IOWA CITY, Iowa — Whether it was a flawed game plan or lack of execution, the Hawkeye rushing attack wasn’t quite as potent or powerful against Nebraska on Friday as it was in its most recent three outings.
No. 24 Iowa (4-2) crawled to 35 yards on 17 carries in the first half, hardly the expected output against a Cornhuskers defense that allowed 285 rushing yards to Illinois one week earlier. The second half overall was better — 28 attempts for 94 yards — in part because the Hawkeyes stuck with it in a 26-20 win.
“We wanted to run the ball in the first half,” Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz said. “We had a hard time. Give our opponents credit there. They threw a couple wrinkles at us that we were not playing very cohesively. As a result, I don’t know how many yards we had at halftime rushing, but it wasn’t very impressive. Even in the second half, it wasn’t always pretty, wasn’t always…
