Just How Good Are The Iowa Hawkeyes?

USPA NEWS - Many Hoosier fans and alumni gathered to celebrate homecoming at Indiana University. Tailgating and the mouth watering aroma of all the great food filled the air. You could not have ordered a better midwest football weather for the day! Sunny yet coolness that brought out the hoodies and all that IU cool apparel! Fans hoping for great things to happen today when they all gather inside Memorial Stadium to face this Iowa Hawkeyes! Just hours away, two big plates of ribs, burgers and hotdogs and of course your favorite adult beverage to wash it all down! Game time could prove to be interesting! Or could it?

Nate Stanley thought it would be a good idea to throw 6 touchdown and spoil the Hoosier's homecoming festivities. Stanley went 21/33 for 320 yards with 6 TD's and 1 pick. Hoosiers Peyton Ramsey and company were able to go 31/42 for 263 yards with 1 TD and 2 interceptions on the day. Hawkeyes size and strength pretty much dominated the entire day coming away with a 42-16 victory. Hoosier game could only mustard up a total of 67 yards on try day. Using 4 different backs with a total of 25 carries for an average of only 2.7 yards per carry. Stevie Scott had top honors with a whopping 29 yards on 8 carries to average 3.6 yards per carry. Ramsey was only able to produce an average of 6.3 yards with his passing game for the day. Constant pressure made difficult for Ramsey to stay in the pocket and throw the ball effectively. With both only 67 yards on ground and only 263 yards in the air made it along day for the Hoosier fans celebrating homecoming. Iowa's size and strength was a definite factor in the outcome of the game. Hawkeye's Stanley reminds you of big Ben Roethlisberger of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Many times the Hoosiers were able to get a hand on him, but they found it very difficult to bring him down before he was still able complete a pass.They Hawkeyes move to 5-1 and taking over second spot in the BIG10 West. Their only loss comes from Wisconsin Badgers who went down this weekend, falling to Michigan Wolverines in the Big House. The Hoosiers will face Penn State this next Saturday at home. Indiana will find itself facing another opponent that will out size them on both sides of the ball. Hoosier now go to 4-3 and 1-3 in the conference. In many spots the Hoosiers are young and their experience level is starting to show as they are in the thick of their BIG10 schedule.