Iowa Hawkeyes: Road To The Final Four

Last Saturday as you stomped, bristled, swore and denigrated your favorite college football team’s opposition, we down-home folk from Iowa were attending to business during an off week.   Clearing the fields, herding the livestock and beheading a few chickens…exactly what the Iowa Hawkeyes will be attempting to do in the next four weeks—as we polish off another potentially stellar football season.   After back to back wins over Indiana on the road and Wisconsin in Iowa City, Hawkeye bowl futures look “rosier.”    On October 18th, the offense, energized by the sublime Shonn Green, whacked Wisconsin 38-16 in a contest not as close as the score. For one thing QB Ricky Stanzi avoided a sack all afternoon a nd Iowa didn’t turn the ball over.    These are huge improvements for a team whose offense sputtered disastrously at the start of the Big Ten season.   Greene managed another +100 yards rushing ... (link)