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Indiana Edged by Tennessee, 23-22, in TaxSlayer Gator Bowl


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Victory was there.

History was within reach.

Just take it.

Everything that Indiana wanted for its football program -- the first bowl victory since 1991, a nine-win season -- was there Thursday night in Jacksonville, Fla.

And then it wasn't.

The final TaxSlayer Gator Bowl score -- Tennessee 23, Indiana 22.

What do you say when you're coach Tom Allen, when you watch your team play so well for so long, when you see rib-rocking defense the way you've always demanded it, diverse offense the way you've envisioned it, only to see it slip away in 31 agonizing seconds?