Ok....I’ll play.
What few know is that Memorial Stadium sits on the site of a popular killing ground for wild bison back in the 1780s for the Kickapoo tribe. The Kickapoo considered the area so sacred that they dedicated the land to Kehcimaneto, the great Creator. Later, the area underneath the north end zone was reserved as a burial ground with ceremonial head dresses honoring the great bison.
Nick’s English Hut later incorporated the image of Crimson Buffalo, a powerful adversary of White Buffalo, as its restaurant symbol. IU has already had the bison as a mascot in the 1960s.
Today, the spirits of the bison and Kickapoo still roam the concourses of Memorial Stadium.
Sometimes, if you hang out in the men’s restrooms there, you can still catch a whiff of them.....or maybe it’s just a fan who ate one too many Hoosier Dogs from the concession stand?