Friday, May 25th, 2012
The Iowa St Cyclones will hit the road to take on in state rival the Iowa Hawkeyes in a college football game on Saturday afternoon.
This game will kick off from Iowa at 3:30PM Eastern Time and you can watch it on ABC Television.
The point spread opened up in this game with the home team Iowa Hawkeyes coming in as 13 1/2 point favorites with the over under coming in at 44.
The bettors have come in early in this game on the home team as the Iowa Hawkeyes are currently lined as a 13 ½ point favorite. The total has been bet upward to a current total of 45.
Those siding with the favored Iowa Hawkeyes on the money line will lay -525 odds with the road underdog Iowa St Cyclones returning +425 to pull off the upset win without the need for taking the points.
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Iowa St head coach Paul Rhoads enters his second season with the club and they return 8 starters on offense and 5 to the defense.
The team finished off 2009 with the 7-6 record and earned a 14-13 bowl victory against Minnesota as a 1 ½ point underdog.
Senior quarterback Austen Arnaud returns in 2010 following a year where he completed on 58.7% of his passes for 2015 yards with 14 touchdowns and 13 picks.
In the teams 27-10 victory last week at home to Northern Illinois as a 4 point favorite the Iowa St signal caller completed on 27 of 36 passes for 265 yards no touchdowns but 2 picks.
The Cyclones leading rusher from last year is back as senior Alexander Robinson produced 97 yards and two rushing touchdowns last week on 19 carries. Robinson produced 1232 yards rushing last season on 232 carries for a 5.2 yards per carry average and 6 touchdowns.
Senior tight end Collin Franklin led the team with 75 yards receiving on 5 catches last week for a pretty good 15 yards per reception average. Junior wide out Darius Darks contributed with 6 catches for 52 yards against Northern Illinois.
Iowa St allowed their opponents an average of 22 points and 416 yards last season. The team allowed only 249 yards to Northern Illinois last week. The Huskies were able to amass 156 yards rushing on the Cyclone defense and that was an issue with Iowa St last year as opposing teams averaged 166 yards rushing against them in 2009.
Head coach Kirk Ferentz welcomes back only 6 offensive starters and 8 to his defense this season.
Iowa had a pretty good year in 2009 posting an 11-2 record and defeated Georgia Tech 24-14 in their Orange bowl game as a 6 point underdog.
The Hawkeyes return senior quarterback Ricky Stanzi back under center. Stanzi led the Hawkeyes to many comeback victories last season and completed 56.3% of his passes for 2417 yards 17 touchdowns and 15 picks.
In last years game against the Cyclones Stanzi hit on 18 of 34 passes for 197 yards four touchdowns and 2 picks in the teams 35-3 road victory as a 6 point favorite.
Stanzi is back healthy after a leg injury last season and in the teams 37-7 victory against Eastern Illinois in week 1 the signal caller hit on 18 of 23 passes for 229 yards 1 touchdown and 1 pick.
Sophomore running back Adam Robinson led the club last season with 877 yards on 181 carries and 5 touchdowns. Against Eastern Illinois the starting back produced 109 yards on 24 attempts with 3 touchdowns.
Senior wide receiver Colin Sanderman produced 4 catches for 59 yards last week as he produced a solid 14.8 yards per reception average.
Iowa had a fantastic defense in their BCS title run last season as the club allowed just 15 points and 277 yards per game.
They held Eastern Illinois to just 157 yards and 6 first downs. Eastern Illinois could only convert on 3 of 13 on third down.
In the Hawkeyes win last year Iowa St self destructed with 6 turnovers and 9 penalties for 79 yards. Iowa was solid in pass defense limiting the Cyclones to just 13 of 31 passing for 113 yards. Austen Arnaud had a poor game for Iowa St hitting on just 10 of 22 for 79 yards with no touchdowns and 4 interceptions.
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