By JAMES ALLAN
hawkeyesports.com
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Greg Davis has stressed the importance of explosive plays since taking over as the University of Iowa offensive coordinator in 2012. The 2015 Hawkeyes are more explosive than Davis imagined.
Iowa is leading the Big Ten Conference with 12 plays from scrimmage of 40-plus yards. The Hawkeyes had 12 such plays all last season and 13 40-plus plays in 2012 and 2013 combined.
“We’re more explosive through seven games than I would have anticipated in August,” Davis said Wednesday during a news conference inside the Stew and LeNore Hansen Football Performance Center.