http://www.statenews.com After nearly 58 minutes of grind-it-out, pound-it-home football Saturday, Iowa turned the game against MSU into a game of inches. Trailing the Spartans 16-13 with 2:13 remaining, the Hawkeyes faced a fourth-and-inches situation at MSU’s 20-yard line. Instead of attempting a 37-yard field goal for the tie, Iowa opted to keep its offense on the field and go for the first down. Iowa quarterback Ricky Stanzi handed the ball to 5-foot-11, 235 bruising running back Shonn Greene, who ran to his left in search of an opening. en-us Gryphon 2.2.3b-tsn (woodward)/Foundry5 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:26:00 -0400 webmaster@statenews.com http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/24026 Go Green! Go White! Go Spartans! We can complain about some problems, but I thought we looked a little fuller today. Thank goodness we one our Homecoming game! Even more, thank God for Mark Dantonio…you can see the passion he’s got for the Spartans! Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:11:09 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/24026 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/24028 We have now proven that we can win behind a less then 100 yrd and 40+ carrying Ringer! Go Green! Go White! Go State! Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:38:56 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/24028 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/24033 Ugly win, but a win nonetheless. This is the type of game that two years ago would have been lost. The D stepped up when they needed to. The O line did not come to play. Still waiting for Hoyer to have a break out game. Hope the injuries to Wiley, Dell, CL Rucker are not serious. Not looking forward to the NW game. I fear the worst. Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:01:42 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/24033 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/24041 Wow, that was an ugly game. Defense played bend, but don’t break on all but one drive, but let’s not bend so much next time. That game had some of the worst playcalling I’ve ever seen. When we recovered the fumble at their 12, we false started, threw an incomplete pass, and then threw a 4 yard pass while at the 19. Seriously, terrible playcalling. That’s only one example too, I could probably find more. I think that kills Ringer’s Heisman hopes, but I’m glad we can win without him doing well. Ugly game, important win. Go Green, Go White! Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:02:21 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/24041 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/24046 I knew that this would be interesting when some nice hawkeye fans that made the trick said that their run defence has been their only bright spot this year and that no team had rushed over 100 yards on them. MSU won but it leaves concerns about what to do against the next tough run defense of when teams simply stack the box. Hoyer was good bbut was put in difficult situations when the run game failed. The team seems unprepared to play pass-first long enough to force the other team to stop playing the run. Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:58:33 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/24046 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/24047 #23 In the Nation!!!! Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:15:31 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/24047 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/24066 Is it just me or has Dell been underperforming lately? I hate to get too negative because he is a great talent, that is also why I am maybe a little more harsh with him. After his monster game vs Cal he has been average since and dropped at least one or two easy catches that hit him square in the hands in each game. Now I understand you can’t be perfect all the time, but Hoyer doesn’t have a lot of those perfect throws in him for each game, so when you get those passes make them count! Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:26:05 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/24066 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/24077 Nice win. I hope Spartans work on the Kick-off team-it’s been bad. Hoyer needs to stop dropping left hand on snaps-bad habit. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:26:00 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/24077