The IU football team didn’t spend its flight home from a nail-biting win at Iowa celebrating.
Instead of basking in the glow of a gritty road victory, the Hoosiers spent the 43-minute flight from Cedar Rapids to Bloomington locked in – watching their next opponent, the Oregon Ducks, battle Penn State on the road.
As fans of the game and students of their craft, it was Indiana’s first chance to see Oregon in a high-stakes, big-game atmosphere.
“We were kind of quiet. It’s not too much going on,” wide receiver Elijah Sarratt said. “We’re just watching and just seeing what they can do.