#11 Indiana (4-0) vs Iowa (3-1) (3:30PM ET, Peacock / NBC)

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Maybe got too caught up in the moment with how big the game against Illinois was last week, because Indiana had been struggling a bit against Iowa’s defense today.

It’s currently 13-10 Hawkeyes with 12:43 left in the game after the Hawkeyes’ kicked drilled through a 54 yard FG to take the lead.

 

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44 yard FG is good. It’s now 13 all with 9:51 left in the game.

 

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And IU picks off Iowa at the IU 23 with 6:27 left in the game.

 

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And on 3rd and 12 at the Iowa 46, Indiana’s Mendoza throws an interception that gets returned 38 yards, all the way to the IU 24 with 2:36 left in the game!

Iowa’s completely switched into running mode as they milk clock to kick a field goal.

What a catastrophic mistake

 

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Iowa runs for 5 yards on first down (followed by an IU timeout with 2:35 left)

Iowa then runs for no yards on second down (followed by another IU timeout with 2:08 left).

 

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Then on 3rd down and 5 Iowa decides to, pass it with 2:05 left?

It falls incomplete.with 2:05 left

 

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And on 4th down Iowa misses the 42 yard FG with 2 minutes left in the game!

Still 13 all

 

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Indiana at the Iowa 49 with 1:41 left. 2nd down.

 

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And on 3rd and 10 Mendoza completes a pass that goes 49 yards for a TD.

With 1:28 left in the game, it’s 20-13 IU.

 

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44 seconds left. Iowa’s completely switched at its own 40 with all 3 timeouts.

For some reason the Hawkeyes are just running no huddle and refusing to use the timeouts. They’ve already burned 40 seconds

 

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And they’re at the 50, 1st down with 38 seconds left

Now 31 after the incompletion.

 

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Incomplete, almost intercepted with 24 seconds left in the game.

3rd and 10 Iowa at the IU 48

 

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I’d say free timeout for Iowa but they have all 3…so I guess it’s a free timeout for Indiana’s defense to rest?

 

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Incomplete on 3rd down. No receiver in the area.

4th and 10

 

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Incomplete and that will be game. 20-13 Indiana final.

Hoosiers survive and move to 5-0. They have a bye next weekend and will then go to Oregon the following weekend.

Iowa falls to 3-2 and will have a bye week before playing Wisconsin.

 

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Or well, it would be final, but Iowa still has all 3 timeouts and with 16 seconds left is taking them after every kneeling down….so Indiana is going to have to punt back to them one more time with 3 seconds left in the game.

 

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And on 4th down Indiana’s QB will just make sure that all the time runs off the clock.

Mendoza takes the snap and just runs backwards from midfield until he gets to the endzone and dives down for the safety.

Final score 20-15 Indiana.

…took 50 yards off the teams’ rush total.