How to watch Oregon vs Indiana in the Peach Bowl CFP semifinal

Oregon and Indiana fans got a break. For their Friday, January 9 College Football Playoff rematch in Atlanta the announcers will be Will McDonough and Greg McElroy, two veterans who focus on the pictures and stories in front of them and come prepared, with no dogs allowed, no bristling animosities or agendas to distract them.

The game is a 4:30 p.m. PT kick from Mercedes Benz Stadium on ESPN, which has the rights to the rest of the playoffs. The Hoosiers are a four-point favorite. The over/under is 46.5 and the Moneyline is Oregon +150, Indiana -180.

It's a climate-controlled indoor stadium with a retractable roof and a FieldTurf playing surface, though the high that day is forecast to be 71 degrees, just a degree shy of the January 9th record set in 1949. Outside, showers are possible and wind gusts will reach 21 mph.

At the Peach Bowl pregame press conference both coaches spoke to the media via video link from their campuses, between hosting portal prospects and running practice. Dan Lanning said, “You watch this team on film, obviously, we got to experience it firsthand, this is one of, if not, the best coached teams in college football. They play with unbelievable technique. They challenge you in every facet, in special teams, defensively, and offensively."

Still dividing their time between their old jobs and the new, Will Stein and Tosh Lupoi have to find some equalizers. The Ducks lost by ten to the mature, disciplined Hoosiers in the first game at Autzen Stadium back in October.

Indiana sealed the first game with a clutch touchdown drive

It was 20-20 when Freshman All-American cornerback Brandon Finney stepped in front of a pass and returned it 35 yards for a touchdown with 12:42 to play in the fourth quarter, but Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza and the Hoosiers responded with a 12-play, 75-yard touchdown drive to take control of the game, a drive on which they converted 2nd and 8, 3rd and 4 (an offsides penalty on Bear Alexander,) 3rd and 6, 2nd and 11 and 3rd and goal from the 8.

The drive took 6:15 off the clock, with Mendoza finding Elijah Surratt for a pair of first downs and the touchdown. Indiana's running back tandem of Roman Hemby and Kaelon Black plowed the line for steady gains.

The defense did a decent job against the Big Ten Champions for most of the game, holding them to 326 total yards, but that penultimate drive was the decider. Over four quarters without letup, Mendoza killed them with timely quarterback scrambles, six for 31 yards.