While my hands are still stinging from clapping and my throat's still raw from yelling, I'm going to put this out there. A win is a win is a win. But oh. my. god.
First of all, I was texting during the game and admittedly had given up on my team ("I'm prepared to lose," is what I said). No, I'm not a fair-weather fan; because I was still gonna have my Hawk love, but I really did not think we were going to win. I thought we were going to lose by double digits. I don't have the exact stats, but it felt as though we were down by two touchdowns for half the game. I know it wasn't actually that long, but it REALLY felt like it.
Anyway, my love for McNutt is back in full force and more. I mean, can the kid get any more likable? First, his name is awesome. Second, he catches and he RUNS. I don't even know whether he made one or two touchdowns. It doesn't really matter in my book.
Also, I am SO sick of hearing lame-ass fans shouting and complaining about Stanzi. In case they haven't noticed, we're 9-0. In case they also haven't noticed, the team is ever faithful to their man and that means more to me than any civilian's opinion. I was recently conversing with one of the offensive linemen about the nail-biter at MSU. I expressed my genuine awe and shock at the narrowness of our escape. His reply? "I knew we were going to get it." That's it. He just knew. While I will NEVER be that blindly faithful, I think we can all learn something from that statement. Bitching about our quarterback and believing he should be benched (yes, I heard this today...) is NOT the spirit of the Hawkeyes. The spirit of the Hawkeyes is knowing every player on that field is working to the best of their ability to make not only that game, but each individual block, run, pass, etc the most perfect it can be. As an athlete I can say that NO ONE wants to be the best more than the players themselves. And that's where the faith part comes in. (Shout out to Talya!)
On that note: Hawks, way to bust a McNutt!!!!
ETA: I need to make a shout out to Adrian Clayborn. IMO, the very best defensive player we have right now. And that's AFTER Sash's sweet TD!
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