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Stanford, Iowa missed playoff, but get nice consolation prize with Rose Bowl
McCaffrey set the NCAA record for all-purpose yards this season as a sophomore, Stanford will look to get the football to him as much as possible in this one. Both teams enter the game ranked in the Top 10, this is the first time Iowa is playing in the Rose Bowl since 1991.
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Tennessee (9-4) closed the year with wins in their final five games and losses to national finalist Alabama by five, national semifinalist Oklahoma in double overtime, to Florida by one and to Arkansas by four.
That’s a sign of support the Hawkeyes have regained after late-season struggles in 2014 led to a 17-percent decline in season ticket sales for a 2015 season that turned into one of the most historic seasons in Iowa’s 126 years of fielding a football team. Iowa is in the Rose Bowl for the sixth time, while Stanford is making its 15th appearance….
All appreciated having a chance to begin their collegiate careers as part of the first Iowa team since 1922 to have an unbeaten regular-season record and the first ever to play in a Big Ten Championship Game.
Stanford and Iowa will face off in the annual football game in Pasadena, Calif. Watch the entire game from start to finish with this live stream!
Stanford usually wants to hang onto the ball the longest, but their time of possession is 10:10 to Iowa’s 19:50.
With Michigan State in the Playoff, that meant the Rose had its choice between 12-1 Iowa and 11-1 Ohio State, and it chose to yield the decision to the committee’s rankings. We discuss it all once the season is over, including what we can do better. Most recently, he turned in a 461-yard performance against Southern California in the Pac-12 title game. “We’re going to have a party tonight (for New Year’s Eve), play music and everyone enjoys it. We love our Iowans”.
“The coaches have done a really good job putting together a good game plan”, Iowa quarterback C.J. Beathard said.
The Cardinal went 12-1, finishing as the Pac-12 runner-up, in Harbaugh’s farewell season – a program record for victories later matched by Shaw. Don’t miss out on one of the best college football games of the year! After that, we focused more in practice on our technique … and the things we could fix.
Christian McCaffrey took a pass 75 yards for a touchdown on the first play from scrimmage, and that was just the beginning.
“Being that the Rose Bowl’s notoriety is world-wide, it is quite an accomplishment to be able to play in this type of event”. “You see guys hitting him, and he doesn’t go down”.
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Parker takes some comfort in the strong similarities between his defensive scheme and the tough Northwestern defense that stifled Stanford in its inexplicable season-opening loss – yet the Cardinal already learned from that experience. “We’ve had bus companies call and we’re expecting a lot of fans”, said Bossenmeyer, who earlier on Tuesday led two television news crews from Iowa around the ship.