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IU’s 2015 game against Ohio State at Memorial Stadium was the first sold-out home football game in five years. The Thursday game against Ohio State has sold out once again.
The game. IU seeks calm amidst chaos of Ohio State matchup By Jake Thomer jjthomer@indiana.edu | @jake_the_thomer
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hen senior quarterback Richard Lagow wakes up Thursday morning, his mind will be racing. Lagow, his teammates and the IU coaching staff have spent months waiting for a game that is more than just the first one of the 2017 season. No. 2 Ohio State is in town for an 8 p.m. kickoff Thursday, and those around the IU program have unabashedly called it the most significant season opener in team history. It has been 35 years since the Hoosiers began the season with a conference matchup, and it is the first time in team
history the Buckeyes are coming to Bloomington to open the season. With the buildup and story lines surrounding Thursday night’s matchup, Lagow said it will be tough to stay calm all day while he awaits the prime-time start. “You can’t wake up at 7 a.m. and start jamming out and be ready to go because you’ve got 12 hours 'til you play a game,” Lagow said. “You’ve gotta roll with the day.” Once 8 p.m. comes around, the Hoosiers will have to roll with the punches on the field as they take on a Buckeye team with plenty of talent and big names. Senior quarterback J.T. Barrett, in his fourth season with Ohio State, will
More football content inside For traffic and parking facts on the day of the big game, see page 2. To relive the last win against Ohio State, check out archive photos on page 4. For a look at how husky Marcelino Ball has star potential for the Hoosiers, see page 4. Columnist Andrew Hussey looks forward to a potential miracle: “The upset isn’t that improbable.” See page 5.
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Q&A: Jim Cornelison to sing anthem at Ohio State game By Hannah Reed hanreed@umail.iu.edu | @hannahreed13
Jim Cornelison is most famously known for singing the national anthem for the Chicago Blackhawks. Cornelison is an alumnus of the Jacobs School of Music, where he got his master's degree. He will be making his way back to his old stomping grounds Aug. 31 to sing the anthem for the football game against Ohio State. In a 30-minute phone conversation, Cornelison gave not only answers, but also advice. Read the Q&A below, which has been condensed for print and edited for clarity: Indiana Daily Student: You got your master's here at the Jacobs School, right? How does it feel to come back and sing for the football game this year? Cornelison: I love it. It’s exciting. It’s a warm feeling. When they reached out to me last year (for the basketball game) that was the first time I had come back, and that went really well. It feels great. It’s really nice to come back and for them to think of me again for this game. IDS: What is your favorite part about singing the national anthem? Cornelison: I would say it’s all the people I meet, and by that I mean I meet a lot of sports figures,
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Jim Cornelison will sing the national anthem at the Ohio State game Thursday. Cornelison, who sings the national anthem for the Chicago Blackhawks, received his master’s degree from Jacobs School of Music.
coaches, CEOs and military people. I received an email from a guy one time who said ‘Dear Jim, thank you so much for what you do. My son is in the Navy, whenever I come to a Blackhawks game, I feel like 20,000 people are cheering for him.’ What I’d like for you, and everybody actually, to think about is what that father said: ‘I feel like 20,000 people are cheering for him.’ Think about how much the anthem means to him if his son dies, is killed overseas, or how much it
means to the son if he comes back without a leg. I see the meaning and the response from these people and the way it kind of reattaches them to a sense of purpose and a reassurance or re-invigoration about the meaning of what they are doing with their lives, or the sacrifices they may have had. IDS: Can you describe the feelings and what goes through your head when you take the stage to sing the national anthem? Cornelison: This is a great piece
of advice I received way back when I was just singing professionally: it doesn’t matter what I feel, it matters what the audience feels. You have to step back and do your job. And it’s not that it’s unemotional, but you have to contain the emotion and have to have a certain sense of detachment and awareness. You have to stay focused on your job, then afterwards you get to enjoy the feelings. IDS: Can you tell me what your time at IU was like?
Cornelison: Oh, it was a great time. I went from doing some minor roles in operas to doing a lot of major roles in the operas. The opera house, the facilities and the teaching I got there was fantastic. The student body was fantastic. I was able to see what it takes to make the jump from a university to the professional world, because you see enough people who are able to do it; they leave IU and are able to do it. It was a great experience. Aside from just having a lot of fun, we went to the Final Four that year with Calbert Cheaney, the basketball player, and that was just a riot. IDS: What made you choose IU as your school to get your master's in music from? Cornelison: Well, I mean, for one, it’s the prestige. But, the most immediate reason was that my voice teacher at Seattle Pacific University was a graduate from Indiana, so that’s what first drew my attention to Indiana. IDS: Do you have any predictions for the game on Thursday? Cornelison: Well, I can tell you where my heart is. It’s IU all the way. I have no love for Ohio State. Related content online To read the rest of our interview with Cornelison, go to idsnews.com.
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