No surprise the Hawkeyes led 14-0, which grew to 20-0 on the third play of the second quarter. Purdue coach Darrell Hazell said Blough “took a pretty good shot”, but that his only communication with trainers was being told he wouldn’t return.
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“I draw my strength from them, ” he said. “He more than made up for that, I can assure you”. It is the first time this season an Iowa opponent scored in the final two minutes of the first half. Iowa Hawkeyes rank at 72 for 228.0 road passing yards where as Purdue Boilermakers rank at 52 for allowing 231.7 passing yards at home. “I don’t know, and I never asked, and I didn’t have anybody investigate, but I think the message was there, and again, it just wasn’t those games, it was just more so about if you’re going to win a trophy, you’ve got to go earn it, and you’ve got to do things right”. “But it’s my job to stay warm and keep myself loose at all times”.
USC quarterback Cody Kessler threw for 238 yards and two touchdowns, while running back Justin Davis ran for 141 yards as the Trojans (7-4, 5-3) had a four-game winning streak snapped.
SALT LAKE CITY – Quarterback Josh Rosen threw for 220 yards and a touchdown, and running back Paul Perkins added 96 yards and a touchdown to lift UCLA.
Beathard is now 12-0 as a starter after throwing for an efficient 213 yards and three touchdowns without an interception.
“The weather towards the end of the year, it gets a little dicey, but the true fans come out for games like today”, Iowa Hawkeye fan, Jay Schalk said.
The Hawkeyes spent the better part of the last 5 years slowly fading away into a B1G “also ran”, and suddenly they have a bigger target on their back than anyone else in the conference.
Canzeri wound up as Iowa’s leading rusher Saturday, netting 95 yards on 13 carries. Krieger-Coble and Tevaun Smith with four receptions apiece.
Purdue started to regain a few confidence when Markell Jones scored on a 1-yard run following VandeBerg’s touchdown for their first points of the day. The Boilermakers put together a “signature” win already this season against Nebraska, where they won 55-44 in a back and forth shootout. Purdue (2-9) concludes its 2015 season at home on November 28 in its annual Old Oaken Bucket game against intrastate rival Indiana. And the last time Iowa lost a fumble was against Wisconsin.
In the third quarter, Alex Erickson’s 78-yard punt return for a touchdown that could have given the Badgers the lead was negated after officials ruled Erickson had called for a fair catch. Iowa has six scoring drives of 90 yards or more this season, all of which have resulted in Hawkeyes touchdowns….
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Iowa moved to 11-and-0 with their 40-20 win over Purdue on Saturday.
