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No. 7 Indiana rallies from 11 down to beat Nebraska 20-17

Defending national champion Indiana scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns from Josh Hoover to Nick Marsh to beat unranked Nebraska 20-17 at Memorial Stadium, handing the Huskers their first loss of the season.

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Mixed · 2No. 7 Indiana beat Nebraska 20-17 on Saturday 10 October at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, after trailing 17-6 early in the fourth quarter. Mixed · 2Nebraska, unranked and previously undefeated, led 10-3 at halftime and 10-6 after a third-quarter Indiana field goal. Quarterback Anthony Colandrea then ran 39 yards for a touchdown early in the fourth quarter to make it 17-6. Mixed · 2On Indiana's next play, quarterback Josh Hoover threw a 75-yard touchdown pass to Nick Marsh. Less than five minutes later Hoover found Marsh for a 44-yard touchdown on fourth-and-1, which gave Indiana a 20-17 lead.

Right · 1Hoover completed 12 of 22 passes for 263 yards and two touchdowns, and Marsh had six catches for 187 yards and both scores, according to Fox News. Indiana's only other points came on field goals by Nico Radicic. Centre · 1Nebraska dominated much of the game, according to Newsweek: it outgained Indiana 406-328, ran 83 plays to 44 and held the ball for nearly 40 minutes. Colandrea threw for 278 yards. Mixed · 2Nebraska's late chances ended without a tying score. Fox News says it turned the ball over on downs on a failed fourth-and-9 and then on a sack of Colandrea. Newsweek says Colandrea drove the Huskers from their own 11 to midfield before time expired.

Centre · 1Nebraska fell to 5-1 and Indiana improved to 6-0. Nebraska had won its first five games by at least 18 points and had lost 30 straight games against ranked opponents, per Newsweek. Mixed · 2Fox News calls Indiana's run the nation's longest active winning streak, including a 27th straight win over an unranked team, and puts coach Curt Cignetti at 33-2 at Indiana. Newsweek describes a 21-game winning streak after a 16-0 national championship season. The two figures may count different things, and the articles do not explain the gap. Right · 1Nebraska plays No. 13 Oregon next, and Indiana hosts No. 5 Ohio State.

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Framing
An underdog narrative: Nebraska nearly pulled off an upset as an unranked team, and the game raised the question of whether its start was legitimate.
Emphasis
Nebraska's dominance in yards and possession, its history against ranked opponents, and the effect on its national perception.
Leaves out or plays down
Does not mention Indiana's streak over unranked teams or Cignetti's record.
Charged language
“Nearly Stuns”“dangerously close”
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“For more than three quarters, the Cornhuskers looked like the better team.” — Newsweek
“The Cornhuskers didn’t finish the upset.” — Newsweek

Right1 outlet

Framing
A game recap from Outkick, Fox News's sports brand, centred on Indiana surviving and extending its winning streak, with a play-by-play of the comeback.
Emphasis
Indiana's streaks and records, Hoover and Marsh's performance, and the sequence of drives and turnovers.
Leaves out or plays down
Does not give the yardage or time-of-possession gap showing Nebraska's dominance, or Nebraska's pre-game ranking and history against ranked teams.
Charged language
“survives”“the floodgates opened”
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“The longest active winning streak in college football lives another week.” — Fox News
“Then, the floodgates opened.” — Fox News