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(01/03/08 2:15am)
TEMPE, Ariz. – Fifteen minutes into the game, the Hoosiers' magical run was over.\nWith the desert sun slowly slipping away into the Arizona night, so did the Hoosiers hopes of winning their first bowl game since 1991.\nInstead of capping their season with the win Hoosier nation has dreamt of for 16 years, Oklahoma State handed IU a heartbreaking loss – a 49-33 blowout at Sun Devil Stadium.\n“It’s disappointing any time you lose a football game, but we played hard and we didn’t quit,” said senior fullback Josiah Sears. “We fell short there, but that’s part of life.”\nEarly on, it looked as if the prognosticators were right when they declared the Insight Bowl a high-scoring affair. A 43-yard Austin Starr field goal gave the Hoosiers early success, but the Cowboys quickly answered with a touchdown.\nOklahoma State’s offensive success continued when the Hoosiers stalled. Mike Gundy’s team scored on its first five possessions of the game – all touchdowns.\nFollowing their first score, the Cowboys went for the jugular when IU’s offense stalled once again.\nQuarterback Zac Robinson found receiver Dez Bryant on a 24-yard pass to make the score 14-3, and ran it in himself from 7 yards out a mere three minutes later. By the end of the first quarter, the Hoosiers already found themselves in an 18-point hole. \nRobinson threw for a second touchdown and ran in another in the second quarter. At the end of the half, the Cowboys were up 35-10.\n“They just controlled the early part of the game,” said IU coach Bill Lynch. “And offensively, we didn’t get any flow.”\nSears agreed and said the Hoosiers were not as in sync during the opening minutes.\n“They came out ready to play and we came out a little flat. I don’t know why, and I’m not going to try and make excuses.”\nJust like they had done many times throughout the year, the Hoosiers gave their fans a glimpse of how good they can actually be. In the second half alone, IU put up 23 points, but it was too late. \nForcing Oklahoma State to punt for the first time, the Hoosiers took advantage of terrific field position, and put together a scoring drive, set up by a reception from an unlikely receiver – Austin Starr.\nWith most of the offensive line lined up on the left side of the field on fourth down, sophomore quarterback Kellen Lewis took the snap with Starr lined up to his right. Lewis rolled out of the pocket and threw to Starr, who juked several defenders to get the first down. Two plays later, Lewis ran it in for the score.\n“When we did it in practice, it was supposed to go a lot easier than that,” Starr said. “I wasn’t supposed to juke out three players.”\nBut after gaining some newfound momentum, the Hoosiers succumbed once again to the Cowboys when Bryant caught his second touchdown pass. By the end of the game, Oklahoma State had racked up 513 yards of total offense\nAll the while, the Cowboy defense targeted junior wide receiver James Hardy, and held the Hoosiers' weapon to five catches for 50 yards.\n“Me and the corners had a couple of conversations out there,” Hardy said jokingly after the game. “They explained to me a little bit what was going on.”\nOklahoma State played with an intensity that overwhelmed a Hoosier team that was new to the idea of playing in a bowl game. Having a stalwart effort from their defense in the first half, the Cowboys saw an easy road to the Insight Bowl championship and took it.\nBut knowing most of their team is returning is encouraging to the Hoosiers. In their minds, they’ve taken the first step. Next year, they will be making even further strides.\n“We have said over and over again, that we’re going to look back at it and this group of seniors got this thing going,” Lynch said. "That’s the sad part of it, but I think it’s going to be the beginning of something really, really good.”\nSee the Under The Rock blog for more updates.
(01/01/08 9:46pm)
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- For 43 days, the IU football team has had time to soak in their bowl-clinching victory over Purdue. With emotions riding high, the Hoosiers are anxious to end their extended layover.\nVying to earn respectability for their program, IU coach Bill Lynch will lead his Hoosiers into Sun Devil Stadium in an attempt to bring IU its first bowl victory since 1991. \n“I think for a lot of us, it’s like being little kids again,” said senior fullback Josiah Sears.\nThe success of this year’s team has done more than end the Big Ten’s longest bowl drought. \nFor the first time in years, the buzz on IU’s campus in December hasn’t been about basketball – it’s the football team. Many national media outlets are calling it the feel good story of the year.\n“Walking on the campus with our football gear on, people are coming up to us and saying ‘We’ll see you in Tempe,’” said senior captain Tracy Porter. “It’s just an awesome experience, and to come here and live it out is just that much more exciting.”\nAdmitting the Hoosiers will be a bit rusty adjusting to the speed of the game since they haven’t played since Nov. 17, Sears did say it won’t take long for them to recover and bounce back to form.\nHowever, that rust will have to come off quickly. Already listed as 5.5-point underdogs, bringing bowl hardware to Bloomington will be an arduous task. \nThanks to the dual attack of quarterback Zac Robinson and running back Dantrell Savage, the Cowboys are averaging 33 points per game. With wide receiver Adrarius Bowman healthy, the Cowboys posses one of the most potent offenses in the Big 12.\n “I think the toughest thing about defending (Bowman) and Oklahoma State is the balance they have on offense,” Lynch said. “He’s a great player, but he is a piece of what I think is a great offensive team.”\nRanked No. 68 in the nation, the Hoosiers defense will be tested early and often by OSU’s offense. But OSU coach Mike Gundy’s defense will have to hold off a strong offensive attack of its own, after struggling most of the season. \nRanked 103 of 119 Football Bowl Subdivision teams, the Cowboy defense has given up 446 yards and 29 points per game. \nWhile Bowman will present problems for the IU defense, defending junior wide receiver James Hardy is a whole other issue for Gundy.\n“We have a lot of respect for him, and they do a great job of using him,” Gundy said.\nA bowl game may very well be considered foreign territory to the Hoosiers. But the Cowboys have played five postseason games in the last six years.\nDespite the bowl disparity, Lynch coolly played it off during his press conference Sunday. He said it doesn’t matter that his program hasn’t played past Thanksgiving since 1993.\nThe Hoosiers have vowed all year to take their season one game at a time and it appears that mentality has passed the test of time.\n“When it comes down to it, we’re getting ready for a football game,” Sears said. “That’s really the important thing. It’s just another football game.”
(12/31/07 9:41pm)
In the Arizona desert, a sea of red emerged.
(12/27/07 12:24am)
Here is Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy's most recent statement on the Cowboys and the Insight Bowl:
(12/25/07 5:44pm)
Hey guys, I know that we're the ones supposed to be doing the writing, but former sports editor Zach Osterman sent me the link to this article, written by the Arizona Republic. It details a few fun things to know if you're a Hoosier fan in Tempe for the bowl game. My favorite is that they're making one restaurant to resemble Nick's English Hut and other bits of Kirkwood. What are you looking forward to the most besides the actual game? Seeing other Hoosiers? Tanning? Playing a lot of golf? Sound of folks.
(12/24/07 8:56pm)
Even though IU has not been considered a traditional football powerhouse, the program has still experienced its fair share of excitement over the years. The 1968 Rose Bowl team, Anthony Thompson's illustrious career, and Austin Starr's field goal to end the Big Ten's longest bowl drought are just a few.
(12/12/07 12:27am)
Bill Lynch has landed one of his biggest prizes.
(12/03/07 4:43am)
Fourteen years without a bowl game had been 14 years too long.\nThe IU football team ended the Big Ten’s longest bowl drought Sunday night when it was officially named as the conference representative the Insight Bowl in Tempe, Ariz.\n“We are really excited to be invited to play in the Insight Bowl,” said IU coach Bill Lynch. “To play a Big 12 opponent like Oklahoma State, that will be a great challenge for our football team. And I think it’s a great reward to a bunch of kids who have battled through a lot this year.”\nPlaying Oklahoma State (6-6, 4-4) at Sun Devil Stadium on Dec. 31, the Hoosiers (7-5, 3-5) will now prepare for unfamiliar territory. The last time IU played in a bowl game it ended in a 45-20 loss against Virginia Tech in the 1993 Independence Bowl. Kickoff for the game will be 5:30 p.m. EST, and will be televised on the NFL Network. The IU Department of Athletics will provide a free ticket to all current IU students who reserve a seat by Dec. 15. A valid student ID is required to pick up the ticket in Arizona.\nRest assured, Dec. 31 is a date that will be treasured forever among this group of Hoosiers.\n“This is something that coach Hep started,” junior wide receiver James Hardy said. “This is something that he had planned for this University and this program. You can’t put it any better than it’s a dream come true.”\nSenior offensive lineman John Sandberg echoed Hardy’s sentiment.\n“Me and my fellow seniors, we’ve been here for a long time trying to reach this goal. It’s nice to finally do this,” Sandberg said.\nAll week long, there had been speculation as to which bowl come calling for the Hoosiers. Initially, IU was in line to play in the Insight Bowl. But due to a college football Saturday unlike any other, the Hoosiers found themselves with several different bowl possibilities.\nLosses by No. 1 Missouri and No. 2 West Virginia catapulted Ohio State into the BCS National Championship game. With that, Illinois landed a spot in the Rose Bowl and college football prognosticators were saying the Hoosiers could end up in the Insight, Champs Sports or Las Vegas Bowl.\nBut Sunday, all of those predictions proved moot when Oklahoma State jumped the gun and reported on its Web site that they were playing the Hoosiers in the Insight Bowl. The Insight Bowl was going to announce its participants at 8 p.m., but the Cowboys knew sooner.\nStill, Lynch said the team did not find out until Sunday night that they were offered to participate in the game. He said the team knew it could be invited to several different bowls but had placed the Insight Bowl as their top choice.\nRegardless of when the announcement was made, the significance of playing in a bowl game will pay many dividends.\n“I think there’s a buzz when we talk about Indiana football right now,” Lynch said. “I think we’ve got things on a roll, and now ... I think we’ll keep it going.”
(11/28/07 11:51pm)
So, I was at the Rec Center playing basketball last night. As I'm walking to court 3 (you know, the one with the volleyball net) who do I see? None other than the admirable Blake Powers. Yes, the very same who came in for one snap against the Purdue game and came out.
(11/28/07 4:16pm)
From our friends at IU Media Relations:
(11/27/07 6:43am)
Bill Lynch can breathe easy.\nFollowing months of speculation as to whether he would retain the head coaching job for the IU football team at the end of the season, IU Director of Athletics Rick Greenspan announced Monday that Lynch – IU’s 27th head football coach – and the University had agreed to a contract.\n“I’m sincerely honored that Bill would choose to tackle this challenge of building the program to the level (to) which we aspire,” Greenspan said.\nLeading the Hoosiers to a 7-5 record and likely its first bowl game since 1993, Lynch signed a 4-year contract worth about $600,000 annually – plus incentives – that will keep him through 2012.\nLynch, 53, said he was offered the contract Friday after IU President Michael McRobbie gave his support in favor of Lynch as \nhead coach.\n“Our football team this year was more competitive and generated more enthusiasm and fan support than in any year since I have been at IU,” McRobbie said in a press release. “I am extremely proud of our players and of the job Bill Lynch has done under very difficult circumstances. He has earned the title of head coach and I am confident that he will have the full support of all \nHoosier fans.”\nLynch said it did not take long to make a decision.\n“Did I have to take the weekend?” Lynch said. “No, I had to take long enough to say ‘Yes.’ But I really think the process was what needed to be done.”\nGreenspan said that, going into the season, he did not tell Lynch the team needed a certain amount of wins for him to be offered the job.\n“Going back to June, I would probably describe the job I asked Bill to do would be almost in the way of triage,” Greenspan said. “As the season progressed, I think we could see where we were going from mending some broken hearts to mending some ankles.”\nGreenspan said he did not conduct a national search for a head coach, but did say he spent a considerable amount of time researching other possible candidates he could see leading the IU football program. However, Greenspan said Lynch’s on-the-job performance this season made him the best person for the position.\n“I certainly do that kind of homework and that kind of due diligence,” Greenspan said. “But I felt like in Bill’s case, he had an interview that probably lasted about nine months long, and that was better than anybody I \ncould interview.”\nRetaining Lynch as head coach gives the Hoosiers continuity within their program. Since 2001, IU has gone through four head coaches, and to replace Lynch would require bringing in a fifth.\nStability at the head coach position also makes the Hoosiers an easier sell to potential recruits, Lynch said. A Hoosier legend echoed \nthat thought. \n“Recruiting is very important, and these kids have been through a lot emotionally,” said former star IU running back Anthony Thompson. “I think Bill Lynch, he’s a man who knows how to get the kids to play hard and stay focused on why they’re here. We need that in this program.”\nLynch took the reigns as the interim coach just before the passing of head coach Terry Hoeppner in June. Throughout the season, Lynch had expressed his desire to stay as the head coach at IU, but was told the situation would take care of itself at the end of \nthe season.\nLeading the Hoosiers to a 5-1 record to start the season, Lynch’s team faltered and lost four of its next five games before its last game against Purdue. \nBut with a 27-24 last-second win over Purdue, the Hoosiers notched their seventh win of the season and will likely play in a \nbowl game.\nAs a head coach, Lynch boasts a career record of 88-72-3, with previous head coaching stops at Butler, DePauw and Ball State. Before being named interim head coach in July, Lynch also filled in for two games as head coach for IU in 2006.
(11/27/07 5:13am)
While the hiring of Bill Lynch as the IU football coach was met with approval by IU officials, the student reaction has been somewhat mixed.\nEven though Lynch steered IU to its first winning record since 1994 and has the best record by a first-year coach for the Hoosiers, not all students are convinced that he is the man for \nthe job.\n“He did get us to a bowl game,” said senior Michael Jindra. “But I’m not sure. I know a lot of people are worried that he’s not a good head coach.”\nWhen IU named Lynch the interim coach on June 15, he became the Hoosiers’ fourth coach since the 2001 season.\nHad the Athletics Department decided to move in a different direction at the end of this season, some said it could have disrupted the continuity of the program yet again. Because of that, senior Michael Waninski agreed with the hiring.\n“I think it’s important that you bring in someone that’s already (a part of) the team,” Waninski said. “He understands IU, he understands the team, the kids are already there. I’m happy they got someone on the coaching staff as opposed to someone from somewhere else.”\nWhile Lynch stepped in for Terry Hoeppner and brought the Hoosiers to a bowl game, some students are upset because he does not exhibit the same passion as the late Hoeppner.\n“Really, Bill Lynch to me is an assistant coach,” said freshman Robby Racette. “I think there’s a different type of person as a head coach.”\nThough Director of Athletics Rick Greenspan said there was no set amount of wins that earned Lynch the job, some students feel differently. Since the Hoosiers will likely be playing in their first bowl since 1993, students such as Jindra feel earning bowl eligibility warranted the contract.\nBut it’s the length of the contract that has some students troubled.\n“Five years is quite a bit,” Kelly said. “From the performance of the team this year, I think it’s a good idea. But it might be a little too fast jumping in.”\nWhile Kelly said a 2- or 3-year deal might be more appropriate, senior Becca Heniser disagreed, saying hiring Lynch was the right decision.\n“I’m really excited. One of my friends is one of the defensive coaches, and he really adores Bill Lynch. I hear he’s a really great coach and I think he’s done a great job of stepping up into Hep’s shoes.”\nEven though Racette said Lynch should be an assistant coach, like many others, he feels IU should give him an opportunity to continue developing the program, and agrees with the contract offer.\n“I definitely think he did a good job this season, so I’m saying ‘Go for it, man,’” Racette said. “It’ll just be interesting to see how it plays out.”
(11/21/07 5:18am)
Somewhere, Terry Hoeppner is smiling.\nWhether he saw the game will forever be unknown, but what happened at Memorial Stadium on Saturday night vindicated a program that has not gone to a bowl game since 1993. A 27-24 victory over Purdue (7-5, 3-5) to win the Old Oaken Bucket and most likely take IU to a bowl game did more than just satisfy the Hoosier football team.\n“I am so honored to be a part of this,” said Jane Hoeppner, whose husband believed that a bowl for the Hoosiers was possible. “This is a huge thing for Indiana University. Terry used to say ‘It’s not a good school, it’s a great school.’”\nJumping out to a 24-3 lead, Purdue rallied in the second half to tie the game at 24-24 with only 3:39 to play. At that point, it seemed as if the Hoosiers’ (7-5, 3-5) bowl drought might continue for yet another year.\nBut nobody told that to junior kicker Austin Starr or sophomore quarterback Kellen Lewis.\nOn the Hoosiers’ final drive of the game, Lewis completed 5-of-6 passes for 41 yards, reaching the Purdue 31-yard line to give Starr a chance to hit the game-winning field goal.\nEven before he kicked it, Starr knew the ball would go through the uprights.\n“Honestly, I had a dream about me doing this,” Starr said. “I can’t tell you how far it was in the dream, but I did envision that. I prepared myself the entire week to be the guy in order to beat Purdue.”\nAveraging 162.5 yards on the ground (good for 69th in the nation) heading into the battle for the Old Oaken Bucket, the Hoosier front seven clamped down, allowing the Boilermakers only 78 yards rushing. Sophomore defensive lineman Greg Middleton led a fierce pass rush as he finished with 2.5 sacks. Middleton now has 15 sacks on the year, a school record.\nOn the other side of the ball, the Hoosiers’ offense rushed for 219 yards and accumulated 435 yards of total offense.\nJunior running back Marcus Thigpen, who had not reached 100 yards rushing the entire season, amassed 140 yards on the day – a career high.\n“It’s crazy, this feels like a dream right now,” Thigpen said. “It doesn’t even seem real.”\nThe first half gave IU every possible opportunity to take control of the game, and they graciously accepted the challenge. After holding Purdue to two meaningless drives, the Hoosiers embarked on a drive starting from their own 5-yard line. Lewis completed all four of his passes, and followed that up by running from nine yards out for the score.\nWith five minutes to go in the first half, Purdue recorded its first score on a 37-yard field goal. Even though the Boilermakers had begun to close the gap, the Hoosiers answered with a 42-yard field goal.\nThen things got even better.\nAs Purdue attempted to drive in the final two minutes, wide receiver Greg Orton fumbled, and junior safety Joe Kleinsmith recovered to give the Hoosiers a short field. Eight plays later, junior wide receiver James Hardy clutched the ball in the end zone, and the Hoosiers walked into the tunnel with a 17-3 lead at the half.\nAn 8-yard run from Lewis stretched IU’s lead to 24-3 with 11:29 remaining in the third quarter, but Purdue exhausted every effort to get back into the game.\nPurdue running back Kory Sheets ran in from the 1-yard line twice, and quarterback Curtis Painter hit wide receiver Jake Standeford for 5 yards and the score. But the Boilermakers’ comeback fell just short.\nAs the fans swarmed Memorial Stadium, the Hoosiers celebrated in triumph and awe, knowing playing in a bowl game was no longer a figment of their imagination – it was close to being a reality.\n“This season, this game, is for Coach Hep,” Starr said. “I don’t know where the party’s at. It’s probably all over campus, but I’m probably not going to sleep tonight.”
(11/20/07 3:07am)
After experiencing it's first winning season since 1994, five Hoosiers were honored by the Big Ten and were named to the Big Ten's first and second teams.
(11/20/07 12:40am)
At 10:00 PM ET, the Big Ten Network will reveal the first and second teams all-Big Ten. Several of the Hoosiers have had statistically good years that make them worthy of consideration. Care to bounce off a few ideas on which Hoosiers, if any, will make the all-Big Ten teams?
(11/19/07 12:05am)
From our friends at IU Media Relations:
(11/18/07 6:28pm)
For anybody living under a rock, no pun intended, IU defeated Purdue last night 27-24 on a game-winning field goal by Austin Starr. The win gives the Hoosiers a 7-5 (3-5) record on the season. Purdue and Michigan State have the same record, and all three are tied for sixth place in the overall standings in the Big Ten.
(11/18/07 3:58am)
Hey guys, here are some post game notes from the Bucket game that may or not may not make copy for the Monday edition of the IDS. Hope you enjoy.
(11/16/07 4:47am)
It’s now or never, and it cannot be put any simpler than that.\nOne win and the Hoosiers (6-5, 2-5) are (most likely) in. A loss to Purdue (7-4, 3-4) this weekend, and the program’s chances of playing in its first bowl game since 1993 fall into deeper doubt.\nAfter surviving the loss of their head coach, the Hoosiers want to fulfill Terry Hoeppner’s final wish for the program, known for its perennial mediocrity.\n“Obviously we want to play in a bowl game,” said senior fullback Josiah Sears. “There is no question that that is something that needs to happen for this school and this program, because it hasn’t happened for a long time. There is no question that we have to win the game on Saturday to make that happen.”\nEven though the Boilermakers are winners in only two of their last six games, the Hoosiers will have to defend the formidable duo of quarterback Curtis Painter and wide receiver Dorien Bryant – one of the best passing duos in the conference.\nPainter leads the Big Ten in touchdowns (25) and Bryant leads the conference in receptions (73). Like junior wide receiver James Hardy, Bryant is a Biletnikoff Award semifinalist.\n“I mean if you want to put it simply, we just can’t let them catch the ball,” said senior cornerback Tracy Porter.\nThat logic failed at Northwestern last week. The Hoosiers allowed quarterback C.J. Bacher to throw for 276 yards and the go-ahead touchdown with 44 seconds remaining.\nForcing the Hoosiers to wait one more week for the chance to make a bowl game made the ride home last week a little longer than normal.\n“All you had to do was sit there in the dark and silence and think about what you could’ve done differently,” Sears said. “‘Why didn’t we do this? Why didn’t I make that play? Why didn’t I make that tackle?’”\nOne of the contributing factors that led to the Hoosiers 1-4 record in the second half of the season is the number of turnovers. During that stretch, IU fumbled the football 16 times.\n“At this point of the year, it’s all mental,” Hardy said. “We know we’ve got to come in and hold on to the ball.”\nOf course, the Old Oaken Bucket is at stake this weekend too. But like last year, bringing home the bucket comes second to getting a win and ending IU’s bowl drought.\nThat still doesn’t stop Sears from revealing his dislike for Purdue.\n“I’m from Indiana, and I’ve grown up an Indiana fan, and I’ve grown up a not-Purdue fan my whole life,” Sears said. “I don’t like to use the word hate, but I’m not a fan of that school, and I’ll tell my teammates prior to the game, but they’re going to get the absolute best game I’ve ever played in my life.”\nNow the Hoosiers have the chance to prove they’re not what so many people say about them – that they’re a program devoid of the ability to reach a bowl game.\nWith two hungry teams playing in arguably their most important games of the year, getting to game number 13 will not be the easiest of tasks.\n“Regardless of the outcome, there is great intensity to it,” IU coach Bill Lynch said of the rivalry. “And this year there is a lot riding on it for both teams, so that makes it that much better and fun to get prepared for.”
(11/16/07 3:57am)
The year was 1967. Already up 13-7 against Purdue, Hoosier running back Terry Cole sprinted 48 yards up the middle to give IU a commanding 19-7 lead, ultimately culminating in the program’s only Rose Bowl berth.\nForty years later, the “Cardiac Kids” are coming back to Bloomington. With the Hoosiers stuck at six wins and vying for their first bowl game since 1993, this year’s reunion is more than just the average get-together.\n“We’re excited about coming back to the campus after forty years,” said Harold Mauro, director of football operations and the center on the 1968 Rose Bowl team. “It brings back a lot of memories to me.”\nThroughout the week, the IU Alumni Association has held several events for the members of the team. Prior to kickoff, the players will join in “The Walk” alongside the present Hoosiers and will be honored at halftime.\nAside from the activities, author Bill Murphy will have a book signing of “The Cardiac Kids – A Season to Remember,” which he wrote from a fan’s perspective about the 1968 Rose Bowl team.\nEighty-two members of the Rose Bowl team, including players, coaches, and staff, will come back to Bloomington for the reunion this weekend, a number IU Varsity Club Assistant Director Mark Deal is ecstatic about.\n“A tremendous number 40 years later,” Deal said.\nFollowing the game, a duplicate of the Rose Bowl trophy will be given to IU President Michael McRobbie and IU Athletics Director Rick Greenspan.\nIn honor of the 1968 Rose Bowl team, the Hoosiers will wear retro uniforms when they play for the Old Oaken Bucket. Above the “Hep” patch over the player’s hearts, a commemorative patch of the ’68 team resides. Rather than using the regular “IU” helmet, the players will feature a single “I.”\n“I want to express the significance of the ‘I’ here,” Mauro said. “Every team that has gone to a bowl game has always had an ‘I’ on the side of the headgear. My take on it is I never like the ‘IU’ on the side because they don’t put an ‘IU’ on the bucket. They put a damn ‘I.’”\nSenior fullback Josiah Sears said wearing the retro jerseys is going to be something he is looking forward to.\n“Personally, I think they’re really nice, and I’m going to see if I can keep mine after the game,” Sears said. “I don’t know. Probably not.”\nFor IU coach Bill Lynch, watching his players wear the retro jerseys brings back fond memories of a team that has gone down as one of the greatest in the history of IU football.\n“I was at Saum Park on the northeast side of Indianapolis,” Lynch said. “Our eighth grade football team had won the city championship. We were having a team picnic and our parents had the radio on listening to the Bucket game.”
