Monday, September 19, 2011

The Wacky World of College Football

The Iowa-Pittsburgh football game Saturday was a prime example of the improbable.

Surprisingly, the Panthers racked up a 24-3 lead. More surprisingly, the Hawkeyes stormed back in the fourth quarter and stunned Pittsburgh with a 31-27 setback.

It was the largest deficient Iowa has overcome in school history.

Iowa likes to pride itself with old school football. Establish the run and mix in the pass. Well, the Hawks signature running game was pretty much non-existent for the second straight week. Instead, it was the hurry-up offense and a flood of completed passes that proved the difference.

Watching the game Saturday, I reasoned Iowa wasn’t a very good football team. The Hawks simply proved sometimes it is “better to be lucky than good.”

It appeared for the longest time Iowa was heading toward a 1-2 record. The reversal of those numbers made a shocked Hawk fan base down right happy.

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