NEW ALBANY, Ind. — Fat snowflakes were landing softly in the parking lot of Bearno’s Pizza here on the night of Dec. 13, presaging a heavy accumulation that would blanket this southern Indiana town in a couple of hours. Inside, about 60 Indiana fans gathered around buckets of Miller Lite and large pies for a night unlike any other in these parts.
As usual, college basketball was on many of the restaurant’s TVs. But several others were tuned to the Heisman Trophy broadcast, which had begun its long preamble toward bestowing the award to the nation’s best college football player.
