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Rags to Roses: IU Goes to the 1968 Rose Bowl

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IUHoosiers.com

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Student athletic trainer Dean Kleinschmidt was back in Bloomington after serving his second straight summer internship with the Green Bay Packers.

Indiana coach John Pont, during a preseason team meeting with his 1967 Hoosiers, had asked Kleinschmidt what made Vince Lombardi's NFL champion Packers tick.
Kleinschmidt replied: "They love each other."

And that happens to be the mantra of current Indiana coach Tom Allen, whose program will help salute the 50th anniversary of IU's Rose Bowl team Saturday while hosting Rutgers for a 12 p.