The one thing that jumped out to me was that all of Iowa's scoring drives were over 65 yards. Iowa really didn't have great starting field position all game long, but it didn't really matter as the Hawkeyes were able to grind out long drives and able to hit the big play to score quickly.
Iowa vs. Iowa State: Animated Drive Chart
I have seen these animated drive charts on numerous sites around the blogosphere and finally took the time to figure out how to get one for the Iowa game. The charts are an invention of the flash-savvy Tennessee blog Rocky Top Talk. I thought it was kind of cool, so I threw it up here. Let me know if you'd like to see this posted every week and I'll do by best to deliver.
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The one thing that jumped out to me was that all of Iowa's scoring drives were over 65 yards. Iowa really didn't have great starting field position all game long, but it didn't really matter as the Hawkeyes were able to grind out long drives and able to hit the big play to score quickly.
The one thing that jumped out to me was that all of Iowa's scoring drives were over 65 yards. Iowa really didn't have great starting field position all game long, but it didn't really matter as the Hawkeyes were able to grind out long drives and able to hit the big play to score quickly.