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Rare Hoosier football legend passes

Rover found this 7/1/2008 on thermocaster.com

The term Indiana football hero is kind of like jumbo shrimp; oxymoron doesn’t begin to explain it. But former IU coach John Pont is definitely a legend. He died today at the age of 80. Pont is the only IU coach to reach the Rose Bowl (yes, the ONLY one). His 1967 Hoosier squad went 9-2, tied for the Big Ten title, was ranked as high as #4 by the Associated Press, and made it to ...