Best Of Arkansas Sports · Jan 20
“The Fanbase Just Isn’t That Strong”: New Razorback Not Impressed with Big Ten Program
Photo credit: Instagram/Donovan FaupelFor decades, Indiana lagged behind many other Power 4 college football programs in attendance.
In fact, before the Hoosier’s head coach Curt Cignetti was hired, Indiana’s five-year average attendance was less than 43,999 fans a game. The school even stooped to stuffing tickets in mailboxes of dorm residents in hopes of getting people to Memorial Stadium in Bloomington.
In the decades before Indiana cemented its place as the greatest turnaround story in college football history on Monday night with a 27-21 win over Miami, the Hoosiers were just another basketball school that moonlighted as a pigskin punching bag.