It was an historic night for the Indiana Hoosiers as they took down the Ohio State Buckeyes in a 13-10 stunner in Indianapolis to win their first Big Ten title since 1967. It also marked their first win against the Buckeyes since 1988, and is now far and away the biggest win in program history.
From the Buckeyes' perspective, though, it's a stunner unlike any other. It was Ohio State's first loss in over a year, also by the identical score of 13-10. To make matters worse, it extended its streak to six years without a Big Ten title before entering postseason play, which now means a potentially harder postseason journey in its quest to return to a national title game.
But coach Ryan Day remains rather positive.
"The season's not over, got a lot of football ahead of us, and hopefully we can use this as a way to get better as we head into the playoffs," Day said.
Day gave credit to Curt Cignetti and the Hoosiers where it was due, though.
"I thought Indiana played really well, did a great job," Day said. "But just obviously we're all disappointed in the locker room that we didn't finish out this regular season the way we wanted to."
Day said he hopes this learning experience humbles his team.
"And this is a major lesson for this team is that it can come
down to one play or two plays or three plays that decide a game like this," Day said.. "So this is a tough lesson to learn, but we have to be more efficient across the board."
Ultimately, through adversity, Ohio State will have to prove itself again to keep the season alive.
Whether the Buckeyes can, chaos aside, is another ordeal.