100 best plays of 2008: 20 - 1

19. Minnesota - 3rd quarter - 41-0: Shonn Greene finds a huge hole down the middle of the field and then levels his teammate Derrell Johnson-Koulianos before being tackled 37 yard downfield.

18. Iowa State - 1st quarter - 0-0: Shonn Greene takes a for sure stop at the line and breaks the tackles from 2 Iowa State players and turns it into a 31 yard run to set up a Trent Mossbrucker field goal on Iowa's first possession of the game.

17. Penn State - 1st quarter - 0-0: Adrian Clayborn sacks Daryll Clark and forces a fumble on Penn State's opening drive. Penn State recovers the ball at the 1 and Jeremy Boone is forced to punt from the back of the endzone.

16. Wisconsin - 3rd quarter - 21-9: Paki O'Meara blocks a punt by Brad Norman when Wisconsin's head coach Bret Bielema decides to re-kick after a Iowa penalty.

15. Penn State - 1st quarter - 0-0: Shonn Greene gets a huge hole on the left side and a key lead block by Brett Morse as he runs in a 14 yard touchdown on Iowa's second play of the game against Penn State.

14. Penn State - 4th quarter - 21-23: Brandon Myers catches a pass from Ricky Stanzi and pushes forward, barely making the 1st down on 3rd and 10 keeping the game-winning drive alive against Penn State.

13. Minnesota - 2nd quarter - 20-0: Amari Spievey intercepts a pass that sails a little to high from Adam Weber, receives a great block from A.J. Edds, and runs all the way down the right sideline for a 57 pick-six right before halftime putting Iowa ahead of Minnesota 27-0.

12. Florida International - 2nd quarter - 21-0: Ricky Stanzi hits Brandon Myers on a beautifully executed screen pass for a 23 yard touchdown on 3rd and 4. There were about 5 Hawkeyes out in front of Myers to block one helpless FIU defenseman.

11. Wisconsin - 3rd quarter - 21-9: Allen Reisner makes a great one-handed catch on a ball thrown behind him by Ricky Stanzi, and Brandon Myers has a huge block springing Reisner for a 16 yard touchdown against Wisconsin.

10. South Carolina - 3rd quarter - 21-0: Shonn Greene rushes for 5 yards to the South Carolina 17 for a first down early in the 3rd quarter. The play was simple enough, but put Greene over 100 yards for the 13th straight game. He was the only runningback in the country (Division I - FBS) to rush for 100 yards in every game.

9. Wisconsin - 3rd quarter - 14-9: Shonn Greene bursts up the middle and runs right past the Wisconsin defense on a 2 and 10 draw play for a 52 touchdown. It was his 3rd touchdown run of the day.

8. Penn State - 4th quarter - 14-23: Shonn Greene breaks to the outside and gets a good block from Tony Moeaki to score on a 6 yard run right in front of the student section clad in green. The touchdown put Iowa within 2 with just under 10 minutes remaining in the game against Penn State.

7. Penn State - 4th quarter - 21-23: Ricky Stanzi rolls to the left and completes a pass to Derrell Johnson-Koulianos for 10 yards on 3rd and 6 from the Iowa 25 with 0:20 left on the game clock. Iowa makes the gutsy call to pass and get it closer for a game-winning field goal attempt.

6. Purdue - 4th quarter - 15-10: Shonn Greene completely levels Frank Duong on his way to a 14 yard touchdown run. The score was enough to hold Purdue off.

5. Minnesota - 3rd quarter - 27-0: Jordan Bernstine pushes a blocker into the punt returner (not legal, but no flag and pretty funny) causing Minnesota to fumble the punt. Brett Morse recovers the ball and Iowa gets great field position at the Minnesota 29.

4. Penn State - 4th quarter - 21-23: Tyler Sash intercepts a ball from Daryll Clark on 3rd and 24 as Penn State was trying to put the dagger in Iowa's chances. The interception earned Sash a Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week award and gave Iowa's offense 3:46 to drive down and get a field goal.

3. Iowa State - 4th quarter - 10-3: Andy Brodell returns Mike Brandtner's punt 81 yards for a touchdown sealing the deal against Iowa State.

2. Wisconsin - 2nd quarter - 7-0: Shonn Greene takes the handoff, finds a hole to the right, spins out of a tackle, jumps out of another tackle, dodges the last defender and scores a 34 yard touchdown to put Iowa ahead 14-0 over Wisconsin.

1. Penn State - 4th quarter - 21-23: Daniel Murray kicks the game-winning 31 yard yard field goal with 6 seconds left to upset the #3 Penn State Nittany Lions 24-23 in Kinnick Stadium on November 8th.