How did the Iowa football team pull off the miracle and stay undefeated?
Lawrence, KS — (Sports Network) – Todd Reesing passed for 442 yards and four touchdowns and ran for another score, as 16th-ranked Kansas escaped with a 41-36 win over Iowa State in a Big 12 matchup at Memorial Stadium. Reesing completed 37-of-49 throws and was intercepted once, while Dezmon Briscoe had 12 catches for 186 yards and a pair of touchdowns for Kansas (5-0, 1-0 Big 12), which was coming off a 35-28 win over Southern Miss on September 26. Kerry Meier had a huge game with 16 grabs for 142 yards and a pair of scores, and Toben Opurum added 98 yards rushing on 24 touches with a TD for the Jayhawks, who opened a season with a 5-0 record for just the fourth time since 1921. “As a football team, sometimes one side of the ball or the other carries you,” Kansas head coach Mark Mangino said. “Today the offense carried us, but I don’t think we are as bad on defense as we played today.” Austen Arnaud threw for 293 yards on 25-of-40 efficiency, including two touchdowns, and also ran 14
SEC fans need to begin rooting against Ohio State, USC, and Notre Dame – otherwise they won’t be in the National Championship game, so sayeth college football analyst Gary Danielson. According to Danielson, there’s no question that the SEC is the toughest conference top to bottom, but schedule alone won’t help an SEC team — say Auburn, Georgia, Florida, LSU — pass the other top teams in the BCS. “That’s going to cause a lot of hard feelings toward the end of this year if Auburn or a Georgia or a Florida or fill in the team – I don’t want to offend anyone – if they go undefeated. The way it’s going to be is the way it’s going to be. No one is going to pass Ohio State, Notre Dame and USC. And those teams would have a tough time doing it (remaining undefeated) in this league.” To some degree, I agree with Danielson. Let’s take a look at the named teams and why their schedule could get the nod over an undefeated SEC champion: Ohio State – With a convincing road win over Texas already in
