Pass on the last play

[hawkinn3]

Indy should have accepted the run off, of somebody got hurt on that last play it would be on them.

I’m only sorry we didn’t score.

 

[uihawk82]

Shades of Hayden when he had the backups go for it even when the game was all but over.

Yes, anyone remember the hawks burying Indiana by 30 points under Hayden and Sam Wyche was the IU coach. Hayden had a 3rd string qb named something like Corey Robertson throw a td pass in the last minute.

After the game Wyche took his whole team to the middle of Kinnick's field and pointed at the scoreboard saying remember this and we will get them back.

But Sam was a one year coach and left to take the helm of an NFL team so we never saw how that worked out.

 

[#1DieHardHawk]

I didnt read anything into it other than Iowa wanted to run 3 seconds off the clock without punting. So they threw it in the air to wind out the clock

Punting = greater chance of injuries than a fade pass

This is exactly it. Step back and chuck it to run out the clock. You can't down it, and if you scramble around, hand it off or pooch kick, you run the risk of disaster.

 

[hawkeyebob62]

I didnt read anything into it other than Iowa wanted to run 3 seconds off the clock without punting. So they threw it in the air to wind out the clock

Punting = greater chance of injuries than a fade pass

^^This^^

 

[hawkeyebob62]

Yes, anyone remember the hawks burying Indiana by 30 points under Hayden and Sam Wyche was the IU coach. Hayden had a 3rd string qb named something like Corey Robertson throw a td pass in the last minute.

After the game Wyche took his whole team to the middle of Kinnick's field and pointed at the scoreboard saying remember this and we will get them back.

But Sam was a one year coach and left to take the helm of an NFL team so we never saw how that worked out.

Cornelius Robertson, 3rd-string QB. What riled Wyche, I think, was the fact Corny called a time-out with about 30 seconds left before running the play.

At the presser that week was when Hayden rattled off a ton of snippets when a media type questioned it. Here are a few:

--We're getting grief for winning 49-3. When we were getting beat by Nebraska 57-0 and Purdue 58-13, it was "power football" and "passing frenzy". Now we win, and WE'RE the unsportsmanlike ones?
--We play our back-ups whenever we can. It would be an insult to ask them NOT to play at their best. It would be an insult not only to them, but to their parents and family, and to our opponents. We didn't want pity three years ago, no team wants pity.
--When Nebraska's 3rd-string I-back scored, it was "awesome depth". Our 3rd-string QB wants to throw a touchdown pass, so now it's poor sportsmanship?

1983 was a rough year in a couple senses. First, after beating O$U and rising to #3 in polls, we promptly get blown out at Illinois. We lose to Michigan on a last-second FG. Illinois goes 10-1 (non-con loss to Misery), Michigan goes to the Sugar Bowl and O$U, which went 8-3, went (ahead of us) to the Cotton Bowl. We beat O$U, and go 9-2, but get the Gator Bowl. We got record cold temps, and lost 14-6 to Florida.

At that time, Cotton Bowl was one of the "big" NY Day bowls, along with Rose, Sugar and Orange. Fiesta wormed its way in a couple years later, then Cotton actually lost some luster for a time before they brought back the "NY Six" as part of CFP. Gator and Citrus Bowls were sort of "best of non-NY Day" bowls, along with Peach. Hall of Fame, which became Outback, was just another bowl until they got the Big Ten tie-in.

 

[Thawki]

Yes, anyone remember the hawks burying Indiana by 30 points under Hayden and Sam Wyche was the IU coach. Hayden had a 3rd string qb named something like Corey Robertson throw a td pass in the last minute.

After the game Wyche took his whole team to the middle of Kinnick's field and pointed at the scoreboard saying remember this and we will get them back.

But Sam was a one year coach and left to take the helm of an NFL team so we never saw how that worked out.

I was at that game and the Iowa QB was Cornelius “Corky” Robertson.

 

[DFaceHawkeye]

I didnt read anything into it other than Iowa wanted to run 3 seconds off the clock without punting. So they threw it in the air to wind out the clock

Punting = greater chance of injuries than a fade pass

This exactly. Ask any NFL QB, Tony Romo explained it last year during a broadcast. The easiest way to run out 3-5 seconds with the least effect on anyone's stats. Much ado about nothing.