Iowa vs. Eastern Illinois

First game of the year and it was a great weekend in the number one city, the IC.  Everything from the first time this season i walk up the hill to Kinnick from downtown to the atmosphere of a full stadium.  You cant say to much about this game besides its good to finally see the Hawks going for what I expect to be a dream season.  I'm not going to beat around the bush, I'm a Jihadic Hawk fan and I will be dissapointed if we don't go to the national championship or at least the Rose bowl.  I cant try to be rational when I have all that emotion wrapped up in a program that is a way of life for me.  That being said we played a division II opponent so its hard to gauge what Stanzi and the offense can do against a bigger and faster big ten defense but they put together some promising drives.  Adam Robinson is one tough runner.  He is a slightly different version of Fred Russell, a small but tough runner who can pick up some yards after contact.  You really cant ask to much more from Robinson.  He comes to play and you better not size him up, literally.  The stadium went from a pretty rowdy crowd for the first game of the season to a choked  up heartbroken group after Stanzi lost his footing and went down wrong.  I personally had a dropped jaw and my hands on my head having flashbacks of Northwestern last year but when I seen him run off with a limp I felt somewhat better.  He eventually returned and all in all Stanzi had a pretty good day hitting receivers in stride and putting together good drives.  He overthrew a wide open Mcnutt which would of put seven points up and helped the stats out but he looked poised and ready to lead the troops into a season long battle.  "USA number one.  Love it or Leave it".  As for Clayborn and the uglies I seen a defense that is going to be very dominate especially when we get Prater and Binns back.  I seen a few mistakes but the one that stood out the most was Micah Hyde not turning around on a ball that was thrown down the visitor sideline which resulted in a good gain for Eastern Illinois ultimately setting them up for their lone touchdown.  A play that Hyde had great positioning on if he would of watched the receivers eyes a bit more and turned on that thing.  Aside from that drive the Iowa Defense looked like they came ready to lay the wood especially Sash and Clayborne both of which laid pretty decent hits throughout the game.  My favorite Iowa player of all time is Bob Sanders and their is one reason why,  he was physically electric and I like a physical defender, it's exciting and intimidating.  My point being is I liked seeing Sash and Claybourne lay the wood.  I'll tell you one thing I'm glad Iowa football has returned and its going to be a good season.  Look out Iowa State!  Go Hawks!