Mace, I don't know about you but this fucking hurts. Damn. Hell of an effort by both teams. Big-10 football at its finest. Way to go Buckeyes, now go win the Rose Bowl. Win next week we're BCS bound. Iowa and Ohio State can play with ANYBODY. as good of a game as there's been all year in CFB. It just sucks to be on the wrong end. Actually, it really fucking sucks.
Daniel Murray can only make clutch kicks. I don't know why they redshirted Trent Mossbrucker. He's a better kicker wih a better leg. I have no doubt he will beat Murray out next year. As for the missed kick yesterday, he just pushed it to the right if I recall correctly. Its hard to remember all off his chip shot misses.
Of course Stross had a total of 3 drops before he found the bench for the rest of the game. Costly drops by a senior who has been an outstanding receiver for Iowa.
I would not call him an outstanding receiver. I would say an average receiver that has underachieved. His drops yesterday pretty much summed up his disappointing career. McNutt and DJK are gonna be scary good next year!
As for a QB controversy, I think the best thing that could happen to Ricky Stanzi was yesterday's performance by James Vandenberg. He went into this season with no competition and was just handed the job. He didn't need to work hard in the offseason. And we saw little improvement out of Ricky this year. In fact, I'd say he made even more mistakes than last year. But with Vandenberg showing some promise, this will push Ricky in the offseason. He's got to figure that he'll have a short leash next year with Vandenberg proving he's a capable replacement. I have a feeling we'll see a new and improved Ricky Stanzi next year. I really do.