The Tennessee Volunteers scored twice in a 30-second span late, using an onside kick to help escape a 13-point deficit, and then held on to stun Indiana 23-22 in the Gator Bowl on Thursday night.
In all the drama of the game, ESPN cameras caught Vols fans have a bit of trouble with supporting their team.
The signage ran parallel with the early-game struggles for the Vols, who started 1-4 and ended with six consecutive wins this season.
The Hoosiers (8-5) looked to be in control in the second half after scoring two touchdowns in a 1:03 span, the second one coming on Jamar Johnson's 63-yard interception return, and later adding a pair of field goals.
Indiana was up 22-9 before Tennessee (8-5) shocked most of the nearly 62,000 fans on hand.
Quavaris Crouch scored on a 1-yard plunge and then fellow running back Eric Gray recovered a surprise onside kick that barely went the mandatory 10 yards.
“Well, I think there’s four minutes and 34 seconds to go,” Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt said of the onside kick. “We got three time-outs. It was something that we felt was there when we were breaking them down, and as the game went, we felt like it was there. We’ve probably repped it 500 or 600 times over the last six months. Had confidence in our players. So just felt like we needed to do it there, and Paxton laid down a great kick. Eric -- we got three guys that’s going to block the three returners, and we got two guys getting the ball. Eric timed it right, and it was a great kick. Wasn’t much they could do based off how they were aligned.”
Gray scored from 16 yards out a few plays later to put the Vols on top for good.
Logan Justus missed an extra point in the third quarter that turned out to be costly and was wide right on a 52-yard field goal attempt with 2:12 remaining. Justus' kick had the distance but sailed just outside the right upright.
Tennessee punted with 1:02 remaining, but Indiana failed to get back into field goal range.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.