IU fans let neither money nor distance keep them from Big Ten game

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• “This is history in the making.”Live: Indiana vs Ohio State live score updates, Big Ten football championship highlightsLengthy travel times, sky-high ticket prices and a crowded downtown Indianapolis didn’t deter IU and Ohio State fans from getting to Lucas Oil to watch their teams duke it out Saturday.
• Many fans said they wouldn’t miss their team’s chance to punctuate a perfect run with a conference title.“We’re one of few people on Earth who get to experience a Big Ten championship for Indiana University,” Matt Ostrega, an IU grad and Elkhart resident, said.
• “This will go down in history as one of the greatest sporting events ever.”AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementOstrega purchased his tickets at “face value,” he said, but his trip south still required a hotel for the night.
• The money and the travel were well worth it, he said, as IU football’s staggering turnaround under head coach Curt Cignetti has gifted him a lifetime’s worth of unforgettable moments.“Life is all about memories and experiences,” Ostrega said.
• “As an alum, this is an incredible, galvanizing event.”Steve and Caryl Auslander, Carmel residents and IU grads who met on campus, had a good feeling about the Hoosiers and purchased tickets in early November.