One of Beathard's biggest plays was avoiding safety
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I imagine about 3 people will disagree with you. The other 3 million won't. Beathard did something Jake could rarely ever do. Make big plays when it counted. Think of the BIG plays from Iowa today that were a direct result of CJ's arm or legs. Do you think Jake Rudock supplies anything remotely similar? Not a chance. (and no offense to Jake, but this is why he's at Michigan now)
I appreciate your comments about CJ. I thought he had a helluva game.
JR, however, is not a member of this team, thus your comment is a non sequitur.
People now realize how horrible KF is at evaluating QBs. Either you believe KF that CJB grew "five years in five months" ...LOL ... or the wrong guy was playing QB for Iowa the last two years. Rudock is no better at Michigan than he was at Iowa. Now if Beathard had a head coach and an offensive coordinator who had a clue, he wouldn't have to be quite so heroic. But this Hawkeye team has enough character and guts to rise above the handcuffs placed on it by the coaching staff. It's pretty incredible really. Beathard is a terrific QB, and the OP has done well to point out the brilliant effort to escape the safety. I can't prove it, but my firm opinion is that JR would have curled into a ball, taken the sack and the safety, and that would have been the ball game. Having a real QB is SO cool. 
That was just one of the big plays that showed how this team flipped the script from the 1st half. It was honestly the exact opposite of last year's game. Iowa dominated the 1st half and stalled out in the 2nd half while ISU stormed back.
This year, Iowa struggled in the 1st half and FINALLY.....they won a 2nd half against Iowa State, and won it going away.
This year, Iowa struggled in the 1st half and FINALLY.....they won a 2nd half against Iowa State, and won it going away.
The very next play, CJ rumbles for 44 yards.
The next play after that, he adeptly avoids the rush and a last second flick to Canzeri goes for 19.
CJ culminated the drive with the frozen rope to Smith in the corner of the end zone.
If there's a better series by an individual Hawk this year I can't wait to see it.
The next play after that, he adeptly avoids the rush and a last second flick to Canzeri goes for 19.
CJ culminated the drive with the frozen rope to Smith in the corner of the end zone.
If there's a better series by an individual Hawk this year I can't wait to see it.
