Fire up, north end zone!following IU's loss at OSU last year, Cignetti sited "crowd noise" as one of the most significant problems they faced. He said they were not ready for that.
Yep -- so they'll no doubt be better prepared on Saturday. That said, their current starting QB transferred in from Cal, so he's never played a game before 70,000 screaming fans before. Our only hope is that he gets a little flustered and/or they make some penalties and get off-schedule offensively. Otherwise, it's just gonna be a looooooong game for Iowa's defense. And the quick footwork of the Hoosier DLine made Illinois' OLine look like they were in quicksand. Their entire team started a little slow this season, but man, the last 2 weeks they've played at an insane level.following IU's loss at OSU last year, Cignetti sited "crowd noise" as one of the most significant problems they faced. He said they were not ready for that.
Yep -- so they'll no doubt be better prepared on Saturday. That said, their current starting QB transferred in from Cal, so he's never played a game before 70,000 screaming fans before. Our only hope is that he gets a little flustered and/or they make some penalties and get off-schedule offensively. Otherwise, it's just gonna be a looooooong game for Iowa's defense. And the quick footwork of the Hoosier DLine made Illinois' OLine look like they were in quicksand. Their entire team started a little slow this season, but man, the last 2 weeks they've played at an insane level.