Football 23 Nov 2008 11:12 am
Hawkeye Night @ Kinnick North
[11/23 10:23pm note - it appears that there could be more celebration in Iowa City tonight - from what I can see Brown ran for just less than 100 yards (UCONN vs USF tonight) which gives Shonn Greene the National Individual Rushing championship. I do not believe any of the three leaders has another game, but I could be wrong.
And I was hoping that the Hawkeyes may crack the top 25 with the win on SATURDAY but they did not. Consensus about 28 in the national rankings according to all the polls. -pf]
Hawks Bring Floyd of Rosedale Back to Iowa City
Kinnick North has always been a friendly place for IOWA Hawkeyes and last night was no different. Playing outside in MINN as the last BIG TEN game of the season, (brrrrr) will be a much tougher “house” even though we’ll still probably outnumber the Gophers in the stands. (this was the last game the Gophers will play in the HHH dome).
After a very tense and hard fought first quarter, where IOWA escaped with a 3-0 lead, the (once 7W-1L) Gophers of the University of Minnesota started to crack. Penalties, Interceptions and yes, Shonn Greene doing his thing – lead to a 27-0 half time lead. Shonn was also within 16 yards of a 100 yard game by halftime; a 100 yard game would complete his season.
TOUCHDOWN IOWA! TOUCHDOWN IOWA!
The Hawkeyes continued to pour it on and the Gophers continued their collapse as IOWA cruised to a 55-0 shellacking of the Gophers in IOWA’s quest to keep FLOYD of ROSEDALE in IOWA for another season.
The Gophers stacked the line and blitzed a lot, which opened up deep passing lanes for Stanzi, who had his best collegiate game to date. DJK, after dropping one of the first passes thrown right to him early in the game, caught everything else in sight for 3 long touchdowns and 188 total receiving yards.
Greene, again was the story of the night as the 2nd place back (UCONN’s Brown) plays to night and has to have a 140 yard night to win the rushing crown. Brown outpacing Greene is possible but would be sad, as Greene sat out the entire 4th Q due to the blowout.
Greene has carried this team and allowed Stanzi the time to mature as a QB – forcing teams to play 7,8 in the box to stop him. Hope he has an incredible Bowl performance, but thanks Shonn, for a great season and best to you in your NFL career.
Good news, bad news as always for the Hawkeyes. We are generally placed about one station above where we should play because IOWA fans travel so well to bowl games. The Hawks may even get chosen for the January 1 Outback Bowl – which would be amazing – sitting in OCTOBER with a 3-3 record. All in all though, not a bad season to finish 8-4 when the four loses were decided by a total of 12 points.
Kudos to Coach, the staff and the IOWA HAWKEYE team.
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