Note: IU Athletics is partnering with IU Press to share chapters from some of their recently-published books on IU Sports. The following is a chapter from the recently released Hoosier Beginnings: The Birth of Indiana University Athletics, published by IU Press in 2020. Additional details about this book can be found here.
It happens every time Indiana wins back the Old Oaken Bucket.
The Hoosiers roar across the field in search of their prize, a reward for all its hard work and determination, tangible proof that IU will own bragging rights on one of the oldest rivalry trophies in college sports for the next twelve months.