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Play of the day: Make that four plays, actually

 
Saturday's biggest games turned out to be snoozers, leaving college football without a single play to define the day. But that doesn't mean things were vanilla across the country. As a salute to the day's variety, here's a four-pack of touchdowns that featured something extraordinary in the run, the catch or the bounce of the ball. Example 1: Indiana at Iowa The Score: Hawkeye S Tyler Sash picks off Ben Chappell and returns the ball 86 yards for a game-turning touchdown. The Skinny: Indiana led 21-7 and seemed a lock for at least a field goal at the Hawkeyes' 2-yard line. Chappell took a shotgun snap, and after a play fake, looked to throw right. A blitzing A.J. Edds hit Chappell's arm, squirting the ball into the air and starting the ricochet heard 'round the Big Ten. The pass caromed off defensive tackle Christian Ballard's left hand, then off Hoosiers tackle James Brewer's helmet and back to Chappell's right forearm. It grazed the left shoulder of Edds and ended up in Sash's midsection. ... (link)

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