Indiana Wins a Field-goal Slog at Michigan in Overtime
6-6 after four quarters, 13-6 after one overtime possession, and not a single touchdown until overtime. Indiana beat Michigan the ugly way.
Four field goals made up all the scoring in regulation. Nico Radicic kicked a 22-yarder late in the first quarter and a 34-yarder in the second, so Indiana led 6-0 at the half. Trey Butkowski got Michigan on the board from 29 yards with 2:22 left in the third, and then tied it from 26 yards as the fourth quarter ran out. That was the only tie of the game, and Indiana held the lead the entire way before it.
The yardage says Michigan should have had more to show for it. The Wolverines had 224 total yards to Indiana's 212 and ran the ball 42 times, but for only 57 yards. Tommy Carr threw an interception and lost a fumble. Indiana's passing game was nearly absent, with 81 passing yards, and Josh Hoover threw an interception of his own, but the Hoosiers ran for 131 on 35 carries and sacked Michigan four times. Hoover ended it himself with a four-yard run in overtime, Radicic added the kick, and Michigan came away with nothing.
The Hoosiers were the only team to find the end zone, and they did it exactly once.
Indiana is 7-1 after surviving a game that scored 19 points between two teams. Michigan is 4-3. If you owned anyone in this game, you already know. JJ Buchanan led all players with 11.7 Promethium points, which is the lowest top score I will probably see all weekend.