by Jerry Feitelberg

photo credit: USA Today Stanford quarterback Kevin Hogan

PALO ALTO–The Rose Bowl should be an excellent game the Iowa Hawkeyes (12-1) have an excellent defense they limited opponents to less than 20 points per game and when it was all said and done it was 18 points per game. There was no doubt about the strength of the Hawkeyes schedule they played Nebraska which ended up (5-7).

The Cornhuskers ended up taking care of UCLA in the Foster Farms bowl with a win 37-29 on Saturday and they had a pretty good offense maybe the Big Ten was tougher than we thought they were. The two quarterbacks that will be matching up for the Rose Bowl for Iowa CJ Beathard with 2570 yards passing and for Stanford quarterback Kevin Hogan 2644 yards passing on New Years Day.

Hogan is a terrific game manager and he has a sensational running game behind with running backs Christian McCaffrey, Barry Sanders, Bryce Love, and David Bright. The Cardinal are loaded on the running game and Hogan uses the passing game to keep the defenses off balance.

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