NEW COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON. THE QUESTION FOR THE HAWKEYES REVOLVED AROUND THE OFFENSE LAST YEAR, WAS SO PUTRID. >> IT WAS THE OF ANY AND ALL JOKES PERTAINING TO SETTING FOOTBALL BACK 100 YEARS. AND SOMEHOW I WAS STILL WON 10 GAMES FAST FORWARD TO THIS YEAR. NEW OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR TIM LESTER CADE MCNAMARA, HEALTHY OFFENSIVE LINE, HEALTHY AND IMPROVED DEPTH AT RUNNING BACK EVERYTHING IN PLACE TO MAKE VAST IMPROVEMENTS ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL. 1ST HALF AGAINST ILLINOIS STATE. LOOKED LIKE A REPLAY OF LAST MINUS BIG GEEK MOANS, GROANS BOOZE. NO RHYTHM, NO HOLES TO RUN THROUGH MCNAMARA, MISSING OPEN RECEIVERS. HOW COULD THIS BE HAPPENING AGAIN? IS IOWA CURSED JUST 6 POINTS AGAINST AN FCS TEAM THAT ONLY WON 6 GAMES LAST YEAR DUE BLOOM ALREADY SETTING IN FOR HAWKEYE FANS. JUST HALFWAY THROUGH GAME ONE. I LIKE MANY FANS AND MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA CALLING FOR BACKUP QUARTERBACK BRENDAN SULLIVAN TO GET A CHANCE, AT LEAST JUST SEE WHAT YOU HAVE IN THE NORTHWESTERN TRANSFER AND CAN'T GET ANY WORSE. INTERIM HEAD COACH SETH WALLACE IGNORES SOCIAL MEDIA STICKS WITH MCNAMARA AND LOOKS LIKE A THE HAWKEYE OFFENSE WAKES UP LIKE THAT. UNDERTAKER. JEFF RISING FROM THE CASKET. 5 TOUCHDOWNS FROM IN THE 2ND HALF MCNAMARA THROWS FOR 2 51 3 TOUCHDOWNS. ALL 3 OF THOSE SCORES TO WIDE RECEIVERS. TO PUT THAT OFFENSIVE EXPLOSION INTO PERSPECTIVE. IOWA WIDE RECEIVERS HAD 3 TOUCHDOWN CATCHES ALL OF LAST YEAR. THEY HAD 3 IN THE 2ND HALF OF THIS GAME. THE HAWKEYES FINISHED WITH 492 TOTAL YARDS, LARGEST OUTPUT IN 5 YEARS. NOW WE HEAR THE SAYING TALE OF 2 HALVES ALL THE TIME. WELL, THIS GAME SHOULD BE IN THE GLOSSARY OF SPORTS TERMS FOR IT. 6 POINTS IN THE 1ST HALF. 34 IN THE SECOND NOW. I'M FULLY AWARE THAT THIS WAS AGAINST ILLINOIS STATE, NOT OHIO STATE AND THE OFFENSE WAS FAR FROM PERFECT LINE LEAKING SOME OIL WITH PRESSURE. MCNAMARA THROWING OFF HIS BACK FOOT TOO MUCH. BUT FOR AN OFFENSE THAT'S BEEN BELOW THE MENDOZA LINE FOR WHAT FEELS LIKE 5 YEARS. THIS WAS SORELY NEEDED. NOT ONLY FOR THE PLAYERS BUT FANS AS WELL. HOPE OPTIMISM IMPROVEMENT IS ALL FANS WANTED TO SEE. AND FOR AT LEAST ONE HALF OF THOSE FANS GOT THEIR WISH. WILL IT CONTINUE THE REST OF THE SEASON? BUT FOR NOW, THE DREAM OF A