Unbeaten Hawks getting bashed
For a team that just won its 13th straight game and became the first team in the country to win nine games this season, Iowa is taking its share of abuse.
The Hawkeyes dropped a spot in the AP poll, largely because everyone is now convinced Oregon is a world-beater by virtue of its rout of an overrated USC team. (Didn’t Washington also beat USC?)
The Hawks also were harshly criticized in a postgame analysis by ESPN’s Lou Holtz and by Terry Bradshaw on Sunday night on Fox. At least, they’re not being bashed by anyone who actually has a brain, huh?
Those who are pecking at Iowa point to a touchdown that Indiana had overturned by replay in the Hawkeyes’ 42-24 victory on Saturday. It wasn’t a great call. It wasn’t the worst call I’ve ever seen but it definitely was questionable. But that only took seven points away from the Hoosiers, who lost the game by 18.
I didn’t see Holtz’s babbling diatribe against the Hawks, but I’ve heard plenty about it. As I understand it, he said they didn’t belong in the BCS championship game and that they wouldn’t win at Ohio State on Nov. 14.
The thing is, the Hawkeyes already have won at Penn State, which I think is better than Ohio State anyhow. I suspect we’ll see confirmation of that Saturday when the two teams meet in State College, Pa.
Tags: BCS, Iowa football, Lou Holtz, Terry Bradshaw
November 1st, 2009 at 10:13 pm
I didn’t hear Bradshaw’s comments, but anything from Lou Holtz, I just consider the source. Lou Holtz has a nasty habit of his team being on probation for NCAA violations while he is on the way out. Back in August Lou Holtz predicted that “Michigan would win seven games, make a bowl and “be the surprise team in the Big Ten.”
The Hawks are a good team, and the guys play with heart and you just got to love that. Bradshaw and Holtz will be eating their words soon enough.