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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Michael Penix compelled previous traditional time with a 2-level conversion bustle with 22 seconds left, then scored on a diving 2-level conversion to present Indiana a season-opening 36-35 upset victory over No. 8 Penn Disclose — ending the Wide Ten’s longest dash of consecutive losses to High 10 groups at 42.

The winning play went to a replay evaluate sooner than the officials launched the initial name stood.

Indiana beat the Nittany Lions for the 2d time in 24 matchups, and beat a High 10 foe for the most critical time since a 31-10 victory at Ohio Disclose on Oct. 10, 1987.

And it took every trick in the e-book to score it completed.

“All I’d viewed used to be an opportunity, an opportunity to head out and display mask the sphere what the Indiana Hoosiers are all about,” Penix acknowledged. “They had been playing man, so we’ve obtained to bring together to carry the game and I wasn’t going to let my group down, so I went out and gave it my all.”

After Indiana failed to score a critical down after Sean Clifford threw a hotfoot-forward 60-yard touchdown pass to Jahan Dotson with 2: 30 left, coach Tom Allen suggested his defense to let Penn Disclose bring together.

Devyn Ford obliged with a 14-yard bustle with 1: 42 to head. Penix then took the Hoosiers down the topic, scored on a 1-yard TD bustle with 22 seconds to head, added the two-level conversion and sooner or later wound up in previous traditional time after Jordan Gargantuan’s 57-yard topic aim came up short with 3 seconds left in regulation.

“In genuinely six years at Penn Disclose and 10 years of being a head coach, we’ve no longer been a gaggle to commit penalties and we’ve no longer been a gaggle to score turnovers, and tonight we had both,” Penn Disclose coach James Franklin acknowledged. “We at final obtained correct into a rhythm in the 2d half of a tiny bit bit, however you might possibly perchance possibly’t no longer play properly on the aspect road in the Wide Ten against correct opponents.”

Penn Disclose made it 35-28 when Clifford curved up with Parker Washington in previous traditional time, however Whop Philyor caught a 9-yard TD pass for the Hoosiers and Penix won it when he dove for the aim line and the ball hit the pylon.

The mistakes had been overwhelming for Penn Disclose. The Nittany Lions had three crimson-zone possessions that produced no factors, two interceptions, two overlooked topic dreams, one misplaced fumble, a a muffed punt and a fumbled kickoff return moreover to Ford’s leisurely scoring play and the leisurely defensive breakdowns. Coach James Franklin needs to score things cleaned up like a flash.

As for Indiana, coach Tom Allen’s group took an good step Saturday. He knew they wanted to originate beating ranked groups and this one no doubt went a lengthy ability. He took the gamble and it paid off. The defense conducted properly however the offense used to be out of sync unless the last minutes. Indiana won correct 211 yards and had the ball for 19: 35.

Penn Disclose will run in the High 25, possibly precipitously. Though the defense used to be suffocating unless leisurely and should always serve the Nittany Lions shut all season, the offense and particular groups conducted nowhere shut to a championship level. Search data from the Hoosiers to reappear in the High 25 subsequent week.