Nate Stanley kept his helmet on during the celebration with Floyd of Rosedale as the Kinnick crowd rushed the field: "I don't want my helmet to be downtown later tonight."
#Hawkeyes
Jay Higgins on Quinn Schulte's INT:
*points at
@ScottDochterman
*
"You like to do history. ... The free safety position at Iowa is not an easy job. He has a lot to do with the overall defense, the coverage. ... When plays like that happen for him, it really makes me happy."
Voters were unimpressed by
@IowaWBB
's 0-0 record this week, but felt that Indiana's 0-0 performance during the same stretch was significant enough to slide the Hoosiers ahead of the
#Hawkeyes
in this week's
@AP_Top25
poll.
A.J. Epenesa on the large turnout of
#Hawkeyes
fans at Northwestern: "Hawk fans are everywhere, and that's the truth. Hawk fans travel. ... It's amazing to have a fanbase that loves you like that."
From this angle, Cooper DeJean's arm does not appear elevated above the helmet, and I don't see any Minnesota players letting up as if he called for a fair catch.
The
@WoodenAward
makes FIVE. Caitlin Clark is the Los Angeles Athletic Club's National Player of the Year, which is "presented to the most outstanding women’s basketball player who achieves tremendous on-court success."
#Hawkeyes
Hayden Fry called the Tigerhawk "a real splash of sunshine" the first time he saw it, according to this
@HawkeyeFootball
story by George Wine. Made me think of this photo
@uiowa
shared in 2013 as the sun sets this Christmas.
#Hawkeyes
Iowa head coach Rick Heller makes his pitch for an NCAA tourney spot for his 36-19
#Hawkeyes
: "To me, if we don’t get in the tournament, it's a travesty. ... This team since mid-March has played as good as any team in the country."
Jack Campbell: "No time to whine or complain. ... For the outside world, everyone can point fingers, but when you're in that locker room, you're one team, you're one unit. We just play for each other, no matter what. No matter what. So that's all I'm gonna say on that."
#Hawkeyes
Keith Duncan hears the boos when the field goal unit comes on: "I mean, we're putting points on the board, why are you guys upset? It's a two-possession game, we should be cheering, right?"
#Hawkeyes
Even if Luka Garza starts slow or shoots poorly, he'll keep attacking: "I'm gonna keep coming... I'm not gonna stop." And finish with 25 and 17.
#Hawkeyes
Six years ago today, an unprecedented doubleheader took place at Kinnick Stadium. First,
@Hawks_Wrestling
took down No. 1 Oklahoma State 18-16 in front of a record crowd of 42,287. Then,
@HawkeyeFootball
beat Minnesota 40-35 in the nightcap to improve to 10-0.
#Hawkeyes
Kirk Ferentz to BTN when asked after the game about being 3-0 and ranked 5th: "If anybody's watching, we'll probably be 15 this week, based on what I saw."
#Hawkeyes
Devonte Young is greeted on the sideline after he recovered the muffed punt before another hero Keith Duncan (4 FG) emerges from the celebration with a fist pump.
#Hawkeyes
#CyHawk
Brady Ross on his touchdown: "It's been a few years. Used to score them all the time on Friday nights. ... Not to be overly self-deprecating, but it hardly took a heroic effort on my end to stumble ahead for a yard."
#Hawkeyes
Lisa Bluder on hosting a regional in Iowa: "With how well Iowa State and us draw, it would make sense. Des Moines should try for this ... we'd sell out."
#Hawkeyes
The
#Hawkeyes
landed at No. 31 in both the
@AP_Top25
and the coaches poll this week. Call it fate, call it luck, call it karma, but some believe everything happens for a reason. It's certainly this: Appropriate.
"We're Iowans now." Kirk Ferentz reflects on his time with the
#Hawkeyes
: "If you told me in 1981 that I was going to coach at Iowa for 29 years... I would have said, 'You're absolutely crazy -- there's no way.'"
25 years ago today, the
#Hawkeyes
scored 60+ points for the third time in the 1997 season in a shutout win over Indiana. Tim Dwight had a 92-yard punt return TD, a 29-yard TD reception and a 64-yard *passing* TD in Iowa's 62-0 victory.
The first Wave to
@UIchildrens
was six years ago today. No instructions, no music, just an idea by
@kristamyoung
that started small and became the best tradition in sports.
#Hawkeyes
"If I can drop 40, you can drop 50": In
@CaitlinClark22
's new
@Gatorade
commercial, the
#Hawkeyes
star doesn't just want young athletes to be like her, she's encouraging them to surpass her. Watch it here:
When "5 of the top 10 single season quarterback performances at Iowa have come under Ken O'Keefe's leadership" is in the bio, you're doing something right. Wishing KOK the best in his new role.
#Hawkeyes
Despite an interception ending it, Nico Ragaini felt the last drive of the first half "gave us life... A bunch of different guys made plays... I felt something on that drive almost turned the page. Even with the mistake at the end, it was something we could build confidence on."
Caitlin Clark and the
#Hawkeyes
are focused heading into the NCAA Tournament: "I think we have that fire inside of us and understand that we can get beat on our home court in front of a sold-out crowd if we don't come out and be ready to play."
Nate Stanley: “It's awesome to show a team that I’m not going to back down. You can hit me 100 times, but I’m gonna continue to fight. I’m gonna do everything I can to help my teammates.”
#Hawkeyes
These five arrived at Kinnick Stadium at 5 a.m. to run 62 miles from Iowa City to Davenport, raising money for
@UIchildrens
. More details and how to contribute:
#WaveAcrossIowa
#Hawkeyes
Final:
#Hawkeyes
77, South Carolina 73. Caitlin Clark with 41 points. Iowa will play for the national championship! From start to finish, impeccable.
#MarchMadness
Tristan Wirfs on the 90-yard touchdown drive that put the
#Hawkeyes
up 35-24 in the 3rd: "They're grinders for sure, but it's fun when you get to keep a defense out on the field that long and know that you can keep moving the ball. Definitely, definitely a lot of fun."
Final: Auburn 83,
#Hawkeyes
75.
The good news? You can go to bed, wake up tomorrow and start
#MarchMadness
over again with a top 3 team. Jump on the
@IowaWBB
bandwagon if for some reason you haven't already.
After punting a personal-best 10 times against South Dakota State, how many times does
@torytaylor09
want to punt against Iowa State with seven members of his family in attendance?
#Hawkeyes
Lisa Bluder doesn't have an issue with the
#Hawkeyes
being a No. 2 seed: "What's the difference between being the fourth No. 1 or the first No. 2? There's absolutely no difference."
Tristan Wirfs on when the Trojans stopped "chirping" in a "fun, aggressive game," adding that physicality made the difference: "Our o-line was coming off the line, hitting 'em. I think that was the edge."
#Hawkeyes
This is not the route from Carver to Kinnick I'd take, but I'm also not a basketball that's free from the constraints of a duffel bag for the first time.