I was 21, a senior at IU and news editor of the Daily Student. Technology being was it was (or wasn't) at the time, we had to tell the photographers the dimensions of the large photo we wanted to use on the front page well ahead of time. So I designed the front at lunchtime at Nick's, using a menu as a straight edge and leaving room for "IU WINS IT ALL" in the largest point size I'd ever used. I remember the IDS staff got a lot of work done before the game started so we could watch as much as possible on conference room TV. I also remember kicking a soccer ball around the newsroom during halftime to get rid of our nervous energy.
A few minutes into the second half, the managing editor approached me and said I should probably design another front page, just in case. I still have the paper design (and metal press plate) of the winning front, but I'm not sure what happened to the alternative design. We might have burned it. But I remember the headline was "Syracuse downs IU, XX-XX" over a horizontal photo, and there was a story about taxes and something about the College of Arts and Sciences on the front as well. It was so depressing to design it.
When we won, we all took a few minutes to run to Showalter Fountain, but we couldn't stay long because that big, beautiful photo was due any minute. We got the paper out, and everything's a little fuzzy after that.
