That new coach just won't quit

In what I will call a methodical, grind out game plan, the Cyclones toppled the Hawk's 15-13, all ISU scoring done on the leg of Bret Culbertson.

We did not see Austin Arnaud during this game, as Bret Meyer's game was passable. Bret only gave up the football once, carrying the ball like a loaf of bread on a QB draw.

The running game wasn't especially devastating most of the game, but usually got the Clones to 3rd and 5 situations a lot.

RJ Sumrall is my MVP, that kid gave ISU a ton of 3rd down conversions and was ALWAYS across the needed yardage. He finished with 7 catches for 62 yards.

Backup Quarterback Philip Bates even got some field time as a wide out. The 5 wide set required Iowa to cover Bates with a linebacker, which 38 yards later got the Cyclones inside of Iowa territory for the final time.

The crowd was alive with the chattering of teeth, as all good ISU fans know, we don't play for the field goal to win the game. With 5 seconds left in the game, Bret Culbertson kicked the winning field goal with 1 tick left on the clock.

Anyone who tells you that Iowa "almost" returned the ensuing kickoff back for a TD, is lying by about 30 yards.

The defense was solid and had 4 sacks, so my hat goes off to Wayne Bolt (ISU D Coordinator). He just out foxed Norm Turner, whose only job was to sack a QB who had previously been taken down 107 times, in 3 years.

ISU may not have the better players, but with the coaching and HEART we saw today, anything is possible.