No. 2 Indiana scores with 36 seconds remaining to avoid its first loss of the season and beat Penn State 27-24.

From defending Gavin McKenna to the overall dominant sweep over Penn State, Adam Nightingale talked all things Spartans hockey on Saturday night

STATE COLLEGE | After video replay confirmed Indiana receiver Omar Cooper Jr.’s touchdown catch, Penn State interim head coach Terry Smith was fuming and leaned into the officiating crew. It was the most anger and frustration Smith has shown on the sideline in his four weeks on the job.

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"We refused to lose in the bleakest, more dire moments when it looked impossible," Cignetti said after Indiana handed Penn State its latest soul-crushing defeat, 27-24, on Saturday afternoon in Beaver Stadium.

But then it collapsed. Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza made one spectacular play after another and the Hoosiers ripped Penn State’s heart out, winning the game on a beautiful throw by Mendoza to Omar Cooper Jr. The air was sucked out of Beaver Stadium.

Penn State's 27–24 loss to No. 2 Indiana on Saturday was more than just another close defeat tacked onto a forgettable season. It was a microcosm of what's gone wrong — and what still works — for a program caught between chaos and competence.

Though Penn State wasn't able to secure the upset win over Indiana, Ethan Grunkemeyer's statement on the locker room will make fans happy.