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Indiana football did not waste any time making a statement in its first College Football Playoff semifinal appearance.
On the first play from scrimmage of the Peach Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium , Hoosiers' defensive back D'Angelo Ponds picked off Oregon quarterback Dante Moore and returned it 25 yards into the end zone for a walk-in pick-6.
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Ponds' pick-6 gave the top-seeded Hoosiers an early 7-0 lead over the Ducks in the Peach Bowl.
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It is the second interception of the season for Ponds, and the second pick-6 that he's recorded in his two seasons at Indiana after following Curt Cignetti over from James Madison .
Indiana is looking to break a CFP trend in the Peach Bowl, which is how regular-season rematches in the CFP play out. A win on Jan. 9 would make Indiana just the second team to beat the same team in the regular season and in the CFP in the same season.
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A win for the Hoosiers in the Peach Bowl would also send them to their first-ever CFP Championship game, where they would face No. 10 Miami on Monday, Jan. 19 at 7:30 p.m. ET at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.
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