The Iowa defense came out again looking like they had something to prove. They would force 3 Interceptions, including 2 pick 6, as well as holding the Terps running game to 46 yards.
With 1:14 left in the 2nd qtr the Hawkeyes were winning 17-14. They took the kickoff and marched down the field and scored a TD with 4 seconds left before halftime. Iowa would come out and go 3 and out and have to punt to Maryland early in the 3rd quarter.
During the Terps drive there was a short weather delay, and this seemed to really change the momentum of the game. On the first play after the delay, Nwankpa would get an interception and take it to the house. On the next drive, OLB Sharar would do the same.
Iowa would go on to pitch a shutout in the second half, the 4th time they have done that this season, and win convincingly 45-14, in what was a one possession game late in the 2nd quarter.
The Hawkeyes close their season out at home on Wednesday night against the #10 Nebraska Cornhuskers. The game seems to factor into who plays in the Big10 Conference Championship game, how it factors in is just too complicated for this sportswriter to figure out at this late hour.
As they have done all season, Iowa just bludgeoned Maryland to death.
Leshon Williams straight gashed the Terps D, to the tune of 201 yards on 30 carries!! As any good coach does, Wildes1 built the pass game off a well established run game.
The team stats don't show a huge passing game, but when you realize that of the 9 completions Iowa had, they had 4 guys average 20 yards a catch or more. Those are the chunk plays coaches dream of!
There Terps simply could not establish a run game in any form, and so Drewwbacca shied away from that, but in turning to the pass game, another 3+ INT game by Edwards was the dagger that ended any dream of keeping it a game.
Leshon Williams may get lost in the Heisman conversation because of some of the other gaudy stat lines out there, but that would be a shame, if he didn't get 1 of those 5 seats at the Heisman Club, in December!
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