A stunner

The Wildcats stunned the Hawkeyes (or so says ESPN) 21-7 at Iowa. The Fish Head is pleased both by the win and the fact that the Cats fulfilled his prediction. Feel free to link over to hailtopurple.com and see if they apologize for their lame-o prediction.

The Cats looked great on offense, matching 225 rushing yards with 218 passing yards. CJ Bacher continued to look good, going 19 of 29 for 219 yards and a TD. His 2 picks were painful but not atrocious. Tyrell Sutton had 28 rushes for 168 yards and a TD, and Terrel Jordan added 57 yards and a TD. Fitz experimented with second-string QB Brewer as a "slash" option, but the results were mixed with one long completion and not much else. Lastly, the O line played impressively, giving Bacher great protection and opening holes for Sutton.

On defense, the Cats made the Hawkeyes look inept as QB Tate was 18 of 27 for 147 yards and 2 picks. Perhaps it was really the thumb on his throwing hand that was injured?

Kicking was the only glaring inadequacy for the Wildcats. Shank Larscheid busted one so bad that even Wayne Larrivee, the TV play-by-play guy, coughed up the word shank; and Joel Howells blew a chip shot in the first half that wasted a great scoring opportunity.

Bring on the Buckeyes - we'll roast their walnuts next week!