BLOOMINGTON — Athletic director Scott Dolson was at peace for the first time in nearly two weeks while accompanying Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti to his postgame news conference at Ross-Ade Stadium after a 56-3 win over Purdue on Nov. 28.

Dolson, who freely admits to getting “amped” leading up to games, was more anxious than normal with IU heading out to West Lafayette looking to clinch its first perfect season and a trip to the Big Ten title game.

He had a hard time sitting down in the visiting AD’s suite on Friday night with his mind running through various worst-case scenarios for a No. 2 Hoosiers team favored by four touchdowns.

The administrator has spent nearly his entire adult life working for the betterment of the athletic department as a former student manger

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