I’m watching Akron beat Indiana late in the 1st half. Could there be another big MAC win in the near future?
We’ll be watching the game on a nice 50″ plasma. I might have to start being nice to my parents to make sure the TV goes to the right house in the inheritance.
ISU Coach is asking all of his players to never look at the score board and look for little victories on every play. Not looking at the score board might be good advice.
Wisconsin seems to be struggling against Citadel. It was 14-14 when we changed channels. Wisconsin had the ball about to score on the 1. Before we could blink both teams had scored a touch down.
Is the turf at ISU as bad as it looks on TV?
3 freshman, 1 sophomore, 1 junior. That O-line is going to be brutal over the next couple years.
3rd and 10. Christensen throws it away deep. Bring out the punter. I hate taking the ball first every game. We always end up punting. And they end up with the ball at the 43.
Iowa gets pressure and Meyer runs right around it for an easy first down. So, ISU is officially starting off better than Syracuse.
ISU 3rd and 1 and they easily get the first on the ground. Ball at the 25. 1st and ten. Deep throw and Godfrey is busy humping Blythe’s leg and gets the penalty called for it. ISU 1st and 10 on the 10. A short pass and another short run. 3rd and goal from the 4. Alley oop pass to Blythe; incomplete. Daulton was grabbing the jersey buy no penalty. Still no TDs against the Iowa D. Field goal is good. ISU is up 3-0. Stupid Cyclones. TV timeout. Stupid timeouts.
Another touchback and the Hawkeyes will start on the 20. Christensen audibles which pretty much guarantees a run…it also pretty much guarantees 5 yards. 2nd and 5. Young for another 8ish. 1st down. Play action and the ball ends up in Moeaki’s hands for another first. Iowa out to the 45. Sandemen takes a pretty decent hit and can’t hold on to the slant route. 3rd and 9. Sack/funble/Christensen holds onto the ball.
We officially look like crap so far. I hate how much worse we always seem to play away from Kinnick.
Punt and another TV timeout.
ISU spreading the field with short passes and then just ran the ball up the middle for about 12. Meyere on the keeper for another 13. So the defense is looking pretty bad so far, too. Everybody needs to settle down. A couple short plays later, 3rd and 8 with 4:00 left. Pass short of the first and pushed out of bounds. 4th down and the field goal squad takes the field for a 33 yd attempt. Right down the middle.
ISU 6 - Iowa 0.
Sandemen bobbles the kick off in the end zone and just takes the knee. By the way, that Sandemen is VERY fast. Iowa 1st and 10 at the 20. Audible. Play action pass to Cleveland for 5. Hawks run for 4. 3rd and 1. Young pounds ahead for the 1st down. Christensen sacked again after the play action leads to nothing. Shotgun. Chased out of the pocket. Pass to Moeaki…but off his finger tips. Punt team - into the wind…but it doesn’t matter since it went off the side of his foot and straight out of bounds after 14 yards.
Meyere runs for about 15 to end the quarter. I’m going to start a new post for the 2nd quarter.