Talking about Iowa Hawkeye Sports

3 and out for Iowa. 1 play for a 79 yard TD for PSU. That’s about as poorly as a game can start.

That’s a lot of rain out there and the weather channel says it will be like that all night. It will be interesting to see how our receivers do.

As I was typing that line, Sandeman misses an easy catch and PSU gets the interception.

10 minutes left 3rd and 2 and D. Clark breaks a tackle for a first down.

6:30 left. 3rd and 1 for PSU. D. Clark sneaks for a first down. I’m noticing a bad trend.

So Tebow and a couple other Florida players had to fly on a different plane than the rest of the team because of how sick they were and they are still playing in the game today. Why should Kentucky have to deal with players that are sick enough that their own team doesn’t even want to hang around them. That strikes me as a bit rude.

D. Clark sneaks for another first down. PSU has had the ball for over 7 minutes. Ohh. Spivey almost had the pick.

3rd and 7 and they pass to Royster for another first down. Iowa needs to figure out how to hold them one foot shorter on 3rd down so they can start getting off the field.

The defense holds them to a field goal but that was a brutal drive – how is ABC going to get their commercials in if PSU keeps having such long drives. PSU 10, Iowa 0.

Wait. I figured out how ABC will get their commercials in. TV timeout before and after kickoff. Brilliant! And only 42 seconds until the end of the 1st period.

1st down Iowa to DJK. Glad to see him back. End of the 1st period.

Start of the 2nd period. DJK drops the ball. Robinson first down on a nice screen to Robinson. Deep pass but Stanzi tried throwing it to PSU instead of his own receiver. Fortunately the receivers are good defenders and broke up the pass.

Time to punt the ball. 13:30 and another high pass. Thank god Donahue can kick the ball.

PSU starts on the 6 with 13:15 left in the half. They choose to call the false start which is a play I like to see them using. Wow. Binns almost got the safety. Great play by Royster to get back out to the 1. 2nd and 15. They run the FB up the middle for 1. 3rd and 14. Safety! Binns all over the backfield forces the fumble which PSU recovers in the end zone.

PSU 10 – Iowa 2.

On 2nd and short they go deep to Cheney. Incomplete but they clearly like some deep matchup there. Unfortunately 3rd and 2 Iowa gets nothing on the run. Punt time. Donahue kicks it out around the 16. 9:31 left in the half.

Royster hit in the backfield and pushes out for a gain of 1 or 2. Strong dude. Wow. What a catch by PSU’s Moye. He was drilled on the catch. And after that hit, there is a flag for holding so it was all for nothing. 2nd and 16. Clark getting hit while he throws – incomplete. 3rd and 16.  D-line looking great right now. PSU runs a draw for a handful and gets out to the 10. Time for PSU to punt. 7:45 left in the half. Crazy bounce to the 39. TV timeout.

Iowa NEEDS to move the ball.

3rd and 1 after an 8 yard completion to Reisner. Robinson runs through the line for about 4. 1st down.

Stanzi on a broken play gets outside and throws about 20 or so to DJK. Another 1st down at PSU’s 24 yard line.

Stanzi gets some pressure and throws it behind McNutt. Incomplete. 4:54 left in the half. Stanzi’s pass knocked down by one of the D-lineman. 3rd and 10. Iowa calls a timeout.

Thanks ABC for coming back after the play is over. How is that not pass interference though. 4th down. Murray to try a 41 yard field goal and it’s good. PSU 10 – Iowa 5 with 4:41 left in the half.

PSU will start on the 27. Penalty flags and lots of pressure on the QB. False start. Declined by Iowa. 2nd and 10. Interesting decision to decline. let’s see how that turns out. PSU pass is incomplete but that will probably be reviewed. It looks like he might have got his hands under the ball and it will probably be a catch for a 1st down. Nope. Not enough evidence to overturn. 3rd and 10.  Sacked. Great coverage in the secondary gives the D-line all day to get there and get the QB.

PSU punt goes a long way. Cheney just barely doesn’t touch it. Iowa ball at the 21. That was a 57 yard punt.

Wegher goes negative for 1 or 2. 3:00 left. 2nd and 12. Short pass to Reisner for 4. 3rd and 8 with 2:20 to go. Handoff to Wegher for about 6. Time to punt with 1:49 to go in the half and PSU with 2 timeouts left.

Donahue punts to the 30 but he got hit so that should be a first down with 1:41 to go in the half. Iowa at the 33. Robinson big hole and gets past midfield to the other 43. Flag on Iowa for a false start will take it back to the 48. We need to get in field goal range. 1:34 left. Almost caught and almost intercepted. Crazy call. 2nd down. PSU has negative 4 yards in the 2nd quarter. Wow.

PSU killed Cheney right when the ball hit him. Incomplete pass. 3rd and 15. Robinson turns a 7 yard pass into a 20+ yard reception. 1st down with 1:13 on the 26 yard line. Stanzi throws incomplete again behind McNutt again. Stanzi tries to throw another interception but the Iowa receivers again break it up. 1:02 left. 3rd and 10. Iowa tries a draw and gets 1 yard. Murray on to try the field goal. They’ll call a timeout when the play clock runs down before the field goal. 16 seconds left in the half.

No good from 42. That will leave PSU with 11 seconds and 2 timeouts. They’ll take the knee and head to the locker rooms.

I love listening to Paterno trying not to call the interviewers idiots.

2nd half underway. PSU runs out across midfield with 12:40 left. 1st down PSU.

D. Clark throws an interception to Prather (is that spelled right? – nope Prater). Iowa gets the ball around the 25.

Wagher runs a couple times for a first down at the 42. Stanzi to throw but there will be a holding call. 10:05 left. 1st and 20. Stanzi complete again to Reisner who is having a nice game for 10 yards. 2nd down. Stanzi under pressure and sacked by one of the linebackers. 3rd and about 17. Wegher gets a big run back to the 50 but he’s short of the 1st by a couple. Punt team. Donahue short kick caught around the 20 and returned to about the 28.

It looks like the wind might be starting to be a factor. Right now it is blowing against Iowa but if it holds that direction that should be good for us in the 4th quarter.

7:00 left after PSU runs for a couple yards backward. PSU tries a screen that ends up sucking and incomplete. 3rd and 12. PSU throws a crappy pass deep but the receiver slows down enough to get the ball that was about to be intercepted againby Prater. PSU to the 33ish. Short run and incomplete pass. 3rd and 7 with 5:47. The announcers are really bragging up the Iowa D-line.  And the D-line earns some more kudos as Clark tries to do some kind of a sneak and gets stopped by Klug. Field goal attempt. 48 yards and short by about 5 feet.

Iowa ball at the 31. Robinson for a very short run leaves 4:30 left. Stanzi short pass to Robinson that he turns into a 10+ yard catch. Robinson catching the ball is killing PSU. Now if we could just get some points out of it. Incomplete pass to the full back. Robinson gains about 7 or 8 up the middle. 3rd and 2. Stanzi fake handoff and he keeps it himself for about 10+. 1st down on the 38. Stanzi sacked back near midfield. 2nd and 19 at the 45 with 1:45 left in the 3rd. Delay of game penalty sends Iowa back to the 50. 2nd and 24. We’re going the wrong way. Stanzi pass tipped by a PSU guy downfield into another PSU guys hands. Interception. PSU ball.

Stanzi has 2 passes completed to PSU players so far.

They are going to review the interception but it will not get overturned. The refs agree.

PSU at the 24. Handoff for about 7. Another handoff for negative one or two. 3rd and 5 as the 3rd quarter comes to an end. Still PSU 10 – Iowa 5.

PSU throws for a quick and easy 1st down at the 38. PSU runs up toward the 45. Stanzi is 11/26 for 135 yards, 0 TDs, 2 INTs. Not all of that is his fault. Both Stanzi and the receivers need to get a whole lot better.

3rd and 3, D. Clark runs for about 8. 1st down. PSU at the 47 across midfield. PSU runs for nothing then throws for nothing. 3rd and 10. 12:36 left. D. Clark has to throw it away because of tons of pressure after the blitz. Here comes the punt. Cheney back to field it. Blocked and will be returned for a TD by Clayborn! Iowa up 11 to 10 with the extra point to come. They’ll probably go for 2 I’d imagine. Clayborn is a freak.  He got the block, picked it up, and ran it back for the TD. That’s a highlight play if Iowa manages to hold this lead.

Iowa for 2. Stanzi shotgun. Sacked. Iowa 11 – PSU 10 with 12:21 left in the game.

PSU starts around the 25 with a quick pass for 5. PSU runs for a 1st down up to the 36. PSU throws for another 1st down. Clark is getting drilled every time he throws the ball. PSU on the 48. Clark throws high and incomplete. Clark runs for about 3 leaving 3rd and 7. 10 minutes left. Interception after PSu tips the ball. Angerer runs it back a long way and about got knocked out by one of the lineman at the end of the play. That looked like helmet to helmet contact. Did they get rid of that rule>

Robinson runs for 9 and gets to the 15. 2nd down and 1. Robinson short run and just barely gets the 1st down. Inside 9 minutes. Robinson into the end zone. Great blocking and then great running. Robinson ran through a few guys between the 7 and 5 yard lines. That was the first rushing TD of the season against PSU.

Iowa 18 – PSU 10.

PSU gets a huge return and there will be a late hit out of bounds on Iowa. PSU will have the ball way way way down on about the 35. Royster fumbles and Klug recovers. Iowa ball! Angerer was the guy who punched it free.

Iowa at the 19 with 8:15 left. Wegher runs to the 20. Stanzi hands off to Wegher he gets about 7 yards. 3rd and 2. Wegher runs for a tough 4 yards and a first down at the 31 coming up under 6:30 left. Wegher drilled in the backfield. We ran that play too many times apparently. 2nd and 13 under 5:45 left. Handoff to Wegher again for a short gain. 3rd and 13 still under 5:00 left. Wegher runs for 1 again. Gets to the 30 and bring out Donahue to punt.

Under 4:15 left. Punt fair caught by PSU at the 30 with 4:06 left. We need one more solid series out of the defense that has just been amazing today after the first play of the game and the next drive.

Bad pass by Clark goes incomplete. 2nd down. Bad pass by Clark goes incomplete. 3rd down. 3:57 left. Clark intercepted. I think the pass was tipped by the D-Line. 3:48 left. Yep. Klug with the tip. Edds with the pick.

Iowa at the 39. Robinson runs for about 8 to the 31 yard line. Under 3:10 left. Robinson dances around and gets the first down with 2:45 left. Robinson stays inbounds and gains a decent handful. 2nd and 3. PSU calls a timeout with 2:23 left. Robinson runs for another 1st down. The clock heads under 2 minutes left. Robinson runs for nothing. PSU calls their last timeout with 1:42 left. Iowa has a 2nd and 11 at the 17. Robinson loses a few as they keep the clock running. Under 1 minute. Robinson runs for a handful and keeps it in the center of the field. 4th and 8 with 30 seconds and counting. About 10 seconds difference between the play clock and game clock. Iowa calls timeout to set up a field goal. 13 seconds left. Murray kicks another field goal to seal the game at Iowa 21 – PSU 10 with 8 seconds left.

No revenge for PSU this year.

Kickoff returned to the 30. 3 seconds left.

Game over. Iowa 21 – #5 PSU 10.

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NFL teams failed to pick up  Shonn Greene on the first day of the draft. I was surprised to see him fall that far considering he was the best player on the offense and without his 100+ yards each and every game and his ability to get big plays at big moments and constantly end up in the end zone, the season probably would have ended with at least a couple more losses for the Hawkeyes.

In the end, the New York Jets traded away a few draft choices to get the first pick of the 3rd round to make sure they could draft Shonne Greene.

I think Greene is going to be an outstanding player. Our seats are in the front row right behind where the offense sits. I watched Greene when he was on the sidelines. He is all business, all the time. He is extremely strong. He might not end up breaking many 50+ yard runs but he will get quite a few 6-15 yard runs over his career. He is very patient waiting for the offensive line to do their thing and create a hole and once he runs through it, he is very hard to tackle.

So, I’m excited the he made it to the NFL, but I’m also a little excited that Shonn Greene will be playing for the New York Jets.

Reasons Why I’m Excited Shonn Greene is a New York Jet

• Coach wants to do a little “ground-and-pound on people.” Shonn Greene should fit right in on a team looking for running between the tackles.
• Mike Greenberg is a Jets groupie. Mike and Mike in the Morning are constantly talking about the New York Jets during their show which means I’ll get to hear about Greene a lot if he does good things.
• The team is already green. Iowa did a Gang Greene t-shirt thing last year. If Greene turns into a solid pro what could be better for t-shirt sales the playing for a green team.

Congrats to Shonn not giving up when his grades slipped and pushing through to meet the big goal of all football players.

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