The 51-10 final score indicates that Ohio State thrashed Indiana on Saturday. Sure, it did get ugly late, but the Hoosiers were within striking distance at the beginning of the second quarter.

Indiana coach Tom Allen pointed to his team’s blocked punt as the turning point in the game.

“I don’t know what it is about that kind of play,” he said on the Inside IU Football radio show. “If you get a punt blocked, it is so hard. It just does something to you…it just kind of rips your heart out. It’s really deflating.”

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Chris Olave blocked the Indiana punt for a safety with 10:15 left in the second quarter. That put Ohio State ahead 16-3, and the Buckeyes scored a touchdown after the free-kick to go ahead by 20.

At that point, the game was essentially finished.

Indiana will look to avoid any negative momentum swings, especially big ones like blocked punts when they host UConn this Saturday at 12 p.m. ET.