December 1982: It was a Tuesday when the Indiana Hoosiers’ then-HC, Lee Corso, was on a recruiting trip. He still had three years on his contract, but that day, as he listened to the radio, he learned he had been fired. Make no mistake, university president John Ryan wanted to keep the coach, and he had done so previously by awarding Corso a five-year contract, despite a poor early season. But that Tuesday, Ryan lost a power struggle with the athletic director, Ralph Floyd.

Floyd wanted Corso gone after fan attendance fell; the coach also had just two winning seasons in ten years. However, Corso didn’t take it personally. He simply couldn’t. One of his sons had graduated from there, and another one was hopeful he would get into the university to follow his passion for law. Plus, Corso lov

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