On the play of the season for Indiana football — the play of this season, last season, any season — IU quarterback Fernando Mendoza makes an impossible throw and IU receiver Omar Cooper Jr. makes an impossible catch.

Mendoza hasn’t been having a great day Saturday for the Hoosiers at Penn State, but in 71 seconds he’s driven the No. 2-ranked Hoosiers from their 20 to the Penn State 7. Happy Valley is furious and Beaver Stadium is thundering and it’s third-and-goal from the Nittany Lions ’ 7 with 40 seconds left. Mendoza drops back, and this is how it’s been all game: He’s about to get hit. Sometimes the pressure has been in his face. Sometimes it’s come from his blind side.

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