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per ESPN:
Why not Iowa?
It’s time to ask the question. The Hawkeyes’ unbeaten run is no longer a sideshow. This is front and center in college football with Clemson, Alabama, Bedlam, Notre Dame-Stanford and The Game.
Iowa is the first team in the nation to win 12 games after a 28-20 victory over Nebraska on Friday. Iowa has met every challenge, exceeded every expectation. It has won with offense. With defense. With smart, fundamental play and efficiency in areas that plagued it as a program just fewer than 11 months ago.
Iowa is not flashy. The Hawkeyes were outgained considerably in the regular-season finale -- 433 yards to 250 -- by the Cornhuskers, who are 5-7 and lost four home games for the first time since 1961. The Hawkeyes did not convert a third down Friday in nine attempts. They have played three teams this year with winning records.
To all of that, quarterback C.J. Beathard offers a rebuttal.
“We are 12-0,” Beathard said Friday as the Hawkeyes began their short wait to learn the identity of their opponent in next week's Big Ten championship game. “We didn’t plan our schedule. All we know is we line up and face a different opponent each week.
"All we can do is win each game. And we’ve done just that so far.”
http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post...o-accept-iowa-as-a-legitimate-title-contender
Go Gophers!!
Why not Iowa?
It’s time to ask the question. The Hawkeyes’ unbeaten run is no longer a sideshow. This is front and center in college football with Clemson, Alabama, Bedlam, Notre Dame-Stanford and The Game.
Iowa is the first team in the nation to win 12 games after a 28-20 victory over Nebraska on Friday. Iowa has met every challenge, exceeded every expectation. It has won with offense. With defense. With smart, fundamental play and efficiency in areas that plagued it as a program just fewer than 11 months ago.
Iowa is not flashy. The Hawkeyes were outgained considerably in the regular-season finale -- 433 yards to 250 -- by the Cornhuskers, who are 5-7 and lost four home games for the first time since 1961. The Hawkeyes did not convert a third down Friday in nine attempts. They have played three teams this year with winning records.
To all of that, quarterback C.J. Beathard offers a rebuttal.
“We are 12-0,” Beathard said Friday as the Hawkeyes began their short wait to learn the identity of their opponent in next week's Big Ten championship game. “We didn’t plan our schedule. All we know is we line up and face a different opponent each week.
"All we can do is win each game. And we’ve done just that so far.”
http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post...o-accept-iowa-as-a-legitimate-title-contender
Go Gophers!!