Oregon - September 11, 2004

One bright spot in an otherwise disapointing season.

IN MEMORIAM

Coach John Pont 1927 - 2008

June 19, 2008 Old turf is taken out

Workers today began the process of replacing the playing surface at Memorial Stadium.

The athletic department and University are currently in negotiations to replace the existing turf with a state-of-the art playing surface that will be installed and ready for use by the first week of August.


The Independence Bowl's Hall Ironic as it is work began on the first anniversary of coach Hoeppner's passing and the day he was honored by the Independence Bowl's Hall of Honor.

Seeing Red

How's this for a new field?

opps!

IU football player Dustin Haas stands in a depression at Memorial Stadium caused by Wednesday's heavy rains. The damage apparently is a result of pressure from rushing water underneath the artifical turf, breaking cement that supports the field.

The sunken part of the field, just past the south end zone, is perhaps 10 feet long by eight feet wide, and is close to two feet deep in spots. There are other ripples in the field running through the end zone to the 6-yard line.

No information was immediately available from IU on the significance of the damage or the cost of repairing it.

Don't Quit

Don’t Quit! When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,when the road you’re trudging seems all up hill, When the funds are low and the debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest, if you must, but do not quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns, As every one of us sometimes learns, And many a failure turns about, When he might have won had he stuck it out; Don’t give up though the pace seems slow?

You may succeed with another blow. Often the goal is nearer than, It seems to a faint and faltering man, Often the struggler has given up, When he might have captured the victor’s cup, And he learned too late when the night slipped down,H ow close he was to the golden crown .Success is failure turned inside out? The silver tint of the clouds of doubt, And you never can tell how close you are,I t may be near when it seems so far, So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit? It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit.

2001 Wisconsin Game