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Iowa was doing its best to come up with some intrigue to save Saturday's early games. It started slow, falling behind after some uninspired offense in the first half. Ricky Stanzi threw four picks in the third quarter, seemingly squandering any momentum a Tyler Sash pick-six gave the Hawkeyes. And the Big Ten officials spun "wacky" on their wheel of incompetence, coming up with two highly questionable calls on Indiana touchdowns to keep the game close, at 24-14, entering the fourth quarter.
Then, uh, the fourth quarter happened.
A fusillade of 28 points in the final stanza followed. Stanzi's first two passes of the quarter both went for touchdowns, and in 25 seconds of possession for Iowa, the Hawkeyes claimed a lead they would only extend. Indiana's Ben Chappell threw two interceptions in the quarter, and the Hoosiers were outgained 275-23. It was, charitably, really, really, really bad.
How bad was it? Iowa entered the quarter down 10, then covered the 17.5-point spread with a 42-24 win. Such is the life of the fourth-ranked Heart Attack Hawkeyes, huh?
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Wow, nice headline. You get paid to think of this stuff?
by reddawg15 on Nov 1, 2009 10:08 AM EST reply actions
Gawd, isn’t time to retire Steve Phillips’ cheese ball smiling mug from the Featured Post. Talk about a load of excrement.
by lvosmik on Nov 1, 2009 2:52 PM EST reply actions
The Big ten officials protected the Hawkeyes by taking points of the board for IU. If Iu is up 21 like they should have been then the game is over! The BCS money means alot to the Big Ten so the officials screwed IU. The same thing when Michigan played Notre Dame the officials took over 160 yards of offense away from Notre Dame. On Michigan’s last drive on third down Forcier was two yards past the line of scrimmage when he passed the ball, no call!
by wawasee42 on Nov 2, 2009 8:13 AM EST reply actions
Indiana got jerked by the officials big time.
by BrownB on Nov 2, 2009 11:21 AM EST reply actions
"The BCS money means alot to the Big Ten so the officials screwed IU."
Don’t forget that money is coming to the Big10 regardless. So if Iowa wins or loses against Indiana it doesn’t matter. If Iowa loses out the rest of the way, the BCS money still comes. The Big10 is guaranteed a spot and a paycheck regardless of what happens. Bottomline, IU got screwed, but more likely due to incompetence than any great conspiracy.
by umich4life on Nov 2, 2009 12:46 PM EST reply actions
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