One of the biggest college football upsets of this century began in the same place as one of the biggest real upsets and one of the biggest fictional upsets of the last century. Butler football players don’t think about Bobby Plump’s shot for the very real Milan High or Jimmy Chitwood’s shot for based-on-a-true-story Hickory High. To the Bulldogs, Hinkle Fieldhouse is just the building that houses their locker room.
Last Friday, two buses set out from Hinkle carrying a total of 76 people. Linebackers coach Derek Day, who played defensive end for Butler from 2005 to ’08, spent the ’15 and ’16 seasons as a quality control assistant at Tennessee.