EUGENE, Ore. — The scoreboard registered the historic result—No. 7 Indiana 30, No. 3 Oregon 20—and suddenly there was something occurring that was almost as rare as the Hoosiers beating a top-five opponent. There was a field storm of sorts by the visiting fans.
Crimson gradually spilled out of the Autzen Stadium stands and onto the artificial turf, because it had been 58 years since the Hoosiers last beat a top-five team—No. 3 Purdue in 1967, to clinch a Rose Bowl berth. So hell yes, here they came, peaceful and giddy, as if they weren’t quite sure what to do with themselves.
