I could use a cigarette.

Final Score ISU 44 Iowa 41:  It took the Cyclones three overtimes to pull out the victory.   Yet it was it a satisfying win.   I actually believe this was one of the best days in quite sometime for tailgating and football.   The weather was fantastic, Iowa State had a full stadium, and the Cyclones won.   Before the game there wasn’t much wind, the only air movement was that of the Hawkeye fans talking about their assured victory.   After the game things turned quiet.  Before the game I predicted that turnovers would be the difference.   I was wrong, ISU lost the turnover battle, but won the third down and fourth down conversion battle.   ISU won the total yards battle 473 to Iowa’s 365.   ISU was dominant in both rushing and receiving.   Iowa edged out the time of possession 31 to 29 minutes.   But overall Iowa State had a very good handle on this game.   This game most definitely provided a Happy Ending. 

Next up Connecticut:  The Huskies are the 2010 defending Big East champs and the conference’s BCS representative, and they’re coming off their fourth straight bowl appearance and an 8-5 season after a loss to Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl. The Huskies lost on Saturday to Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt Stadium after a Casey Spear's 32-yard field goal, that gave Vanderbilt a 24-21 victory.  Last year U-Conn beat a Vanderbilt team handily, handing Vanderbilt a 19 point loss at home.  This weeks loss brings the U-Conn Huskies to 1-1 record on the year.  There has been talk about Iowa State possibly getting an invitation to the Big East Conference when the Big XII tears down the Conference Tailgate .   The Commish says that is unlikely, but for those who enjoy a good story line, perhaps this game is a glimpse into a future Big East Rival. 

   

History in College football this week.  Alan Moore, a 61-year-old Vietnam veteran and grandfather of five, became the oldest player in a college football game when he kicked an extra point for Faulkner, an N.A.I.A. college in Montgomery, Ala. Moore wore a square-toe shoe and eschewed a soccer-style kick for a straight-ahead approach. He gave Faulkner a 25-0 lead in the second half of a 41-19 win over Ave Maria, playing its first game ever.

Moore, who kicked during his freshman year at Mississippi’s Jones College in 1968 before going to Vietnam, “is a couple of months older” than Tom Thompson was when he kicked off for Division III Austin College in 2009, according to Kent Stephen, a historian at the College Football Hall of Fame .  So you are saying there is a chance.