It’s the home stretch of the football season. Rivalries take center stage....as meaningless games for teams playing out the string linger stage left.
Last Saturday, Rutgers and Indiana were not playing out the string; they each had something to play for. One still does.
And despite the fact that there was something on the line, the Hoosier faithful stayed home in droves. Okay, say those Hoosier fans, it was only Rutgers. But you had something on the line. It was the smallest home crowd for Indiana all season, 35,949 and about 8,000 under their average.