Penn State, Indiana and Omar Cooper
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Indiana football wide receiver Omar Cooper Jr. executed a miracle catch on Penn State. He explained the approach he had in pulling it off.
Cooper only needs one foot down for it to count as a touchdown in college. But if any piece of that first foot instead hit the white line, it'd be an incompletion. In the end, the officials upheld the call, and Indiana had an epic TD.
Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza orchestrated the Hoosiers' final touchdown in under two minutes, capped by Cooper Jr.'s heroics.
Omar Cooper Jr. jumped to catch a pass from Fernando Mendoza in the back of the endzone, sweeping his inside foot within the field of play to save No. 2 Indiana from its first loss of the season against a downtrodden Penn State team.
Omar Cooper Jr. showed unbelievable body control and hand strength for IU's game-winning touchdown in the final minute to avoid an upset at Penn State. See it here.