The first score of the Indiana-Illinois game Saturday night was a blocked punt for a touchdown by D'Angelo Ponds.

Indiana was then aggressive both on offense and defense as it played from ahead.

Next up: Indiana at Iowa, 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

BLOOMINGTON — Although Indiana managed to score touchdowns on eight of its first 10 possessions Saturday night, en route to a statement-making 63-10 home victory over No. 8 Illinois , the 17th-ranked Hoosiers needed a special teams spark to kick their scoring into motion.

“We were talking about it all week, how in big games, I just like to make plays for the team, and I felt like that was a big play, and I just did my job coming off the edge,” Indiana junior defensive back D’Angelo Ponds said of his early first quarter punt block and score

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