Mr. Rice, it's more fun to win than play a good game and lose.

QUOTE from Grantland Rice: "It doesn't matter whether you win or lose, but how you play the game."

I'm going to have to disagree with the above quote by Grantland Rice. Two days ago the Iowa Hawkeyes played the University of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh dominated the first 41 minutes and 49 seconds of the game. They were leading by a score of 24-3 when the Hawks finally scored a touchdown on a one yard run by quarterback James Vandenberg with 1:16 left in the third to make it 24-10. Then Pitt kicked a field goal with 12:09 left in the fourth quarter to make it 27-10. At this point the Hawkeyes went to a no-huddle offense and took off in the greatest comeback in Iowa football history.

At the 9:55 mark Vandenberg threw a 14 yard pass to Keenan Davis to make it 27-17. We held and got the ball. At the 6:19 mark Vandenderg threw a 25 yard to Martin-Manley to make it 27-24. We held and got the ball again. Then Vandenberg threw a 22 yard pass to Martin-Manley at the 2:51 mark and the Hawks were leading 31-27. AT THIS POINT THE 70,000 IOWA FANS IN KINNICK STADIUM ERUPTED IN UTTER JOY. THE CHEERING WAS EVEN LOUDER WHEN MYCAH HYDE INTERCEPTED A PITT PASS AT THE 1:41 MARK. At that point all we had to do was run out the clock.

HAWKS WIN 31-27. It was the greatest comeback in Hawkeye football history. Up to this point the greatest comeback was when the 1949 Hawkeyes fell behind Oregon 24-6 with 2:30 left in the third quarter and ended up winning 34-31.

Now getting back to the QUOTE. There is no doubt it is a lot more fun to win. I can assure you I did not feel very good last week when Iowa State beat us in triple overtime. Even if Iowa had played a better game I still wouldn't have been a happy camper.

HUMOR for today is a quote from Erma Bombeck: "If a man watches three football games in a row he should be declared leglly dead."

I should be dead. On Saturday I watched 3-4 games and on Sunday I watched three more.