Indiana is probably one Miles Marshall dropped touchdown pass away from the postgame discourse about the Hoosiers’s 14-6 win over No. 16 Wisconsin taking a different complexion. An eight-point squeaker of a victory – one that required Reese Taylor’s cornerback instincts telling him to raise his left arm to break up Wisconsin quarterback Graham Mertz’s potential touchdown pass on fourth down to Chimere Dike – could’ve been a 15-point romp, one in which Indiana not only would’ve covered the spread in Vegas but also won by more points than the Hoosiers were being given by the oddsmakers.
So, as you digest the win in the coming days, just remember that if Marshall hauls in that pass as he should’ve, or if Indiana’s backup quarterback turned new starter/savior Jack Tuttle had led Marshall a little better, both the narrative and Indiana’s stats would’ve grown.