[Herky] Indiana Reflections

[Gwen Enokian]

It was a beautiful day and enjoyed the Hawkeye victory as well as the great
company!    Attendance by the Hoosiers was embarrassing!

Gwen

On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 12:32 PM Stephen Somermeyer <steve at somermeyer.com>
wrote:

> It was a cloudy, chilly morning to tailgate but Chuck cooked up a great
> hot breakfast at Gwen's and Chuck's tailgate to go with Bloody Marys and
> beer.  Iowa was well represented in the stadium with probably 20-25% of the
> smallish crowd for their homecoming.  Worried a bit some of the Iowa
> injuries especially when the Hoosiers marched down the field with the
> opening kickoff but Iowa's offense responded well and took the lead which
> it held for the remainder of the game.
>
> The tight ends were dominant in the game and Indiana had not answer in
> slowing them.  Fant had an up and down game that saw him called for 2
> offensive interference and one motion penalty but had a great long
> reception immediately after the first interference call.  The running game
> looked good and I would have loved to see Toren Young get a 100 yards - he
> got 96.   Nate Stanley was awesome except for his every game brain fart
> when he threw an interception directly to a Hoosier player.  He's a real
> student of the game and seems to go through his progressions well but it
> seems that once/game he has a hiccup and gives up an easy turnover.
>
> Speaking of Stanley he is really big and strong and doesn't get sacked
> easily.  One play Saturday a defensive lineman had his arms around Nate's
> waist and he just twisted out of the grasp, ran to his right and threw a
> rope to the end zone for a TD.   I got a glance of him standing next to
> Noah Fant on the sideline and he is noticeably taller than Fant who is
> listed as 6'7".  I think I read that the Hawkeyes have given up only 2
> sacks in their first 3 Big Ten games which is best in the league and half
> of Ohio State which is 2nd in sacks allowed.
>
> Defense played well holding down what has been a very productive Indiana
> offense.  Indiana's running game never got going. Iowa's 2 interceptions
> were timely and ended Hoosier drives deep in Iowa's red zone.  Special
> teams also played well, especially on kick returns.  Iowa and Indiana had
> very difference strategies returning kickoffs - Iowa seemed to run back
> every kick while Indiana called for fair catches on every kick except the
> last kickoff I think.
>
> The pocket of Hawkeye fans which we were sitting in marveled at how
> aggressive the play calling was throughout the game.  Not the typical 'run
> out the clock with the lead' but keep throwing the ball down the field.
>
> When we got back to the parking lot to enjoy Kim's Boilermaker chili and a
> few brews while rehashing the game, we were a bit surprised that almost all
> of the Indiana tailgaters had already packed up and left.
>
> I actually was worried about this game in light of how well the Hoosiers
> had hung with the Buckeyes the week before but Iowa was clearly the
> dominant team Saturday.
>
> Go Hawks!!
>
> Steve
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