Hawkeyes Disappoint Again

Sadly today Penn State's slumbering offense woke up against Iowa.
Anthony Morelli threw for 233 yards and a touchdown, Rodney Kinlaw ran for a career-high 168 yards and two scores and the Penn State defense shut down the Hawkeyes in a 27-7 win Saturday at Beaver Stadium. After two straight defeats marked by turnovers and red-zone mistakes, a beleaguered offense gained 489 yards and came up big in some key situations for Penn State (4-2, 1-2 Big Ten).
Our Struggling Iowa Hawkeyes (2-4, 0-3) lost its eighth straight conference game!

This day has many of us wondering if we are going to win ANY games this year. We support the Hawkeyes mightily, but in the pit of our stomaches we already feel the twisting nervousness of what will happen next week against Illinois !!





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Hawkeyes And Fans Are At A Loss

Today, Saturday, September 29th, 2007, the Hawkeyes were beaten by Illinois, and the players and their fans, are wondering if we can win ANY games this year. The fans ranged from heartbroken to angry, at the antics by the offense, and the only good words were for how well the defense did, until they just plain got worn out from being on the field so long.

Whoever was calling the plays for the Hawkeyes, must have a fetish for Boston College, and their former quarterback, Doug Flutie and his Hail Mary pass which saved the game for them. However Christensen is no Doug Flutie, and the Hawkeyes are no Boston College, so get the offensive coordinator to pull his head out and get back to some basic football plays. These are too inexperienced to try once in a lifetime plays, "every" play.

Iowa (2-3, 0-2) played added to its difficulties with penalties and breakdowns in pass protection. Jake Christensen passed for 308 yards and three TDs but was sacked nine times, with end Jammie Kirlew getting four of those sacks. The Hawkeyes also missed two field goals, including a straight-on 25-yarder, and an extra point. The haven't won a Big Ten game since beating Purdue 47-17 last Oct. 7.

Kellen Lewis threw two touchdown passes and was officially credited with a third when he ran 71 yards after picking up a teammate's fumble, leading Indiana to a 38-20 victory over Iowa on Saturday.

Next week it is on to Penn State, and a tough team, Perhaps, the coaches will use this week to try and come up with some realistic plays to move the ball down the field, because the defense cannot win the game by itself!! Good Luck!!



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Loss of Good Neighbor

A very nice man died this week and it gives a person a different perspective on life. Our neighbor Gale D. Stone, of 1013 Dover Street, Iowa City, died suddenly at him home on Monday, May 14, 2007. He was just 62 years old and had retired in March of this year after having served in the Navy for twenty years as a cryptologist and twenty-two years as a supervisor at the Veteran’s Administration Medical Center in Iowa City.
I never knew that about him until after he died, because he was one of those people we know as acquaintances, but not in depth. I have lived next door to him and his wife Alice, for a few years, and have spoken to them briefly, but it is usually just a smile, a wave, a quick hello and then I am off, rushing, usually to work, but it could be anywhere.
In our times we do not usually take the time to know our neighbors like people did when I was growing up. Our lives get so cluttered with all sorts of minor things and we are so busy we can barely breath, let alone take the time to sit on the porch with the neighbors or anyone for that matter. Perhaps your lives are drastically different and you do know the neighbors well and they are like family too you. If that is the case I congratulate you and hope that after this week I can get to know the other neighbors better.
This nice man died just weeks after another nice neighbor down the street lost his wife; again just a wave and a hello kind of acquaintance, but the loss left this world a little darker. I knew him mostly through walking my friends dog as he was out walking his two dogs, but to see these people and the smile and wave was a nice way to start or end a long day.
So if your life sounds like mine and you are always rushing around and don’t know your neighbors, maybe grab a treat, stop by a neighbors place, knock on the door and say hello. Perhaps you’ll get to know them a little better than just a smile, a wave, and a hello.
The world is a little darker for the loss of these nice people, may they rest in peace.
I hope to get to know my other neighbors better.