Curt Cignetti Finally Smiles After National Championship Win, Revealing Colonial-era Wooden Teeth

Late Monday night, red and white confetti swirled around Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, FL as the Indiana Hoosiers became national champions of college football for the first time ever. Something never before dreamed, let alone seen, just became reality. The man that got them there and has turned Indiana into one of the best stories in sports history, Curt Cignetti, stood in the middle of it all reveling in the moment. It was then, the world witnessed something else never before seen: a smile from the often stoic Indiana head coach.

The coach’s smile, unlike any other, revealed something about him few knew. The composition of his teeth. 100% oak. Rumored to be the very same oak that comprises the Old Oaken Bucket, the famous rivalry trophy shared with Purdue University.

Why does the coach sport an old time grill often associated with colonial America? With all the advancements in modern dentistry, why replace your teeth with veneer rather than veneers? Nobody knows for sure, but there is one thing that may clue us into his decision. His leadership style.

The same leadership style that helped him turn the losingest college football program into the national champs in just two years. The same leadership style that has led him to this moment. A style many, including former players and coaches, say is reminiscent of a general. Not just any general either, America’s most famous general: George Washington.

Washington’s leadership style may not be the only thing adopted by the IU coach. It is often rumored Washington had wooden teeth, much like those sported in the coach’s mouth.

Is this a coincidence? With Cignetti, there are no such thing. Cignetti is a not a man known to half heartedly do things, he knows that everything is in the details, if he’s committed to something he will go all the way. If his leadership style is built to emulate that of George Washington, he is not one to skimp on the details, any of them. Sometimes to play a role you have to look the part.

Standing there, basking in the moment with a smile on his face, Cignetti had won the war. When asked how he was going to celebrate the win Cignetti stood there, thought about it and said in a whistling accent, “I’m gonna have an ale, nay two ales.”

He wins. Google thee.