Hunter named co-Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week
Jeremiha Hunter earned a share for the B10STPOW for blocking the second field goal at the end of the game on Saturday.
Surprise, Surpise: Iowa no longer in the top 25
After struggling with UNI, the Hawkeyes have dropped out of both the AP and USA Today Top 25. I'm sure all the voters heard about the game due to the unique ending and decided that Iowa must be terrible since they barely beat a team from the lowly FCS.
Ferentz Presser
Coach Ferentz addressed the media yesterday in his weekly Tuesday Press Conference as well as the Big Ten Coaches Conference Call. I think the biggest news of the day was that Vandervelde is back practicing well and could see some playing time on Saturday against Iowa State. This is definitely good considering the struggles along the o-line in game 1. I expect his amount of playing time to depend on how well Doering is playing. If the line is dominating all day long, then there's no need to rush Vandervelde back.
New 2-deeps
The new depth chart is out for the Iowa State game. There are not many changes, but here are a few things to note:
- DJK is still number 2…some people are still upset about this, but I think McNutt showed last week why he's the starter. I'm guessing that DJK will be the first to come in off the bench this week instead of Chaney (though Chaney played well too).
- Robinson has jumped Paki, deservingly so.
- Calloway is back and listed as the starter at left tackle, thankfully.
- Richardson is listed with an "or" at each guard position. I have to think Gettis is the one that loses out.
- Murray is no longer an "or" with Mossbrucker (redshirt?)
- Castillo is the starter again. Micah Hyde and Lowe are the backups. Hopefully he can play better now that he has a game under his belt.