On Iowa with Marc Morehouse

Halftime speech

It sounded like something along the lines of Bobby Knight-Purdue speech.

The pass interference . . .

I asked it last week and I'm asking it this week, can they finish?

It's 21-17 Iowa. Can they finish?

There are linebackers in the Big Ten who have national recognition

Way to answer the field goal . . .

Both tackles, Seth Olsen and Kyle Calloway, got whipped on that third down. Olsen got beat cleanly on an outside move and eventually made the play. Calloway got whipped on an inside move and it was a party at the QB.

That was five blocking four. And it was horrible.

The one real criticism that you can lob at the Iowa D . . .

Jake on the last drive . . .

Stats . . .

Iowa is 1 of 7 on third down.

Bacher is 17 of 30 for 147 yards.

Jake missed on that play . . .

Three plays later, Christensen executes the play perfectly for a 20-yard score.

Go figure.

Clayborn blocked that field goal.

Ferentz is yelling at the officials about the pass interference penalty called on Bradley Fletcher during that last drive. Ferentz had a beef with officials during the week and apparently had his point taken. But just not seriously enough, at least according to that call.

14-7 at half. Incredibly, they're still in it.

I'll get stats when I can.

Just let that last post stand . . .

Ferentz said, "Read between the lines."

So, what does that say about Stanzi and Nelson?

You read between the lines.

Gotta pull him

Is accuracy fixable? I have no idea. I asked Ferentz last Tuesday. Can't remember what he said.

That was Humpal's guy

It's 14-0 Northwestern.

Iowa is in line to lose its eighth straight Big Ten road game. And it's in line to do it in a lifeless, punchless sleepwalk that I'm sure will please the many Iowa fans here in attendance.

Forget time of possession at this point, it's the scoreboard.

Senior CB Deante Battle got hurt for NU. We'll see if it matters.

Humpal is back . . .

They need him.

Do you think Iowa's O has broken a sweat yet? They were on the field for three plays and 1:38 on their first drive.

It was like they weren't even there . . .

There are more Iowa fans here, I swear . . .

Whatever bowl gets stuck with Northwestern, you could drop tickets out sky here and get about 25 NU fans.

This crowd is a Wartburg crowd and I don't mean that as an insult to Wartburg.

Damian looks OK

Looks like Klink is starting at MLB.

I would guess that you're going to need a program for Iowa's defense today. Last week, Iowa played 21 different players on D. This week, I'll lay the over/under at 24.

Humpal is out on the field

DE Kenny Iwebema is out there. CB Adam Shada is not.

Humpal out??

He wrestle this until the bitter end, you know he will. Just wait and see.

If he doesn't play, crushing blow to the Iowa defense. Crushing.