Well, it's hard to do a stats post when NCAA.com isn't coming up for me. So I got my stats from some different source than usual. I don't know that they quite match up correctly, but it should be close. Anyway, with the extra effort I had to put in to find the stats, there's no real analysis. But, as you can see, the teams match up very evenly across the board (much like last week). This game will likely come down to the little things, so Iowa better have them corrected this weekend.

Iowa Offense vs. Michigan State Defense

Category	Iowa O: Stat	Iowa O: Rank	Michigan St. D: Stat	Michigan St. D: Rank	Advantage
Rushing Yards	159.14	53	119	28
Passing Yards	253.86	38	6.01	62
Passing Efficiency	172.93	3	108.28	18	-
Sacks	1.71	51	2.25	48	-
Total Yards	413	43	332.5	32	-
Scoring	33.71	31	17	18	-
Turnovers	5	2	20	8	-
3rd Down Conversion	50.00	13	37.86	51
Red Zone %	92%	12	78%	37

Overall Advantage: Very even. Ricky Stanzi could give Iowa a slight edge though

Just a quick PSA here. The Athletic Department is calling for fans to Blackout Kinnick Stadium for the game this weekend against Michigan State. The forecast for Saturday looks perfect (high of 64, partly cloudy) for a football game...no need for a winter coat, so there should be no excuse not to wear black. If we can pull off black and gold stripes, then an all black stadium should be no problem, right?

Oh, and just because...

After DJK broke the Iowa record for career receiving yards two weeks ago I decided to take a look at what other records current Hawkeyes have a chance at breaking this year or in the future.

Derrell Johnson-Koulianos

Career Receiving Yards: 2,368 (1st)
Career Receptions: 157 (Tied for 1st)
Career Touchdowns: 15 (Record is 21 by Tim Dwight)
Season Touchdowns: 8 (Record is 11 by Maurice Brown)

DJK is on pace for 15 TDs this season. If that happens he will break both the career and season receiving touchdown records. He also just need 1 more reception to stand alone as the career leader in number of receptions and receiving yards.

Adam Robinson

Career Rushing Yards: 1,571 (Record is 4,156 by Sedrick Shaw)
Career Touchdowns: 14 (Record is 33 by Tavian Banks)
Season Touchdowns: 9 (Record is 17 by Tavian Banks)

Robinson is on pace to finish this year with 1,368 yards (which would be the 4th highest) bringing his careers total just over 2,000 yards. Keep in mind he has two full seasons ahead of him to challenge the career records. If Robinson stays healthy and continues to be Iowa's featured back, he has a shot at putting up huge career numbers.

Ricky Stanzi

Season Touchdowns: 16 (Record is 27 by Chuck Long)
Season Completion Percent: 68.1% (Record is 67.1% by Chuck Long)

Stanzi is putting together a remarkable season. There are still a couple of good defense left on the schedule, but if Stanzi keeps playing at this high level (which I think he will...he's working too hard to have a complete drop off at least) he could have one of, if not the best seasons statistically of any Iowa quarterback.

Tyler Sash

Career Interceptions: 12 (Record is 18 by Nile Kinnick and Devon Mitchell)
Career Interception Return Yards: 386 (1st)

Sash only has 1 interception this year, but still has half of this season remaining and all of his senior year. As a freshman he had 6 INTs and as a sophomore 5, so 6 more is not out of the question.

Ray Hamilton
3Strongsville 51 - Nordonia 41 | (6-3)
Strongsville stormed out to an early lead and held a 38-7 advantage at halftime. Nordonia put together a good second half making the game a shoot out. The Mustangs were able to hold on and won 55-41. Hamilton had a huge game for Strongsville. He had 3 first half touchdown receptions and finished the game with 6 receptions for 115 yards. And, as always, here's his latest blog post.

Next Game: vs. Solon - 10/29

Austin Blythe
W Williamsburg 28 - Maquoketa 18 | (8-1)
Williamsburg finished off its regular season with a win. The Raiders trailed after 2 quarters, but scored 20 unanswered to start the second half. The Raiders now enter the Iowa Class 3A playoffs [pdf]. No mentions of Blythe were found.

Next Game: vs. Maquoketa - 10/27 (Playoffs, 1st Round)

Jake Duzey
L Athens 21 - Troy 38 | (3-6)
Athens gave up over 400 rushing yards in a loss to Troy on Friday. The loss ends the Redhawks' season at 3-6 as they fail to make the playoffs. Duzey had 175 all purpose yards in the loss, a lot coming from 5 receptions for 74 yards. He also had 33 rushing yards and 68 return yards. Here are the stats for his senior season:

• Rushing: 34 carries, 147 yards
• Receiving: 38 receptions, 629 yards, 4 TDs
• Defense: 21 tackles, 6 sacks, 3 fumble recoveries
• Returns: 4 punt returns for 30 yards, 12 kickoff returns for 223 yards

Season Over

There was quite a bit more movement in the poll this week. There were a number of top 25 teams that went head-to-head that resulted in the biggest changes. Also, for the first time this year I really sat down and took a good long look at strength of schedule and put significant weight to it in my rankings. Before I was looking mostly at big wins, but this week I looked at the whole body of work. I still included overall record, head-to-head results, and performance/statistics in my rankings.