Joel Stave Misses On Crucial 4th Down Throw, Iowa Wins Heartland Trophy
University of Wisconsin Police are looking for help finding a man who attacked a 15-year-old Iowa fan after Saturday’s game at Camp Randall Stadium. “We were out there a lot”. “Our goal was to keep them at a minimum scoring”.
The third quarter ended with the same score and Iowa entered the final quarter with a serious chance at upsetting a ranked opponent for their first win against a top-25 squad in ten tries.
“It was a big relief right there”, King said. “It’s a goal now”. The Badgers’ formerly vaunted running game was completely shut down by the Hawkeyes, forcing QB Joel Stave to try and win the game by throwing 38 times. Wisconsin backed the Hawkeyes up to their own goal line with 7:44 to play, but on 2nd-and-goal from the 1, Meier shot the gap, reached out and grabbed Stave’s foot. Iowa’s Faith Ekakitie recovered.
After forcing an Iowa fumble, Wisconsin got the ball and drove into the Iowa red zone.
“They played a super game”, Ferentz said of his defense. “We have to be ready for the donnybrook and fight the whole way”. However, a late turnover on downs for Darrell Hazell’s team make the comeback bid in vain. These two teams only met once past year, and Maryland was able to take down Wisconsin in College Park by a slim 6 point margin.
Without Myers out, junior Cole Croston got the start at left tackle.
The senior completed 21-of-38 passes for 234 yards and was picked off twice.
But the Badger run game struggled, finishing with just 86 yards and 2.5 yards a carry. “I doubt he’ll be back before the bye (Oct. 24)”, head coach Kirk Ferentz said.
He hit Beathard so often that the Iowa quarterback might have mistaken him for an angry older brother-five times on the day Schobert put Beathard to the turf. Northwestern’s defense has held three top 25 S&P+ teams to a combined 16 points. He also leads the country in tackles for loss with 13.0 TFLs for 82 yards and is tied for the national lead with four forced fumbles.
Iowa will likely try to incorporate Daniels into its game plans more and more as he regains his explosiveness and confidence. Ott pounced on the loose ball and Iowa took over at the Wisconsin 15 yard line. “I know we are into October now, but five weeks into it it’s hard to get excited about anything other than what we’re doing as a football team”. “It was just great competition between us and them”.
The Iowa Hawkeyes are 5-0, and that means the Big Ten is in the midst of a few interesting upcoming games to decide the participants in the conference championship game.