There's something magical about Iowa's Nile Kinnick Stadium, something that makes underdog visitors want to rise up and say "Yes, I can!" Well, yes, Northwestern did today, beating the heretofore undefeated Hawkeyes 17-10 to become bowl eligible and simultaneously end Iowa's dark horse national title dreams.
Knocking Ricky Stanzi out of the game helped a lot, as his replacement, freshman James Vandenberg, couldn't do anything all day. Honestly, Iowa didn't even look like a Top 25 team, although the defense (Adrian Clayborn is awesome) was fine. Anyway, I may have more analysis on this later, but for now it's celebration time. You can read the story here at ESPN.
Best. Alma mater. Ever. ::tear::
ReplyDeleteWhat school have you / will you graduate from?
ReplyDeleteErr, IU. Isn't that sad?
ReplyDeleteStill, we've got two years at least until anything replaces the Evanston Township High School alma mater as my personal representative.
Still, singing that NU one under the bleachers after every football game, win or loss, including the Rose Bowl, for my entire childhood has to count for something, right?