Overview
- Bloomington announced the temporary recognition Tuesday, with the name in place through Indiana’s title game against Miami on Monday at 7:30 p.m. ET.
- The city emphasized the designation is honorary and unofficial, with no maps changing or signs installed, a move Mayor Kerry Thomson called “peak Bloomington.”
- The gesture arose from a social-media push after Ponds returned a Dante Moore pass for a touchdown on Oregon’s first offensive play in the semifinal.
- The location is the retention pond at Miller-Showers Park, a short walk from Indiana’s Memorial Stadium.
- Ponds logged six tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss in the win over Oregon and enters the championship week with 56 tackles, eight passes defended, four tackles for loss and two interceptions this season.