>>Contest answers and results set forth below:
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1. Will Illinois score points on any of their first three offensive possessions?
Yes - Illinois 2nd Offensive possession = TD 6:29 Q1
2. Will Iowa lead by 16 or more points at any point in this game?
No - Iowa's largest lead: 23-13 Q3
3. Will Illinois QB Wes Lunt attempt more than 35 passes against Iowa at Kinnick?
Yes - Lunt: 42 pass attempts
4. Iowa TE Jake Duzey and Iowa WR Jerminic Smith: will both players record their 1st pass reception of the season this Saturday?
No - Duzey: no catches (DNP); Jerminic Smith: 4 receptions (118 yards)
5. In its only other road game (48-14 loss @ N. Carolina 9/19), the Illinois defense gave up 471 yards of total offense. Will Iowa's offense gain more than 450 yards this week vs. the Illini?
Yes - Iowa: 478 yards total (278 rush + 200 pass)
6. For the 3rd straight game, an Iowa TE will score a touchdown.
Yes - George Kittle TD @ 8:30 Q1
7. Except for North Texas, the Iowa defense has held each of its opponents under 100 yards rushing this season. Will Illinois rush for 100 or more total yards against the Hawkeye defense?
No - Illinois: 46 net yards rushing.
8. Will Iowa reserve RB Akrum Wadley make at least one rush attempt this week?
No - Wadley played but did not record a rush attempt.
9. Something has to give: the Illinois defense is top 5 nationally in 3rd down defense, allowing opponents to convert just 21.8% of the time. For the season, Iowa is converting almost 48% of its 3rd downs to 1st downs which is top 15 nationally. Will the Hawkeyes convert at least 40% of its 3rd downs against the Illini defense?
No - Iowa: 4/16 3rd down conversions = 25%
10. Will both teams combine to score at least 46 points?
Yes - 49 (Iowa 29 v. Illinois 20)
>> Tie-Breaker: Predict the total punt return yards for Iowa PR Desmond King: 26
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Workhorse! Who would have thought that Jordan Canzeri would set an Iowa record for most carries in a single game? 20+ carries is a busy day at the office. 30+ carries is another level still - a double shift with no breaks. 43 carries - that's Herculian for a 5ft9 190lb back who rarely gets half that many. Throw in a late 3rd Quarter 75 yard TD run right after Illinois had cut the Iowa lead to just 3 points and you have the single best performance by a Hawkeye player of this season so far. Canzeri cited "perseverance" when asked about his prior injuries and the down points in his career. Perseverance -that seems to be the characteristic that has carried this Iowa team to victories in their first two B10 contests. Now on to the contest results..................
5-5 was the most common score of all 35 entries this week. A true bell curve emerged with one correct answer either side of .500 occupied the next most common results.
One contestant occupied this week's top score all alone -- congratulations to 14cy who has hung around the past few weeks to hone his Iowa football prediction skills. Having scored 5-5 in each of his prior entries, 14cy finally broke through with 8-2 this week for the win.
Two contestants scored a second best 7-3. This week's runner-up spot goes to td77 who edged Hawkrugged17 thanks to a near bulls eye on the Tie-Breaker, predicting Desmond King's punt return total within one yard.
jonesingforhawkeyes 2-8 - c'mon man.
All contest scores follow:
14cy, 8-2 Winner
td77, 7-3 Runner-up
HawkeyeRugged17, 7-3
hwk23, 6-4
KOKhawk, 6-4
IAFootball#1, 6-4
Hawkeye_4_Life, 6-4
ddare132, 6-4
HawkPT, 6-4
EvilMonkeyInTheCloset, 6-4
Left_Coast_Bias, 6-4
HawkHeel3, 5-5
LBlindHawk, 5-5
thewop, 5-5
Dauminator, 5-5
gojojo, 5-5
billholub, 5-5
milehighhawkeye24, 5-5
JuiceHawk, 5-5
rfgiowa, 5-5
QChawks, 5-5
Machawk2489, 5-5
Pepperman, 5-5
Farleyhawk, 4-6
nu2u, 4-6
icwestisthebest, 4-6
KuwaitHawk, 4-6
jdv77, 4-6
KryptonionHawk, 4-6
SeattleHawki, 4-6
Suterman, 3-7
JBJRFL, 3-7
BIG BOY HAWK, 3-7
SoonerBeAHawk, 3-7
jonesingforhawkeyes, 2-8
NEXT UP: @ Northwestern
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1. Will Illinois score points on any of their first three offensive possessions?
Yes - Illinois 2nd Offensive possession = TD 6:29 Q1
2. Will Iowa lead by 16 or more points at any point in this game?
No - Iowa's largest lead: 23-13 Q3
3. Will Illinois QB Wes Lunt attempt more than 35 passes against Iowa at Kinnick?
Yes - Lunt: 42 pass attempts
4. Iowa TE Jake Duzey and Iowa WR Jerminic Smith: will both players record their 1st pass reception of the season this Saturday?
No - Duzey: no catches (DNP); Jerminic Smith: 4 receptions (118 yards)
5. In its only other road game (48-14 loss @ N. Carolina 9/19), the Illinois defense gave up 471 yards of total offense. Will Iowa's offense gain more than 450 yards this week vs. the Illini?
Yes - Iowa: 478 yards total (278 rush + 200 pass)
6. For the 3rd straight game, an Iowa TE will score a touchdown.
Yes - George Kittle TD @ 8:30 Q1
7. Except for North Texas, the Iowa defense has held each of its opponents under 100 yards rushing this season. Will Illinois rush for 100 or more total yards against the Hawkeye defense?
No - Illinois: 46 net yards rushing.
8. Will Iowa reserve RB Akrum Wadley make at least one rush attempt this week?
No - Wadley played but did not record a rush attempt.
9. Something has to give: the Illinois defense is top 5 nationally in 3rd down defense, allowing opponents to convert just 21.8% of the time. For the season, Iowa is converting almost 48% of its 3rd downs to 1st downs which is top 15 nationally. Will the Hawkeyes convert at least 40% of its 3rd downs against the Illini defense?
No - Iowa: 4/16 3rd down conversions = 25%
10. Will both teams combine to score at least 46 points?
Yes - 49 (Iowa 29 v. Illinois 20)
>> Tie-Breaker: Predict the total punt return yards for Iowa PR Desmond King: 26
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Workhorse! Who would have thought that Jordan Canzeri would set an Iowa record for most carries in a single game? 20+ carries is a busy day at the office. 30+ carries is another level still - a double shift with no breaks. 43 carries - that's Herculian for a 5ft9 190lb back who rarely gets half that many. Throw in a late 3rd Quarter 75 yard TD run right after Illinois had cut the Iowa lead to just 3 points and you have the single best performance by a Hawkeye player of this season so far. Canzeri cited "perseverance" when asked about his prior injuries and the down points in his career. Perseverance -that seems to be the characteristic that has carried this Iowa team to victories in their first two B10 contests. Now on to the contest results..................
5-5 was the most common score of all 35 entries this week. A true bell curve emerged with one correct answer either side of .500 occupied the next most common results.
One contestant occupied this week's top score all alone -- congratulations to 14cy who has hung around the past few weeks to hone his Iowa football prediction skills. Having scored 5-5 in each of his prior entries, 14cy finally broke through with 8-2 this week for the win.
Two contestants scored a second best 7-3. This week's runner-up spot goes to td77 who edged Hawkrugged17 thanks to a near bulls eye on the Tie-Breaker, predicting Desmond King's punt return total within one yard.
jonesingforhawkeyes 2-8 - c'mon man.
All contest scores follow:
14cy, 8-2 Winner
td77, 7-3 Runner-up
HawkeyeRugged17, 7-3
hwk23, 6-4
KOKhawk, 6-4
IAFootball#1, 6-4
Hawkeye_4_Life, 6-4
ddare132, 6-4
HawkPT, 6-4
EvilMonkeyInTheCloset, 6-4
Left_Coast_Bias, 6-4
HawkHeel3, 5-5
LBlindHawk, 5-5
thewop, 5-5
Dauminator, 5-5
gojojo, 5-5
billholub, 5-5
milehighhawkeye24, 5-5
JuiceHawk, 5-5
rfgiowa, 5-5
QChawks, 5-5
Machawk2489, 5-5
Pepperman, 5-5
Farleyhawk, 4-6
nu2u, 4-6
icwestisthebest, 4-6
KuwaitHawk, 4-6
jdv77, 4-6
KryptonionHawk, 4-6
SeattleHawki, 4-6
Suterman, 3-7
JBJRFL, 3-7
BIG BOY HAWK, 3-7
SoonerBeAHawk, 3-7
jonesingforhawkeyes, 2-8
NEXT UP: @ Northwestern
