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The standards for football success are quite different for Indiana and No. 19 Penn State. Regarded mostly as a perennial Big Ten afterthought, the Hoosiers (4-6, 1-5) would love to finish the regular season with two wins to qualify for a bowl game. Problem: The first of those two contests comes Saturday against the Nittany Lions (8-2, 4-2), a team eager to get over its disappointing loss last …

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — The standards for gridiron success are quite different for Indiana and No. 19 Penn State. Seemingly a perennial Big Ten afterthought, the Hoosiers (4-6, 1-5) would love to finish the regular season with two wins to qualify for a bowl game.

In celebration of the 125th year of football at Indiana University, IUHoosiers.com will reveal the top 12 games in IU history, voted on by Hoosier fans. Each week during the regular season a game will be revealed. This week we bring you No. 2, the final chapter in IU’s only undefeated season.

BLOOMINGTON #8212; If you think the Indiana Hoosiers are rattled and demoralized after three straight close losses, and six defeats in the last seven games, think again.

Bolstered by a top-10 recruiting class and a key transfer, the Hoosiers’ leader seeks better things in his second season.

Ben Chappell was an outstanding high school quarterback at Bloomington South who turned down many other offers to play for the hometown Indiana Hoosiers.

As coach of Penn State for the past 43 seasons, Joe Paterno has been around football long enough to understand the importance of never looking past an opponent.