Future

This victory was a major victory for the Hawks. Shonn Greene got the National Player of the Week Award and Norm Parker got the Defensive Coordinator Award. It generated buzz everywhere and Iowa was even declared the National Team of the Week. It completely turned their season around and somewhat made up for their other losses. Now they can look to go 8-4 and have a very good season. If they do finish strong and win the next two games, they will look for a good bowl bid and set themselves up for next season when they should be very good. I was looking at bowl projections and one expert had them in the very good Outback Bowl against South Carolina, and the other had them in the Champs Sports Bowl against Virgina Tech. I don't know if they predicted different records or what but that's a huge difference. If they win the bowl game, depending on what bowl game it is, they could start next season out in the top 25 rankings and become the team they were a few years ago. And if Shonn Greene does decide to return next year, though doubtful, they would be a team to reckon with and would possibly be one of the strongest Hawkeye teams we've seen in a long time. And it all started with this win. This win showed it was possible to do and that this was a great team with missed oppurtunities. It gave the confidence and hope all across the state to be able to do great things and now has high hopes for what's to come.