BLOOMINGTON – This weekend’s visit from ESPN College GameDay took on special meaning for all involved Saturday — it meant IU’s 1979 Holiday Bowl team could celebrate with its beloved coach.Lee Corso led those Hoosiers to the program’s first-ever bowl win, a dramatic victory over previously undefeated BYU, in the Holiday Bowl 45 years ago. That team had already planned its reunion months in advance for this weekend. When GameDay, on which Corso has been a staple since its inception, announced last week it planned to make its first-ever Saturday stop in Bloomington, that made the date serendipitous.“The Holiday Bowl team was very close-knit. We were a family in the truest sense,” said Terry Tallen, one of the captains of that team. “(Having Corso join the reunion) means the world to us.”ESPN College GameDay at Indiana:Live updates from wild Bloomington sceneThat team honored its coach and its anniversary with multiple events this weekend, including a dinner Friday,…
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