Hawkeye picks up Big Ten honor

“We kept making a difference”, Iowa cornerback Desmond King said. “He’s a guy who cares a lot about us”.

“I just know once November comes, that’s when everything gets done, and that’s when everything matters”, he said.

King is the first Hawkeye defender since 2010 to have five interceptions in a season, and the first to record two multi-interception games since the late Tyler Sash did it in 2009.

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.

“I got stepped on and just lost it with a lineman going down”, he said. “It’s a goal now”.

UW (3-2, 0-1 Big Ten), which dropped out of both top 25 polls Sunday, and unranked Nebraska (2-3, 0-1) play what amounts to an elimination game when they meet at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Lincoln.

On Stave’s first interception, he was trying to lead Alex Erickson away from a dropping linebacker and just put it a little too wide. Stave missed the handoff and fumbled.

Ferentz said assistant coaches have the same level of involvement in game planning as they have in the past, shrugging off the notion that Iowa’s early-season success has the fingerprints of offensive line coach and run game coordinator Brian Ferentz all over it. “We aren’t going to blow out every team”. To learn more about the Badgers’ season we talked to Jim Oxley of Badger of Honor. “What we’re doing well this season is really what Iowa has always done”. I think we can go really far and do great things if we just play solid football and keep fighting.

Kirk Ferentz continued with the aggressive play calling that has been consistent this season and went for it, but this time the decision failed when C.J. Beathard threw an incomplete pass to Henry Krieger-Coble in the end zone. He was replaced by junior OT Cole Croston, son of former Iowa OL Dave Croston who will start again if Myers is unable to play.

The starting time has been set for Iowa State’s next home football game.

Authorities say the 15-year-old boy was wearing Iowa Hawkeye gear and was leaving the stadium with friends following the Badgers’ 10-6 loss.

The Heartland trophy returns to Iowa City for the first time since 2009, and the Hawkeyes are still undefeated.

Sadly, we’ve got another report of fan violence following a football game. “The defense definitely held up”. He also forced two fumbles and recovered one of them, and was credited with five quarterback hurries.

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When second and eight or more, the Hawkeyes pass 80% of the time, and they pretty much stuck to this formula the entire game. But clearly the Badgers are lacking a running back who can take it to that extra level.

They are simply not good enough to overcome four turnovers. The Badgers’ lone loss was against perennial powerhouse Alabama and they had given up three points in their last three games.