Welcome to Raw Reflections

This is where the commentary gets sharp, the writing gets bold, and nothing is off-limits. Raw Reflections is more than a blog—it’s an ongoing conversation about law, identity, culture, power, and the personal truths we’re told to keep quiet.

Here, I unpack courtroom drama, critique pop culture, analyze the systems meant to protect us (but often don’t), and write through the chaos of being alive in a world that demands silence from the loudest hearts. From legal education to emotional storytelling, every post is crafted with clarity, depth, and purpose.

If you’re here for truth, for context, for the unfiltered version of what really matters—then you’re in the right place.

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From Big Ten Cellar to National Contender: Indiana’s Rise Under Curt Cignetti

Indiana football spent decades in the Big Ten cellar—until Curt Cignetti reset the program’s standards and rewrote its future. What followed was one of the fastest and most improbable turnarounds in modern college football.