Hawkeyes Cyclones

>> THE IOWA HAWKEYES ENTER THE NEW YEAR WITH HIGH EXPECTATIONS. PRESEASON TOP. 25 FOR THE 5TH STRAIGHT YEAR. 19 STARTERS BACK FROM LAST YEAR'S 10 WIN TEAM KIRK FERENTZ SUSPENDED FOR GAME ONE TO DUE TO THE RECRUITING VIOLATION. SETH WALLACE, THE ACTING HEAD COACH TAKING ON ILLINOIS STATE, SOLD OUT CROWD ON HAND AT KINNICK STADIUM. >> IOWA COMES READY TO PLAY ON DEFENSE, FORCING 2 1ST QUARTER TURNOVERS HERE. THE FUMBLE RECOVERED AND POUNCED ON BY T.J. HALL HAWKEYES WITH A SHORT FIELD. BUT IT CAN ONLY MUSTER. 3 POINTS. DREW STEPHENS, 41 YARD FIELD GOAL IS GOOD. 3, ZIP IOWA AFTER ONE QUARTER 2ND QUARTER. MORE FROM THAT DEFENSE. AARON GRADES BIG AARON GRAVES IN THE MIDDLE IN FOR THE SACK, THE PRIDE OF SOUTHEAST VALLEY HAD 3 SACKS IN THE GAME. IT'S 6 ZIP, IOWA. AT THE HALF WORDS THAT OFFENSE, HAWKEYE FANS, ITCHING. AND HERE'S ANOTHER FIELD GOAL TO MAKE IT 6 ZIP AT THE HALF. AND STEVENS, AS I MENTIONED, HAWKEYE FANS WANTING OFFENSE HERE IT IS. CADE MCNAMARA TO THE TRUE FRESHMAN REESE BAND OR Z FIRST TOUCHDOWN OF THE SEASON. 2 POINT CONVERSION. NO GOOD. >> IT'S 12, NOTHING. AND THAT OPENS UP THE FLOODGATES LATER IN THE 3RD MCNAMARA DEEP, TOO. JACOB KILL THE NORTHWESTERN TRANSFER. 31 YARD STRIKE. IT'S 19 ZIP HAWKEYES MOVED TO THE 4TH QUARTER MCNAMARA UNDER PRESSURE AGAIN. LOFTS IT UP. VAN DER ZEE GOES UP AND GETS SECOND SCORE FOR THE ROCK RAPIDS NATIVE 251 YARDS, 3 TOUCHDOWNS FOR MCNAMARA. 26 0. CALEB JOHNSON RUNNING BACK SUSPENDED FOR THE 1ST HALF. READY TO GO IN THE 2ND HALF BREAKS FREE. 64 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN. THE JUNIOR FOLLOWS THAT WITH ANOTHER RUSHING TOUCHDOWN. LATE JOHNSON RUSHES FOR 119 IOWA. TURNS OUT 492 TOTAL YARDS MOST YARDS IN A GAME IN 5 YEARS. HAWKEYES BLOWOUT. ILLINOIS STATE 40 TO HIS MARK. 4. >> KIRK FERENTZ WAS NOT HERE AT KINNICK STADIUM AND IN THE 1ST HALF, NEITHER WAS THE IOWA OFFENSE. THE NEW WAS LOOKING A LOT LIKE THE OLD HAWK BUT IOWA FINALLY CAME ALIVE, SCORING TOUCHDOWNS ON 5 OF THEIR 7 SECOND-HALF DRIVES. >> AND TRUE FRESHMAN RACE, VAN DER C BROKE OUT. >> I FEAR IS IS CRAZY FOR US. IT WAS A LITTLE AS A LITTLE DAUNTING, I GUESS. BUT I GOT OVER THAT. THAT WENT OUT THERE. >> YEAH, I MEAN AS YOU HAD FUN OUT THERE COMING OUT OF HALFTIME. WE JUST KNEW WE HAD TO BE PATIENT WITH THE GAME PLAN AND IT WAS ALL GOING TO FALL INTO PLACE. IF YOU WANT STOCK WITHIN JUST A FEW THINGS STUFF WASN'T GOING AWAY AT THE BEGINNING, WE WERE KIND OF, YOU KNOW. >> REALLY, OUR TEMPLE WASN'T VERY GOOD. AND I THINK ONCE WE ROLL TO GAIN SOME MOMENTUM AGAIN, SOME TEMPLE. >> THAT REALLY SET US A REALLY GOOD FOR THE 2ND HALF OF THE 1ST YOU KNOW, WASN'T OUR BEST NOT AT NEW OFFENSE WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GET BETTER AS WE GO. AND, YOU KNOW, SHOW THAT COMING OUT OF THE 2ND HALF. YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T NORMAL DAY TO DAY AROUND HERE, OBVIOUSLY AND >> YOU KNOW, OUR PLAYERS HANDLED IT WITH WITH UNBELIEVABLE CLASS. THE WAY THAT THEY RESPONDED WAS AND IT WAS REALLY PRETTY SPECIAL TO SO IT'S 40 POINTS IN TIM LESTER'S DEBUT AS IOWA'S OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR AND THE WIND IN SETH WALLACE IS HEAD COACHING DEBUT. >> OF COURSE, PARENTS RETURNS TO THE SIDELINE NEXT WEEKEND JUST IN TIME FOR THE CY-HAWK GAME. AT KINNICK STADIUM ARC FRONT WHO13 SPORTS. MARK, THANK YOU. THE BUZZ AROUND IOWA STATE CONTINUES TO BUILD CYCLONES COMING OFF A 7 WIN SEASON AND EXPECTATIONS REMAIN HIGH IN YEAR. NUMBER 9. >> UNDER MATT CAMPBELL, ISU PICKED BY MANY AS A DARK HORSE TEAM TO CONTEND FOR THE BIG 12 TITLE SEASON OPENER AT JACK TRICE STADIUM TAKING ON NORTH DAKOTA, FIGHTING HAWKS, OPENING PLAY OF THE GAME. ROCCO BACK AND IT OUT AND SOMEHOW JALEN NOEL. COMES DOWN WITH IT. IT'S AGAIN, 54 YARDS. >> VERY NEXT PLAY BACK. >> THE FATE TO JADEN PAGAN. 21 YARD STRIKE TO THE CORNER JUST LIKE THAT AT 7 ZIP ISU. >> 40 SECONDS INTO THE GAME. >> 2ND QUARTER, NORTH DAKOTA CAPS OFF A 23 PLAY DRIVE WITH A 26 YARD FIELD GOAL MAKING IT 7, 3, JUST BEFORE THE HALF BACK. SLANT ROUTE TO KNOLL. 21 YARDS ACROSS THE MIDDLE DOWN TO THE 14 YARD LINE. NEXT PLAY. WHAT'S IDENTICAL EXCEPT FOR THE END RESULT IS A TOUCHDOWN. 14 YARDS BACK THROWS FOR 267 KNOW WITH A MONSTER GAME. 8 CATCHES FOR 135 YARDS 14 TO 3. >> AT THE HALF, 3RD QUARTER AND THE DEFENSE. IT JUST KEEPS CRUISER. WHITE CANNON OFF BOTH FREE ALERT. PICKS IT OFF. THE OTHER WAY SOLID RETURN. BUT THE OFFENSE CAN CAPITALIZE ON THE TURNOVER LATE IN THE 3RD QUARTER. >> BACKED QUARTERBACK CAPS OFF A 12 PLAY 96 YARD DRIVE. QB SNEAK IN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. IT WASN'T PRETTY AT TIMES BUT IOWA STATE GETS THE JOB DONE WHEN NUMBER ONE OF THE SEASON. 21 TO 3 OVER NORTH DAKOTA. >> INTO YOU WATCH THE VIDEO. YOU CAN SEE HIM AND WHAT WENT WELL, WHAT DIDN'T GO? WELL, I THOUGHT WHAT DID GO WELL WAS IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT WHEN IT CAME TO THE CRITICAL MOMENT WE WERE ABLE TO WIN THOSE BATTLES WHEN IT MATTERED MOST. I THINK JUST A TESTAMENT TO THIS DEFENSE. I'M NOT QUITTING WHEN WHEN THINGS GET SO SO, YOU KNOW, JUST KEEP PLAYING PLAY-BY-PLAY JUST KEEP DOING OUR JOBS. THE FIRST GAMES ALWAYS GOING GET YOUR ADRENALINE GOING. FANS ARE ALWAYS GOING TO SHOW UP BACKPACK OUT THE FIRST GAME AND CONTINUE TO DO THAT ALL SEASON. THANKFUL FOR THE FANS TO COME OUT TODAY AND SHOW SUPPORT WAS DOMINANT AS WE WANT TO BE WERE PROBABLY WEREN'T EXACTLY WHERE WE NEED TO >> YET, I DON'T EXPECT TO BE THERE. IT'S IT'S WEEK ONE, YOU KNOW, GREAT OPPORTUNITY GROW. I THINK GREATEST GROWTH OF ALWAYS FELT THIS WAY IS BETWEEN WEEK ONE WEEK, 2. >> WE'LL WATCH THE VIDEO AND WILL GO FORWARD. >> SO THAT SETS UP THE MUCH ANTICIPATED CY-HAWK SHOWDOWN NEXT WEEK FROM IOWA CITY, IOWA AND IOWA ST