Orange Bowl

He does it again!!!! Another monster play has the announcers raving about him again!!!!!

 

Iowa's D
#10 in the NCAA in total defense (#3 in Big Ten behind Penn State and Ohio State)
#9 in the NCAA in scoring defense (#3 in Big Ten behind Penn State and Ohio St.)

And you saw what that Penn State D did to LSU, and you saw what that Ohio State D did to PAC-10 Champions Oregon...

So how shocking is it to see Iowa's D absolutely dominate GT's O... and GT's offense is the #13 scoring offense in the NCAA and the #12 total offense in the NCAA

Halftime stats:

Total offense
265 -- Iowa (on pace for 530)
31 -- GT (on pace for 62)

Gain Per Play
6.7 -- Iowa
1.6 -- GT

First Downs
11 -- Iowa
1 -- GT

Players to watch on Iowa D:

DE Adrian Clayborn (talked about him above)

2009 All-American LB Pat Angerer (senior) -- NFL Draft Scout projects him as the #6 ILB for 2010 Draft, currently rated the #3 overall LB in the NCAA by Rivals. This season, he had 135 tackles, 2 forced fumbles, 5 passes broken up, 1 INT

LB A.J. Edds (senior) -- projected as the #10 LB for the 2010 Draft by NFL Draft Scout. This season, had 72 tackles, 4 INTs, 4 passes broken up

2009 3rd-Team All-American SS Tyler Sash (sophomore) -- rated the #3 SS for 2012 Draft by NFL Draft Scout. Currently rated the #4 overall DB in the NCAA by Rivals. This season, he had 84 tackles, 2 forced fumbles, 6 INTs (1 returned for TD), 6 passes broken up, 5.5 TFL

CB Amari Spievey (junior) -- Rated #7 CB for 2011 Draft by NFL Draft Scout and currently ranked the #14 overall DB in the NCAA by Rivals. This season: 2 INTs, 8 passes broken up.


As for GT's offense, they are the #13 scoring offense in the NCAA and the #12 total offense in the NCAA for a reason... they are led by...

RB Jonathan Dwyer (junior) -- projected as the #1 RB for 2011 Draft. 2008 ACC Player of the Year. First half: 6 yards on 3 carries.

3rd-Team All-American WR Demaryius Thomas (junior) -- rated #4 WR for 2011 Draft by NFL Draft Scout... currently ranked #7 WR in the NCAA by Rivals. First half: nothing

QB Josh Nesbitt (junior) -- rated #15 RB for 2011 Draft, currently ranked #9 QB in NCAA by Rivals. First half: 0 for 2, 0 yards, 9 yards on 13 carries (0.7).

OG Cord Howard (senior) -- rated #10 OG for 2010 Draft by NFL Draft Scout, currently rated #8 overall O-lineman in NCAA by Rivals.

C Sean Bedford (junior) -- rated #11 center for the 2011 Draft, currently ranked #21 overall O-lineman in the NCAA by Rivals.

 

What a game by Iowa's TE Tony Moeaki (5th-year senior, 6'4-250). He's rated the #4 TE for the 2010 Draft and currently ranked the #8 TE in the NCAA by Rivals.

Just caught a catch for a 23-yard gain!!! In the 1st half, he caught one for 54 yards!!!! So far, he has 85 yards receiving (#1 for Iowa so far today).

 

And now he dominates GT's All-American DE Derrick Morgan on a block!!! Announcers raving about it!!!! Announcers saying that Morgan "has been quiet tonight." And Morgan is rated the #1 DE for 2011 Draft by NFL Draft Scout and currently rated the #5 overall D-lineman in the NCAA by Rivals!

GT's other star on D is FS Morgan Burnett -- rated the #2 FS for 2011 Draft.

 

FG puts Hawkeyes up 17-7.

Total Yards
325 -- Iowa
90 -- GT

 

I wonder if there's any about Iowa we don't know about now...

 

And he comes up huge with a 9-yard scamper on 3rd down, while being chased by GT's All-American DE Morgan!!!

 

I spilled the beans on GT as well... they have some great talent too

 

Huge play by Edds!!!! INTERCEPTION!!!! Iowa ball 15 yards from GT's goal line.

 

And he comes up huge, stuffing Iowa on their fake-FG on 4th down for a 5-yard loss!!!!