Love these posts... as I love any old sports films, stories, etc!
Fun fact... Indiana LEADS the overall series with the Cornhuskers 9-7-3. In 1944, IU handed NU what was their WORST defeat ever (54-0, until Texas Tech waxed ‘em 70-10 in 2004). IU’s last win was 23-7 in 1959. The Hoosiers have lost the last four meetings by lopsided scores. The 1978 rout was the last time they played. Like Duke, there is a reason IU plays basketball! ;) Great football website link below:
http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/index.php
On that 1978 rout, the reason we thought we had a chance was because we had played the Huskers the previous three seasons, and had been getting closer each game:
45-0
45-13
31-13
Also, in the Hoosiers two previous games in 1978 we lost a close game on the road to LSU 14-10 and defeated a ranked Washington State team 24-20. We deluded ourselves that we were getting good now. And so we thought until Nebraska’s players came out of the tunnel. My gosh they were big; it seemed they didn’t have legs. They had treads.