greghammel
Well-Known Member
1. The Big Ten schedule makers keep Ohio State from traveling to Iowa as much as possible to protect their most marketable team. Ohio State has not played at Iowa since 2006, splitting the last two games at Iowa. No current Buckeye has played at Kinnick, so the place will be unfamiliar and hostile.
2. Ohio State has ZERO Iowa natives, while Iowa has a dozen Ohio natives to include QB Stanzi, and WR DJK.... both were not offered by Tressell. Stanzi because he supposedly wasn't good enough but could walk on, and DJK because he was too much of a liability. Stanzi may walk on Ohio St and DJK (Iowa's all-time leading WR) might prove to be quite liable! This will be Stanzi's first and only game versus Ohio St.
3. Due to Stanzi's injury last year, Iowa started freshman QB James Vandenberg in what became the "Big Ten Championship". Vandenberg played a masterful game leading Iowa into OT at the Shoe. The game ended on a made FG made by a 26 year old professional soccer player... 2009 Final 27-24 Ohio State.
4. Ohio State again goes into hiding after this game as the Big Ten continues to keep them from playing in Iowa. I understand why, but think it is wrong. Has anyone taken a look at the 2011 Hawkeye Football Schedule? No Wisconsin, No Ohio State, No Illinois scheduled. The schedule looks very favorable.
2011 Iowa Hawkeyes Football Schedule
However, there is a disclaimer... we have a Big Ten Championship game starting in 11!!! So, unless they play this game at the SHOE... it will be much more difficult for Ohio State.
2. Ohio State has ZERO Iowa natives, while Iowa has a dozen Ohio natives to include QB Stanzi, and WR DJK.... both were not offered by Tressell. Stanzi because he supposedly wasn't good enough but could walk on, and DJK because he was too much of a liability. Stanzi may walk on Ohio St and DJK (Iowa's all-time leading WR) might prove to be quite liable! This will be Stanzi's first and only game versus Ohio St.
3. Due to Stanzi's injury last year, Iowa started freshman QB James Vandenberg in what became the "Big Ten Championship". Vandenberg played a masterful game leading Iowa into OT at the Shoe. The game ended on a made FG made by a 26 year old professional soccer player... 2009 Final 27-24 Ohio State.
4. Ohio State again goes into hiding after this game as the Big Ten continues to keep them from playing in Iowa. I understand why, but think it is wrong. Has anyone taken a look at the 2011 Hawkeye Football Schedule? No Wisconsin, No Ohio State, No Illinois scheduled. The schedule looks very favorable.
2011 Iowa Hawkeyes Football Schedule
However, there is a disclaimer... we have a Big Ten Championship game starting in 11!!! So, unless they play this game at the SHOE... it will be much more difficult for Ohio State.
