Iowa looks for answers after getting hammered by ASU

The Iowa Hawkeyes have fallen 12 spots to 24th in the latest USA Today\ESPN Coaches Poll. The Hawkeyes suffered what coach Kirk Ferentz termed a “thorough beating” in a 44-7 loss at Arizona State. Andrew Walter threw five touchdown passes as the Sun Devils pounded the Hawks 44-7. Ferentz says A-S-U used max protection and ran good routs and Walter did a good job of putting the ball where he should. The victory allowed Arizona State to avenge a lop sided loss to the Hawkeyes in 2003. Ferentz says the Sun Devils are better and his team is not quite as good as it was a year ago at this point, but he says A-S-U had it all going and his team couldn’t seem to get anything going. Iowa’s offense was smothered as the Hawks managed only 100 yards of total offense and a punt return for a touchdown by Walner Belleus in the waning seconds prevented a shutout. They will need to put this game behind the as they get set for the Big Ten opener at Michigan.