Blog Ten Gameday: Northwestern Hands Iowa Its First Loss

Northwestern 17  Iowa 10  Final

You felt that it would come eventually with the way the Iowa Hawkeyes always seem to be teetering on the edge of disaster every Saturday, but you would have hoped it wouldn’t be due to an injury.  After the Hawkeyes jumped out to a quick 10-0 lead on Northwestern on Saturday morning in Iowa City, quarterback Ricky Stanzi had to leave the game after injuring his leg while being sacked.

It turns out that Stanzi has a sprained right ankle, and he never returned to the game, leaving the keys to Iowa’s title hopes in the hands of redshirt freshman James Vanderberg...

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