akrum wadley and leshun daniels were a perfect 1-2 punch... wadley led the way with 121 yards rushing and two touchdowns... leshun had 83 yards on the ground and two touchdowns of his own... the hawkeyes had a total of five rushing touchdowns. "definitely allows you to go into each drive fresh. when akrum gets a little tired, i can come in and think it really helps where defenses down a little bit." "we think both guys are really going practicing well. our whole running back group has practiced well this preseason. they seem to compliment each other well today. if we can continue to keep some balance, i think that'd be really good for both guys. so, i thought that worked out real well." trt: 28 oc: "worked out real well" ... the northern iowa football team opened the season with a huge win against iowa state on the road. it's the third time the cyclones in the last six meetings... scott westerberg has a recap. uni entered this game with a lot of question marks on defense and when it was all said and done, the panthers looked like a veteran grou

iowa would score on the drive as leshun daniels runs it in for a 2-yard touchdown... 7-0 hawkeyes ... iowa always talks about the next man in... jack hockaday replaces jewell and he lays a big hit picked up by waukon grad parker hesse... he takes it all the way down to the 11-yard line ... 2 plays later, the pitch to akrum wadley... he uses his speed to beat everyone for the 11-yard touchdown... hawkeyes take a 14-0 lead ... miami of ohio tries to get on the board... but anthony nelson comes up with the sack... fumble on the play... it's recovered by xavier grad matt nelson ... on the ensuing hawkeye side... and it's pay dirt... he goes 43 yards for his 2nd touchdown of the game... iowa led 21-0 after the first quarter ... in the 2nd, wadley gets some great blocking and he scores with ease for his 2nd touchdown.. hawkeyes led 28-7 at halftime ... 3rd quarter, c.j beathard fires over the middle to jerminic smith... he hangs on for the 12-yard touchdown... iowa cruises in the season opener winning 45-21... we'll have more tonight at 10 northern iowa and iowa state will square off at jac

through 2 weeks of the college football season -- leshun daniels has been running wild -- 3 touchdowns - 2 weeks of college football been running well. 3 touchdowns, 195 yards, 25 carries. almost 8 yards the pop every time he touches the ball. the most impressive, his thunder, looking like i was waiting. daniels is running away from defenders pervy he is faster than he looks.>> he launched caughey moves as good as i do, i believe in myself, with my speed and >>> i said he would screw. reputation of being in possession back, everyone talks of possession receivers but he is pop a couple big one, had a couple big ones last year. he is a little faster than people might think. >> for more on hawkeye football 2nd down on eye on the hot tonight on her sister station fox28, we will break down i was matchup with north dakota this year in lone tree. lines first year in the a man game but that hasn't changed their head coach chad shields message 15. get there. are coach of the week, thomas. >>> in lone tree there is one name everyone knows. >> if you talk to anyone around town they know who chad

it all starts with the iowa running game and akrum wadley and leshun daniels provided another 1-2 punch and they did it with a new starti standout lucas legrand stepped in for the injured james daniels and helped pave the way for 435 yards of total offense. what did you think if lucas? he did a great job he stepped in not expecting to play until a couple days ago and he stepped in and a great job. job and that's all we can ask for a guy like that he hasn't had much game playing time and especially starting like that he did a want to lose a player certainly but he did a really nice job his teammates all supported him and did a really nice job sot :30 "did a really nice job " congrats to mount vernon 6"5 315 pound tackle tristan wirfs who was invited to play in the army all- american football game.. he will join fellow future hawkeyes aj epenesa and eno benjamin in the all american game. what a thrill for prairie senior jessica heims competing in the 400 finals tonight at the rio,, jess running in lane four set a pr by 2 seconds and finished in 7th place in 1:09.17. to the links and the s

more information on this event -- head to our through 2 weeks of the college football season -- leshun daniels has been running wild -- 3 touchdowns -- and 195 yards -- on just 25 carries -- that's almost 8 yards a pop -- everytime he touches the ball but the most impressive thing -- iowa's thunder -- is looking like iowa's lightning -- daniels is running away from defender's -- proving he's faster than he looks "i was just trying to ... i don't know... do to much just going out there and playing football.. and i think that's one of the main differences that i've been doing this year... i'm just kind of using my strengths." strengths." "i teased him the other night i said you're going to loose your ... screw up your reputation of being a possession back. everybody talks about possession receivers, but he's popped a couple big ones now and had a couple big ones last year too so yeah leshun's probably a little faster than people might think."so obviously north dakota state will be paying close attention to daniels -- but he won't be the only one -- all eyes will be turned the ball over -- and th

it all starts with the iowa running game and akrum wadley and leshun daniels provided another 1-2 punch and they did it with a new starting center.. former dubuque senior basketball standout lucas legrand stepped in for the injured james daniels and helped pave the way for 435 yards did a great job he stepped in not expecting to play until a couple days ago and he stepped in and a great job. job and that's all we can ask for a guy like that he hasn't had much game playing time and especially starting like that he did a great job.the last couple weeks he really practiced well and so you never want to lose a player certainly but he did a really nice job his teammates all supported him and did a really nice job sot :30 "did a really nice congrats to mount vernon 6"5 315 pound tackle tristan wirfs who was invited to play in the army all- american football game.. he will join fellow future hawkeyes aj epenesa and eno benjamin in the all american game. what a thrill for prairie senior jessica heims competing in the 400 finals tonight at the paralympics in rio,, jess running in lane four set a

the hawks did put together a nice drive capped off by the leshun daniels one yard touchdown run.. and the iowa defense came up big jack hockaday who replaced jewell with the big hit forcing the fumble and nice return by parker hesse who came up gimpy knocking him out of the lineup.. that set up this akrum wadley 11 yard touchdown run and a big day for akrum who rushed for 121 yards.. "jerminic smith had that little cute, got a little high-step going, and then they must of got off the block and then i went in there. coach brian ferentz told me, 'don't do that no more.'" and iowa "d" forced another turnover moments later big anthony nelson with the sack and former xavier standout matt nelson gobbles it up.. it was a big day for the firm of nelson and nelson., "i had a lot of butterflies, but after that, i had my teammates helping me and after comfort zone." and iowa doing some damage on the ground in the first half.. daniels showing off his speed look at the big rumble 43 yards for his second td and a 21-nothing iowa first quarter lead.. "i don't get that many type of plays. wheneve

leshun daniels bounces it to the outside... and he goes for another big one... 43 yard score... he had 112 yards rushing... the cy-hawk trophy is staying in iowa city as the "you mixed it up a lot" "yea. that's good team football. it's good iowa team football." "double-reverse and everything." "yea, i'm glad we were able to pull it out, make some plays. but again, that's the offensive line doing their job and that's what happens." "what's it mean to you as a senior to keep that trophy?" "it's great. anytime you win a rivalry game, it's awesome. these fans are great, so to win it in front of them is great." trt: 23 oc: "front of them is great" ... the northern iowa football this is the first time the griz have been to the uni dome since 1987. ... panthers are 0-5 all-time against the griz ... 1st quarter, montana draws first blood... josh horner fakes the handoff and finds a wide open brady gustafson on the far sideline... he walks in for the 34-yard touchdown... montana also added a field goal to lead 10-0 ... uni finds some momentum later in the quarter... aaron bailey on the a

leshun's probably a little faster than people might think." think." so obviously north dakota state will be paying close attention to daniels -- but he won't be the only one -- all eyes will be on c.j. beathard -- so far the senior all eyes will be on cj. goes.. "really good athlete, makes all the throws , knows there system inside and out and he doesnt' make the mistake... you know that's the one thing you notice it's a typical they aren't going to beat themselves and with that being said we have to eliminate some of the mistakes that we've made to give ourselves a chance, but beathard's an exceptional football player." football looks a little different this year in lone tree -- it's the lions first year in the 8 man game -- but that hasn't changed their head coach -- chad shield's message to his team -- get there chad shield -- our ed thomas coach of the week week in lone tree -- there's one name that everybody knows -- "if you talk to anyone around town they know whch is, they know what he's all abo. about... -- that's lion football -- "i'm a number guy by trade and trying to break down defenses and offenses are... is a fun thing for me to do."but