Hoosiers' late comeback leaves No. 23 Badgers stunned

John Elway led one. Joe Montana had one too. Now senior Gibran Hamdan has a drive that produced late-game heroics and capped off a remarkable come-from-behind victory, his coming over No. 23 Wisconsin.\nHamdan led the Hoosiers on a ten play, 76-yard drive that finished with a 20-yard pass to junior Glenn Johnson. Hamdan and Johnson hooked up again on a two-point conversion that gave the Hoosiers a 32-29 lead and erased a 19 point deficit with just 2:16 remaining in the game.\n"It was awesome," Hamdan said. "At first, I thought I threw the ball too high, but then I remembered that I told Glenn that in that pattern the ball may come in high to protect him from a big hit. He went up and made a great catch. He made great plays for us all day, as did all the receivers."\nIU got the ball back on their own 24 with 5:35 left. Hamdan was sacked on the first play, and things did not appear to be going well for the Hoosiers. But IU got the first down after an 11-yard pass to sophomore Aaron Halterman.\nHamdan was sacked again for a loss of seven and followed that up with an incomplete pass. That put the Hoosiers in a third down and 17 situation. Hamdan then connected with sophomore Courtney Roby who leapt and extended himself to get the first down.\n"The only thing that was on my mind was winning," Roby said. "I am just out there to win, and I'll give up my body for the team. I saw the marker and knew we needed the first down so I took off. I hope it gave us some momentum. We did go down and score after that."\nIt was the passing attack that helped IU finish the comeback. Johnson had five catches for 94 yards and a touchdown. Roby had six catches for 94 yards and touchdown. Hamdan was 24 for 36 for 310 yards and four touchdowns.\nWisconsin (5-2, 0-2 Big Ten) got the ball back with good field position. Wisconsin quarterback Brooks Bollinger rushed for 13 yards on the first play. After that, the Wisconsin drive stalled.\nBollinger threw four straight incompletions that ended the chance of a Wisconsin win. IU got one more first down and was able to run out the clock.\n"When (the ball) hit the ground, it was a big step for our defense," senior Kris Dielman said. "Last year you don't know what would have happened in that situation. But this year you know damn well we're going to come in here, and we're going to play hard."\nSophomore linebacker Herana-Daze Jones called the defensive stand a relief. He said it felt as if a weight had been lifted off of the team.\nWisconsin got on the board first with a field goal after IU turned it over on their first play of the game. IU scored later in the first quarter on a 32-yard field goal by sophomore Bryan Robertson. Wisconsin would add another field goal in the quarter.\nIU scored its first touchdown on a three-yard pass to senior Brian Lewis. Wisconsin would add another field goal and a touchdown to take a 16-10 lead into halftime.\nWisconsin scored a touchdown on their opening possession of the second half. Hamdan threw an interception on IU's next drive, and Wisconsin took advantage with another touchdown to extend their lead to 29-10.\nThe Hoosier defense picked it up after that drive and did not allow another Badger point. Freshman John Kerr and Jones led the team with 13 tackles a piece.\n"We knew we had to step it up, and we showed a lot of intensity," Jones said. "I think our intensity showed in the type of pressure we got on the quarterback."\nIU scored on their final three possessions to complete the comeback. The win pushes the Hoosiers record to 3-3 and 1-1 in the Big Ten. This is the first time since 1999 that the Hoosiers have been at least .500 after six games. Johnson said he felt the team always had a chance to win. Jones said this win is something to build on.\n"This feels like it's a beginning of something good," Jones said. "This feels great that we can suck it up after being down 19. We didn't get down on ourselves. We knew if we could stop them that the offense would do the rest."\nCoach Gerry DiNardo said he was pleased with the effort of the team despite numerous penalties that could have hurt the Hoosiers.\n"Obviously, this was really a good win," DiNardo said. "I thought it was really special the way that we won the game, that we would dig ourselves down in that hole against a really good Wisconsin team and come back the way we did. We're pleased to win. When you work as hard as we do, I think the young people deserve a reward, and they got it today"