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Media Relations

Honoring "Hep"

Sports Illustrated
Nov. 8, 2007

The chant rained throughout "The Rock," yet another tribute to the coach that brought newfound enthusiasm and promise to a program that hadn't been to a bowl game since 1993. The words continued to fill the air as Jane Hoeppner and her family joined in the celebration, the culmination of a moment her late husband vowed that Indiana would see.
"TER-RY, HOEPP-NER, TER-RY, HOEPP-NER."

The former Indiana coach, who died June 19 after a lengthy battle with brain cancer, is honored with a football-shaped "HEP" patch on the Hoosiers' uniforms and a banner with the same logo in the end zone, as well as a helmet sticker with the words "Play 13" -- a 12-game season plus a bowl game.

Read the entire story at: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/cory_mccartney/11/08/indiana.bowl/index.html

Learn more about IU Athletics at: http://iuhoosiers.cstv.com/

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