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WATCH: Indiana awards game ball to team manager battling cancer after beating FIU

Dustin Schutte

By Dustin Schutte

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Indiana opened the 2018 season with an impressive road victory, knocking off FIU 38-28 to start the campaign 1-0. But the win itself might not have been the best thing from the Hoosiers’ trip down to Florida.

After the victory, head coach Tom Allen quieted the rowdy and excited group to award the game ball to someone in the locker room. But it wasn’t a player who receiver the honor.

Instead, Allen presented the ball to Matt Stauder, a team manager who is currently battling cancer. The night of Indiana’s victory also marked the one-year anniversary of the death of his father.

Stauder has wanted to be around the Indiana football program through all of the trying times and for his commitment and dedication to the team, Allen awarded him with the game ball.

The full video can be viewed below. It’s something definitely worth your time.

Dustin Schutte

Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB