His 75-yard touchdown run gave Iowa much-needed breathing room late in the third quarter and his indefatigable efforts in the fourth quarter helped Iowa play keepaway from the Illinois offense (Iowa possessed the ball for 11:52 in the fourth quarter), never more impressively than on The Jordan Canzeri drive, where he ran the ball a stunning 11 straight times.
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“It was confirmed after he went for tests that Drew did tear his ACL”. “It was a great win for us, but the worst part about coaching football is dealing with injuries”.
“They recognize what kind of football player he is and what he’s already done in his career”. He will be replaced by redshirt freshman Parker Hesse, a converted linebacker and former high school quarterback who started against Pittsburgh in September when Ott was sidelined with an elbow injury. “As far as who’s in there and doing what, we just go out there and we just got to do our job either way”. That’s where it’s at.
Canzeri leads Iowa’s rushing attack through six games with 132 attempts for 697 yards and nine touchdowns. So, there’s really no sense talking about it. I know our guys get the best medical care possible and that’s really important.
“I’m positive I’ll play, ” Beathard said. He has 17 tackles in two Big Ten games and 35 for the season.
What will change for Iowa is the personnel it puts on the field in Saturday’s game at 20th-rated Northwestern.
“It doesn’t do any good to cry about what you don’t have and what could have been and all that stuff”, Ferentz said. A video of his comments was posted by the Des Moines Register. It’s just a matter of getting better and getting treatment and getting ready for the next game….
“We have a lot of guys banged up right now, ” Ferentz said. “I’m counting on it, absolutely”.
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Iowa (6-0, 2-0 Big Ten) is down five opening-day starters ahead of Saturday’s West Division showdown at No. 20 Northwestern (5-1, 1-1). There are plenty of tickets left for November home games as well, with 6,000 seats remaining for a Nov. 14 night game against Minnesota and 20,000 tickets remaining for a Nov. 21 game against Purdue. He led the Hawkeyes previous year with 12 tackles for loss and 7.5 sacks, and looked like he was well on his way to a double-digit sack season in 2015.
