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So far, maybe the biggest surprise of the college football season has been the Indiana

Hoosiers, led by a fiery coach Tom Allen, an emerging star quarterback, Michael Penix,

Jr. Today, the Athletics Bob Kravitz on just how good this Hoosiers team is, if they

have any chance against Ohio State this weekend, and how Penix Jr. fever has taken over Bloomington.

You can get a T-shirt in Bloomington for the low low price of just $32. It's a picture

of Penix diving for the pylon and they call it the reach. It's definitely Michael Penix,

Jr.'s signature moment.

From Wondering on the Athletic, I'm Kavita Davidson.

And I'm under Skelto. It's Friday, November 20th, and this is the lead.

It felt like something great was happening.

There was just something about the emotion and the heart of the team.

The days of the past don't matter because we've got this.

You can't see anything like that.

This isn't a story where the interview of the athlete will hold. It stays with you.

So Bob, first of all, how big of a surprise has Indiana been this season?

Well, if you look at them historically, this is almost surreal.

Now, having said that, they were eight and four last year. So it's not a complete shock.

But for them to go and beat Michigan.

Joe, this stadium would be going,

Bunkers is the rest of Bloomington is right now around us of 17.

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