if there was one bright spot, this was the first game without matt vandeberg, was riley mccarron. he had 78 yards and a touchdown. he also helped out with special teams. what impressed you the most about him? "he was good. desmond king was great on special teams. they really set the table. one thing i did really love about mccarron's game, he did go. and that part of the offense was going a little bit. they had some rhythm going with the short passing game. and i'm talking about 3 step drops at the most. and the short screen was back, the quick game was back. they went away from it... there's going to be no wide receiver coming in with a cape. they are what they are right now, and that's very inexperienced. saturday, i thought that would go more towards george kittle, and it tried. you saw beathard try to fit in some balls that were tough throws." next week at minnesota after this weekend's loss. marc morehouse joining me for the sunday night spotlight. we'll be right back, been on a winning ryder cup team. ... final day is singles play... zach faced matt fitzpatrick and they were

the injuries with george kittle and the loss of matt vandeberg. offensive coordinator greg davis says the challenge for c.j. beathard is working on timing with the new receivers such as jay scheel, jerminic smith and noah fant. "when you talk about throwing the ball and you look at c.j., you have tevaun smith who's in the nfl, henry who's in the nfl, and then you lose matt vandeberg. he had great those guys for three or four years. everything they did, c.j. knew exactly what they were fixing to do... i think one thing we can do, and i think one thing we're looking at this week because we're looking at a bunch of things this week; how can we help those guys either through motion, through stacks, through some things that may help the wide receivers get off press better." trt: 42 oc: "get off press better" team held its media day today. the hawkeyes have a ton of youth and are looking for redemption after playing in the wnit last season. eight straight years the iowa women's basketball team made it to the ncaa tournament. but that streak ended last y

no matt vandeberg, no george kittle. what's wisconsin do best? they stop the run best. so they've got to hit some plays in the passing game. really encouraged by noah fant... baby steps for scheel and smith -- they're getting better every week, you can see it... but they're gonna have to hit some plays int he passing game, with or without george kittle" on paper it's a one-and-five bears team against a packers team trying to find its footing. but that doesn't mean you shouldn't tune into they're trying to find their footing. that does not mean you should one -- bad -- and this rivalry is still alive and well... badly in this rivalry is still alive and well. >> that rivalry is pretty big. they've had their way with us. i'm excited to get back on thursday. we are going to run the game. they are a good football team. we're going to get better. we will be ready to go tomorrow night. >> the bets had gone cold but the cubs offense silencing its critics so far in game four of the nlcs. in game five of the alcs those indians is all they do they -- when. >> 3-0 tribes. party lik

no matt vandeberg, no george kittle. what's wisconsin do best? they stop the run best. so they've got to hit some plays in the passing game. really encouraged by noah fant... baby steps for scheel and smith -- they're getting better every week, you can see it... but they're gonna have to hit some plays int he passing game, with or without george kittle"on paper it's a one-and-five bears team against a packers team trying to find its footing. but that doesn't mean you shouldn't tune into tomorrow night's game -- cough? right here on cbs 2 -- because both te this rivalry is still alive and well... well..."i'm more new to it than maybe some of y'all are but that rivalry's pretty big i think they.... kinda had it their way with us the year before. i think our guys understood that... kinda ecited to get back on thrusday on a short week" week""yeah i'm confident. great confidnece. they're gonna get int here and play and we're gonna win the game. we're a good football team. we're working to get better. we got a good plan, we'll excercise it today and we'll their bats had gone

already without lead matt vandeberg now george kittle could be eliminated. he set a foot spring at purdue. though coach ferentz is not taking kill out they will be limited. even with the iowa running game cant go, that's your number one pass catcher and number one touchdown grabber from last year both out of the lineup.... no matt vandeberg, no george kittle. what's wisconsin do best? they stop the run best. so they've got to hit some plays in the passing game. really encouraged by noah fant... baby steps for scheel and smith -- they're getting better every week, you can see it... but they're gonna have to hit some plays int he passing game, with or without george kittle" floyd of rosedale get's a lot of the hype -- but don't trophy that's also on the line the heartland trophy. that is on the line on saturday at kinnick. the badgers know what is at stake having seen their three- game win streak against the hawks snapped last year. that finish has scotty playing with extra mustard. >> is always a comparison about how the that's one of those things we take to

beathard says no matt vandeberg? no problem -- riley mccaron a monster on offense and special teams -- hawks up at the break....but the offense second half -- and northwestern's thrived -- thorson to the big ten's leading reciever austin carrs -- check in with the fans in row one -- yeah, that's a touchdown -- iowa falls to northwestern 38-31... 38-31...frustrating, stale, call it what you may-- zach hanley has more on a hawkeye team that's left to pick up the pieces - again.... in a game that was iowa's for pieces again. >> in a game that was i was for the taking the hawk's performance on the field was gloomy. it left them searching for answers. >> we have to figure out what we are not doing well right now. there's a fine line between winning and losing games. >> this is depressing. you can hear a pin drop. it's very silent. >> frustrating like 79 yards on 41 carries. frustrating like piling up 70 yards in penalties and frustrating like giving up nearly 200 yards on the ground again. >> we were stuck in sand. i've b

iowa went heavily at wide receiver signing about six guys, and right now only two are left in matt vandeberg, who's now a running back. what does that say about the development. yes, there are still some young receivers, but it has to be a concern right now. "it does. and you look at the attrition rate, back in 2012 they had seven touchdown passes and 10 yards per completion. so they went really heavy and three of their guys transferred and another guy's a running back. there's just really hasn't been any consistency at the position. and those guys are now your juniors phil parker. we talked about the adjusments they made with the run defense. it was horrendous at the beginning of the year, but it really improved in the last three games. "yea, and it seems apparent to me what they did was they just became more intense. and i know that sounds simple. but you look at the way jaleel johnson played before the minnesota week and then the minnesota week and beyond; he went from being a guy that you're wondering what he's doing to a guy who's a first- team all-big ten caliber athlete. then you look

and then you lose matt vandeberg i mean he lost a bunch of guys he had a lot of experience with" with""week eleven it would've been in '13. tevaun smith makes a huge play. and it wasn't like he was lighting it spark plays can really help you and.... one of those breakthrough moments would really help us right now"and the world series is tied one -to-one series is tied the world what, are you gonna cry now? don't be so gullible mcfly. you sit down, sit down. i'd look her right in that fat ugly face of hers. she ate like a pig. you are so stupid. how stupid are the people of the country? i don't want to see you in here again. get him out of here, get out. come on cry baby he's like a little baby cry. i don't know what i said, i don't remember. what are you going to do about people who want to be mean and all this bullying. tell me a little bit more about why that's on your mind. i have asthma and occasionally i've heard people i really do think we need more love and kindness in our country. that's why it's important to stand up to bullies wherever they are, and why we shouldn't let anyb

it was tough for hawkeye fans to see matt vandeberg in a boot after excited to see former hawkeye and current green bay packer, bryan bulaga, who was today's honorary captain. took an early 7-0 lead in the first, but desmond king creates a spark with this punt return. he gets taken down at the five. king had 162 return yards. very next play, akrum wadley gets to the outside and he stretches across the goal-line for tie it up 7-7. northwestern took a 17-7 lead. but the hawkeyes come back as c.j. beathard finds union grad jay scheel who makes a terrific catch on third down. 22 yards, first and goal next play, it's wadley again to the outside and he runs it in for his 2nd touchdown of the game. iowa down 17- 14 brandon snyder had a forced fumble last week, and he forces forced fumble last week, and he forces another one on this play. matt nelson recovers and the iowa offense cashes in. beathard looking and he floats it to dubuque wahlert grad riley mccarron. 15-yard touchdown. iowa with its first lead of the game up 21-17 the hawkeyes started the 2nd half with a field-goal to on a tear.