Looking back on Hep's legacy
A year ago today the IU football program lost its leader, the coaching ranks lost a respected colleague and those who were fortunate to have known former coach Terry Hoeppner lost a friend. Hoeppner died of complications from a brain tumor only months before the start of the 2007-08 season, forcing the IU players and coaching staff to come together and deal with the loss in the midst of preparations for the new year. “We went into last season with a real sense of purpose,” IU coach Bill Lynch said. “We had a goal in mind and we were united in that goal. And that was to get to a bowl game.”


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Workers remove the current Memorial Stadium turf Thursday afternoon. [Ben Homrig at Sports Desk can add more info here].](https://snworksceo.imgix.net/ids/bc834ca2-157e-4497-8da7-a22be5f1037e.sized-1000x1000.jpeg?w=1500&ar=16%3A9&fit=crop&crop=faces&facepad=3&auto=format)








