And when he comes off, Cignetti is like, ‘C’mon.’ That was interesting.”

The game has gotten off to a terrific start, with fans treated to some really good football early on. Midway through the second quarter it was tied 10-10.

The statistics were pretty even, too. Oregon had 125 yards of total offense, while Curt Cignetti and Indiana had 111 yards.