Curt Cignetti comes to defense of No. 5 Indiana's QB Josh Hoover
Indiana quarterback Josh Hoover’s statistics speak for themselves. He’s completing more than 72% of his passes, has 10 touchdown passes, no interceptions and a passing efficiency rating that ranks second in the Football Bowl Subdivision. So on Monday, coach Curt Cigentti defended his quarterback against anyone who thinks Hoover hasn’t done enough in his first three games as the successor to Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza.
Cignetti said he thinks Hoover has been subjected to “unfair scrutiny” and that he's glad Hoover is the quarterback for the fifth-ranked and still unbeaten Hoosiers.
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