2008 Woodie Awards
Hawks claim Cy-Hawk trophy
Issue date: 9/30/04 Section: Sports
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Two years ago Iowa let a 24-7 lead at halftime turn into a 31-36 loss to Iowa Sate inside Kinnick Stadium, but not this year.
This year's Iowa-Iowa State game wasn't a blow out. Instead it was a gridiron match of two young offenses. Both defenses buckled down early with a halftime score of 14-3.
On the first drive of the game, Iowa went 63 yards with workhorse Jermelle Lewis. Albert Young followed his O-line into the end zone to punch it in from one yard out.
After the opening drive, Iowa never looked back as they tallied up 305 yards of total offense against the Cyclones.
Head Coach Kirk Ferentz is still concerned with Drew Tate's cramping and dehydration. "We had more heat in the past two weeks of practice than we had all summer," said Ferentz.
The heat wasn't a factor as Tate completed a career best 220 yards. Offensive Coordinator Ken O'Keefe mixed up the passing with three-step drops and shotgun formations.
The 6' 7" wide receiver Scott Chandler seemed to fit tight end better than expected while hauling down three passes for 31 yards.
"We have four really good tight ends in Scott Chandler, Tony Jackson, Mike Follet and Ryan Majerus, we feel very good about all four of them," said Ferentz.
"I'm convinced that you can't pass the ball 50 times and expect to win games, Drew might like that though," he said.
There were also some pleasant surprises for Iowa State as Bret Meyer and Austin Flynn teamed up to give the Cyclones for 170 yards of passing. Last season Iowa State was deprived of a thousand yard rusher for the first time in six years. Coach McCarney hoped to fix this is as he hired ex-Nebraska offensive line coach Bareny Cotton.
Both defenses looked crisp but they used very different techniques. The Cyclones stuck eight to nine guys in the box to keep Young and Lewis in check. The Hawks stuck to their guns of four down linemen and three linebackers.
Middle linebacker Abdul Hodge got his feet wet as he had a team high of 12 stops. Matt Roth got more hype as he had four tackles for the Hawks.
"It's not so much of getting sacks but making him move his feet and get him out of the pocket," said Ferentz.
Jonathan Babaineaux managed to get two sacks for the defense and hard hits kept coming all day on the Iowa State field generals.
Iowa State looked much improved from just one season ago as Tim Dobbins led the way with 11 stops for the Cyclones. There were also six other Cyclones with seven tackles or more.
Iowa was without runs of four to five yards consistently, which had been the staple of Hawkeye offense just a season ago. Instead it seemed like all or nothing for Lewis.
Kyle Schlilcher is also gaining more confidence in his foot. Tony Yelk is Mr. Special Teams for Iowa State but didn't play due to an injury.
The game was sold out and respectively so as Iowa notched another up another win against the Cyclones. The game was intense and both the Hawks and the Cyclones should look forward to a good season under their respected coaches.
This year's Iowa-Iowa State game wasn't a blow out. Instead it was a gridiron match of two young offenses. Both defenses buckled down early with a halftime score of 14-3.
On the first drive of the game, Iowa went 63 yards with workhorse Jermelle Lewis. Albert Young followed his O-line into the end zone to punch it in from one yard out.
After the opening drive, Iowa never looked back as they tallied up 305 yards of total offense against the Cyclones.
Head Coach Kirk Ferentz is still concerned with Drew Tate's cramping and dehydration. "We had more heat in the past two weeks of practice than we had all summer," said Ferentz.
The heat wasn't a factor as Tate completed a career best 220 yards. Offensive Coordinator Ken O'Keefe mixed up the passing with three-step drops and shotgun formations.
The 6' 7" wide receiver Scott Chandler seemed to fit tight end better than expected while hauling down three passes for 31 yards.
"We have four really good tight ends in Scott Chandler, Tony Jackson, Mike Follet and Ryan Majerus, we feel very good about all four of them," said Ferentz.
"I'm convinced that you can't pass the ball 50 times and expect to win games, Drew might like that though," he said.
There were also some pleasant surprises for Iowa State as Bret Meyer and Austin Flynn teamed up to give the Cyclones for 170 yards of passing. Last season Iowa State was deprived of a thousand yard rusher for the first time in six years. Coach McCarney hoped to fix this is as he hired ex-Nebraska offensive line coach Bareny Cotton.
Both defenses looked crisp but they used very different techniques. The Cyclones stuck eight to nine guys in the box to keep Young and Lewis in check. The Hawks stuck to their guns of four down linemen and three linebackers.
Middle linebacker Abdul Hodge got his feet wet as he had a team high of 12 stops. Matt Roth got more hype as he had four tackles for the Hawks.
"It's not so much of getting sacks but making him move his feet and get him out of the pocket," said Ferentz.
Jonathan Babaineaux managed to get two sacks for the defense and hard hits kept coming all day on the Iowa State field generals.
Iowa State looked much improved from just one season ago as Tim Dobbins led the way with 11 stops for the Cyclones. There were also six other Cyclones with seven tackles or more.
Iowa was without runs of four to five yards consistently, which had been the staple of Hawkeye offense just a season ago. Instead it seemed like all or nothing for Lewis.
Kyle Schlilcher is also gaining more confidence in his foot. Tony Yelk is Mr. Special Teams for Iowa State but didn't play due to an injury.
The game was sold out and respectively so as Iowa notched another up another win against the Cyclones. The game was intense and both the Hawks and the Cyclones should look forward to a good season under their respected coaches.