For the past 14 months, the talk of college football has centered around the Hoosiers stacking up wins and a national championship.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners.If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated.
This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.All the while, the Buckeyes just sat quietly in the background with the best player in the sport, waiting for their turn to prove the doubters wrong after a loss at Texas earlier in the season thanks to a fourth quarter collapse.Even though Julian Sayin did not have his most productive outing on Saturday, all he needed was his Heisman Trophy candidate Jeremiah Smith to bail him out a time or two en route to a close-shave 19-15 victory over the Hoosiers.Julian Sayin #10 of the Ohio State Buckeyes looks to throw over Tobi Osunsanmi #12 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the second quarter at Memorial Stadium on Oct.17, 2026, in Bloomington, Ind.
(Getty Images)Plenty of times this afternoon in Bloomington, it felt as though this Ohio State team was just one play away from ending the party.But, with Josh Hoover throwing a touchdown pass with just over 10:12 remaining in the fourth quarter, we found ourselves wondering if the Buckeyes would once again blow a fourth quarter lead.COLLEGE FOOTBALL’S CHAOS ERA IS HERE: TEXAS RALLIES, OREGON FALLS AND LANE KIFFIN EYES RETURN TO OLE MISSAs 1:02 was remaining in the game, the Indiana crowd bursted into cheers after Nick Marsh came down with what the Hoosiers thought would be the go-ahead touchdown catch in what would be one of the wilder endings we've seen this season.Turns out, it was one of the crazier plays we've witnessed, but for all the wrong reasons for Indiana, as Nick Marsh immediately signaled by grabbing his helmet.As the fireworks went off inside Memorial Stadium, the mood quickly shifted within the hearts of Hoosier fans, as Nick Marsh was ruled to be out of bounds when he c...