[BostonCard]

With all due respect, the RB was "blown open" on the first play from scrimmage when CMac waltzed 75 yards through a previously respected defense.  The Rector play was just a fillip.

No offense taken; that's why I put "blew up" in quotes, since that was ESPN's characterization, not mine.

FWIW, In  theory, Iowa could have recovered from the 75 yard touchdown.  Had they come back and scored on the ensuing drive, it would have been 7-7.  The play that really destroyed them was Meeks pick-6.  We were ahead 14-0, but Iowa was mounting its first sustained drive; it was a third and very makeable 3 from our 36 yard line, and moments later it was 21-0 in the first quarter, and the rest of the game, including the fake fumble, was a formality.

BC

[BostonCard]

With all due respect, the RB was "blown open" on the first play from scrimmage when CMac waltzed 75 yards through a previously respected defense.  The Rector play was just a fillip.

No offense taken; that's why I put "blew up" in quotes, since that was ESPN's characterization, not mine.

FWIW, In  theory, Iowa could have recovered from the 75 yard touchdown.  Had they come back and scored on the ensuing drive, it would have been 7-7.  The play that really destroyed them was Meeks pick-6.  We were ahead 14-0, but Iowa was mounting its first sustained drive; it was a third and very makeable 3 from our 36 yard line, and moments later it was 21-0 in the first quarter, and the rest of the game, including the fake fumble, was a formality.

BC