Second half propels Iowa over Illinois State

now kwwl-tv after having one of the worst offenses in the country a season too and so the Swarm is back the hawkey is looking to take control early against Illinois state with interim head coach Seth Wallace on the sideline for this one but as per usual it was the defense doing their part Deontay Craig with the punch out TJ Hall recovers the fumble at the red Bird's 29 yd line great field position but all they got from it was this Drew Stevens 41 yard field goal one of two he had in the first half Hawks got just six points out of seven possessions but they woke up in the second half Kade mcnea finds reys vandery the Freshman from Central lion with a touchdown in his very first game and that got things rolling still in the third mcneer with a beautiful strike to Jacob Gil 31 yards 19 nothing hawky stepping on the gas let's go to the third quarter and the barrage continues mnea finds Vander Z for his second touchdown of the game a massive debut for the freshman and a massive second half for the Hawkeyes Caleb Johnson broke free on a 64 yard score he had two rushing touchdowns in the game and five second half touch Downs propelled the Hawks to a 40 to nothing win in the season opener and the second half is a unbelievable example of complimentary football just going out there moving the ball down the field changing field positions stopping them defensively using your return game and your punt game to you know to try to control the field position we all came together as a team bro so I like with him over there defense you know just us having a maintain throughout the week you know staying focused doing the little things right so us as a team the old line K had a great day o line had a great day everybody have a great so now we just looking forward on to Iowa State and fixing little fixing the little things and you know coming together more as a team and you know battling it out now as of midnight Kirk ference is back on the job it is a solid start of the Season though we'll have much more coming up tonight at 10