Jim Osterman

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[FOX College Football @CFBONFOX]

Josh Hoover has been in his bag to start the season

[DraftKings @DraftKings]

He wins. Google him.

[Zach Osterman @ZachOsterman]

Cignetti: "There's gonna be a lot of things we don't like on tape. I can tell you that right now. But we did just enough." #iufb

[Jeff Rabjohns @JeffRabjohns]

“Indomitable spirt.” That’s what Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti felt his team showed in coming back from a double-figure fourth-quarter deficit to win 20-17 on the road at Nebraska and push IU’s national-best win streak to 22 games. #iufb

https://t.co/NhnClLZQtm

[Jim Osterman @Jimbo_knows12]

@wsbtv does the weather bunny get a dollar every time she says the word “again “?

[Jim Osterman @Jimbo_knows12]

@wsbtv yammering

[Jim Osterman @Jimbo_knows12]

@wsbtv shut up

[Jim Osterman @Jimbo_knows12]

#wsbtv hijacks the final seconds of the first half of ala-ga so their weather bunny can take ten minutes to tell us what could have been said in three.

[the Sports ON Tap @thesportsontap]

Before his very first practice at Indiana, Nick Marsh got chewed out by his head coach over a pair of gold cleats.

Today Indiana trailed the Nebraska Cornhuskers 17 to 6 in the fourth quarter, on the road, with both teams undefeated.

Marsh caught both touchdowns that won it.

Here is who he is.

He is from Detroit and he went to River Rouge High School. He is the son of Yolanda Wilson. He lettered in basketball and track too.

He was a consensus four star recruit, the 107th ranked player in the country, and he made all state three years in a row.

He committed to Michigan State the summer before his senior year, and he signed there even when other schools came at him late. He did not like dragging things out.

Then as a true freshman he led the Michigan State Spartans in receiving. 41 catches for 649 yards.

In the second game of his college life, at Maryland, he caught 8 passes for 194 yards. They named him the national freshman of the week.

As a sophomore he started all 12 games, caught 59 passes and scored 6 touchdowns, and the Big Ten coaches put him on the all conference list.

100 catches and 1,311 yards in two seasons.

Then Michigan State fired Jonathan Smith, and Marsh went into the transfer portal.

Indiana was the first visit he took. His mother went with him.

Notre Dame was scheduled next and there was a line of schools behind it. He cancelled all of it and committed to the Indiana Hoosiers on January 4.

Here is what he was walking into.

Indiana went 16 and 0 last season and beat the Miami Hurricanes for the first national championship in the history of the school. Curt Cignetti is 27 and 2 there in two years.

And the first thing that happened to the star transfer was that the head coach took one look at his gold cleats.

Here is Cignetti on it.

"I don't know if that happened to him very often at Michigan State. That was a wakeup call."

Here is Cignetti later.

"He's worked really hard, done a great job for us."

Now here is the honest part. Through the first four games of this season Marsh had been quiet. Nine catches. A touchdown here and there against North Texas and Howard and Northwestern, and not much else.

Then today at Lincoln.

Nebraska held the ball for 39 minutes. Indiana had it for 19. Nebraska ran 80 plays to Indiana's 44.

And with 12 minutes left and Indiana down 11, Josh Hoover threw it to Marsh for 75 yards and a touchdown.

Five minutes after that, Hoover threw it to Marsh again for 44 yards and the lead.

Indiana 20, Nebraska 17. The Hoosiers are 6 and 0.

He does not wear the gold cleats anymore.

[Zach Osterman @ZachOsterman]

Curt Cignetti: "I told them: Good teams find a way to win games like this." #iufb

[Michael Niziolek @michaelniziolek]

Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti: "It took everything the players and coaches had in that one to find a way to overcome...a win like that has a lot of value."

[Jeff Rabjohns @JeffRabjohns]

At the midpoint of the season for 6-0 Indiana, Josh Hoover has 17 TD passes and zero INTs. His most recent two TD passes lifted Indiana out of a double-figure fourth-quarter deficit on the road at Nebraska and to its 22nd consecutive win. #iufb

https://t.co/6lFahGXs5u

[Michael Niziolek @michaelniziolek]

IU football's Isaiah Jones on Cignetti's halftime message: "He told us the first half is over, learn from the mistakes. We're still in the game, and we weren't even playing our best football, we knew what we had to do when we went out after halftime. It's back to our training."

[Chronic Hoosier @ChronicHoosier]

The very moment I said this Indiana started playing like Indiana again. What a fucking 4th quarter. Damn good enough when the game was on the line. Undaunted. Undefeated. Bowl eligible. #iufb

[Tom Crean @TomCrean]

.@IndianaFootball just never beats themselves. Incredible. They just keep attacking you until you break !! They are BigTime relentless !!
Incredible !!!

[ESPN Insights @ESPNInsights]

Indiana erases an 11-point 4th quarter deficit and takes a 20-17 lead‼️

Entering play on Saturday, Indiana is 1-120 when trailing by double digits in the 4th quarter since the start of the 2004 season 😲

[Michael Niziolek @michaelniziolek]

Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti on his conservative approach on fourth down calls in first half: "Lot of them were, God, I just wanted to go for it...but we weren't getting anything done...let's just survive it. Let's stop the bleeding."

[Jeff Rabjohns @JeffRabjohns]

Oh, and by the way ... #iufb (Graphic via @CFBAlerts_)

Think about the history of Indiana football. Then think about this:

[Hoosier Review @Hoosier_Review]

Look at Nick Marsh man, love this for him #iufb

[Martha the Mop Lady @TheMopLady]

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