Slices of Tuna: The takes are flyin'

Curt Cignetti delivers another classic. Notre Dame's jerseys stir up drama. And what's going on at UNC?

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Don’t mind me as I admire my new favorite .GIF.

1. Cig!

All that Curt Cignetti talk late last week, and it turned out he saved his best one-liner for last, at least publicly.

Appearing on a “Pardon My Take” episode that aired on Friday, the Indiana coach said of the Hoosiers being the hunted: “I bought a bigger gun.”

Pardon My Take@PardonMyTake

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How is Indiana going to handle being the hunted this year? “I bought a bigger gun”- Curt Cignetti

2:54 PM · Jul 31, 2026 · 253K Views

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What’s better? The swagger of Cig, or the reaction from SEC country?

Geoff Schwartz@geoffschwartz

There’s just no way y’all are this sensitive now

No Context SEC @NoContextSEC

Nick Saban had every right to talk like this and chose to not. Cig is successful one time in his entire career & thinks he’s God There has never been a more glaring difference between SEC and BIG10 Culture

12:15 PM · Aug 2, 2026 · 157K Views

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2. Green with envy (and anger)

Looking for thoughts on Notre Dame’s jersey sponsorship agreement … or the Irish’s leprechaun jersey patch for its alternate green jerseys … or their Shamrock Series unis?

Pete Sampson and I recorded an episode of The Independent heading into the weekend.

And I swear, we talked actual football, too, which kicks off for Notre Dame unofficially on Thursday, the date of the program’s first camp practice.