BRUCE KITTLE

Last post I looked at what possibly could have been missing that the Hawks found in a one week period to come back after getting throttled at PSU to defeat Michigan at home in an absolutely terrific game. I talked about hard work, continuing to believe in yourself and your team, and focusing on improving and doing the little things correctly that separate winning from losing. We did not see any big changes in schemes or approach, and no new players other than a couple due t

A week ago Iowa traveled to Penn State and had it taken to them pretty good. One of the worst losses/performances an Iowa team had put out for a long time. At 5-4 with some bland and unspectacular performances thus far in what many had set for very high expectations, fans, media, coaches, and even players, were pretty clear that "something" was missing for this team, but what? Was it leadership? Coaching? Schemes? Will? Effort? Desire? Execution? Chemistry of some kind? M