The Indiana Hoosiers authored perhaps the signature win of the college football season against Penn State on Saturday by making perhaps the signature play of the year to this point.

Down four points with less than two minutes to play at Happy Valley, Indiana got the football back with its undefeated season on the line. Despite a sack to begin the drive, which pushed the Hoosiers back seven yards to their own 13-yard line, Heisman Trophy candidate and quarterback Fernando Mendoza led the team on an 87-yard scoring drive to maintain its perfect campaign.

He finished the game off with a 7-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Omar Cooper Jr. in the back of the end zone, which Fox Sports called the best catch of the 2025 NCAA season. A high pass, Cooper acrobatically snagged the pigskin out

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