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Curt Cignetti details how Indiana running back from Fishers broke arm
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Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti didn't expect his team's injury report to fill up so quickly.
The No. 5 Hoosiers lost three starters in the first quarter of a 52-16 win over North Texas , a situation Cignetti has never experienced.
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"I've never played, I don't think, a football game where we lost three starters in the first quarter," Cignetti said Thursday night on his weekly radio show. "Let alone the opening game of the year."
Indiana played much of the game with starting corners Jamari Sharpe and A.J. Harris sidelined and were short-handed at running back thanks to a fluke injury to Khobie Martin . Earlier this week, Cignetti labeled IU's corners as "day-to-day" and told reporters Martin would likely be out until midseason .
On Thursday, Cignetti revealed a few extra details about the nature of Martin's injury.
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"On the second play (of the game), he had pass protection pick up on a blitzing linebacker," Cignetti said, "and blitzed him, kind of got knocked over and landed, tried to stunt his fall and broke a couple bones in his forearm. Really high on that running back group. Felt like we had three starters. I hate to lose him."
Indiana 's run game struggled a bit in the opener with 134 rushing yards, a total backup quarterback Grant Wilson boosted with a 43-yard touchdown run in the final minutes.
"We didn't have enough explosive runs; we had too many negative yardage runs," Cignetti said. "And some of that was because they were going to come in and stop the run. And that's what they were going to do."
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