Key Highlights
- 12 Purdue, for the squad's biggest win of the season — and yet another celebration. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementFor first-year coach Darian DeVries, it was his initial glimpse of the rivalry and Assembly Hall at full throttle.
- And he credited those raucous fans with playing a key role in the latest chapter of Bloomington's storybook sports year.“When that place is loud and rocking like that, it's a big, big deal for us,” he said.
- “There are a lot of tough places to play in the Big Ten and we want this to be one of the toughest places there is, not only in the Big Ten but in the country, because it does matter.
- It makes a difference in games.”The fans certainly did their part Tuesday. They arrived in new shirts celebrating both the improbable championship the football team captured and the journey it took to get there.
- They coordinated their outfits perfectly to create a section-by-section image of crimson-and-cream candy-striped strips.