Missouri got significantly more than they were expecting from Indiana on Saturday. After taking a three point lead with 2:20 remaining, the Hoosiers went 75 yards in 1:59 to punch in a game winning touchdown, taking it 31-27. Tevin Coleman had 132 yards and a touchdown despite missing a chunk of the game with injury, and D'Angelo Roberts chipped in two touchdowns, including the winner.
Indiana vs. Missouri: 3 things we learned from the Hoosiers’ 31-27 upset
Holy smokes, Indiana!
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Coleman staked Indiana to an early lead, but the game stayed a close affair, with no team ever getting more than a seven point cushion. Maty Mauk threw for 310 yards and two touchdowns to lead the offense that ran into surprising resistence from a very-much-game Hoosier defense. Neither team was particularly efficient, though, as they went a combined 6-30 on third downs.
The win is Indiana's first over a ranked team since 2006, gives head coach Kevin Wilson a major pelt to show some of his critics, and is a massive win for the Big Ten, which has spent most of the season so far wetting the bed against power conference opposition.
Three things we learned
1. Well, that was weird. By all appearances, this game had all the makings of a clubbing. But, as college football games are want to do, it got strange and was a neck and neck affair. We continue to know nothing, but we will treat this as a learning experience.
2. Indiana is going to be a pain in the neck for the Big Ten. The Hoosiers aren’t great by any means, but they are good at their core competencies, and will be a major banana skin for some of the upper level Big Ten teams. They can run the ball like crazy, and seem perfectly content to muddy up a game against more talented competition. Considering the level of the Big Ten as a whole right now, that’s more than enough to win some games.
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3. Maybe Missouri isn’t such a sure thing in the SEC East. With Georgia and South Carolina already suffering conference losses, the Tigers are in the driver’s seat early to repeat as SEC East champs. The offense is good and the defensive line is still great, but as today exhibits, they aren’t perfect. It may be wise to not count chickens before they hatch in this division.
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