Iowa Football Continues Climb To Prominence

"Daryll Clark had his worst performance of the year against Iowa last season, it won't happen again."  These were the words of the ESPN College Gameday crew amidst the fanfare of Happy Valley. It seemed that everyone thought old JoePa was going to avenge last year's BCS crippling loss for the Nittany Lions and put Penn State in position to capture the Big Ten crown. Well, at least everyone who does not pay attention to statistics thought that.  The Iowa Hawkeyes have now won seven of the last nine contests against Penn State and their victory last night catapults them from an also-ran to a legitimate threat to shake things up in the conference this season. Iowa certainly did not start out strong against the Nittany Lions; Penn State had a huge opening drive and quickly added a field goal to take a 10-0 lead.  The Hawkeyes, however, have become used to slow starts.  Iowa quarterback Ricky Stanzi has been notorious for his first half performa...