I’m not going to lie to you and say that I wasn’t concerned after Iowa’s first drive went 3 and out and Washington then went 73 yards in 14 plays (even if they came away with no points). I was certainly happy that Iowa answered with a 9 play, 80 yard TD drive (fueled by some nice runs by KJ2 and KM28), but Washington came right back another 14 play, 75 yard TD drive and it felt, to me, like it was only a matter of time until their offense took over.
If I’m being honest, I was very doom and gloom in the first quarter (who am I kidding, I didn’t relax at all until Jermari Harris’ INT) and even though we took a 2 score lead into the break, I wasn’t sure it would hold.