Ferentz: 'The best two-minute drill we've ever had'

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Saturday night's high-tension, higher-drama Iowa-Michigan State game ended with both teams' cheerleaders in tears. The see-saw last few minutes concluded with Iowa QB Ricky Stanzi's 7-yard touchdown pass to Marvin McNutt on the final play from scrimmage. After the No. 7 Hawkeyes' 15-13 victory, several of the winners broke down that final snap: The lead-up A touchdown and extra point with 1:37 left—the first such score for either team—put the Spartans ahead 13-9 and brought bedlam to a near-sellout crowd at Spartan Stadium. The deficit wasn't the lone thing that made Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz anxious; his squad skipped its usual hurry-up offense work at the end of Thursday's practice. "The next two-minute drill we might do is next spring," he said after the game, "because that was the best two-minute drill we've had." But how would it end? Stanzi had led the undefeated Hawkeyes to the MSU 7-yard ...