IUHoosiers.com
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Perched in a rickety Purdue press box at Ross-Ade Stadium and peering down to the Indiana sideline, I started to see some familiar faces from years past.
It was Nov. 23, 1996. Indiana and the host Boilermakers were embroiled in a competitive Old Oaken Bucket battle that everybody knew marked Bill Mallory's final game coaching the Hoosiers.
And IU's sideline was filling up with folks from previous Mallory teams. The great Anthony Thompson was there. Enough big men to fill out an entire offensive line arrived.