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College football's opening weekend has produced moments that define seasons before the rankings have settled, and week one delivered one in Bloomington.
Josh Hoover, the TCU transfer making his debut as Indiana Hoosiers starting quarterback, absorbed one of the most blatant facemask penalties the sport has seen midway through the second quarter against North Texas and bled through the rest of the first half without leaving the field.
North Texas defensive lineman Udoka Ezeani grabbed Hoover's facemask and twisted it completely to the back of his head.
The Fox Big Noon Saturday crew caught it in close-up for a national audience: eyes half open, face covered in blood, looking, in the broadcast's own framing, like a fighter who had gone 15 rounds with Ivan Drago.
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