[NU Sports] genius or luck?

[Jim Bendat]

Tom Maycock wrote:

>>Since no one else has mentioned it:   I think that Walker made a
>>HORRIBLE
>>decision to punt on 4th and 2 from the Iowa 41 when we were down
>>27-14 and  there were about 8 minutes left in the game.  
>>    
>>
>
>My feeling that we should have gone for it was based in pessimism--I
>didn't think our defense could keep stopping them, or that the offense
>was playing well enough to afford giving up the ball at that point.
>
>You could argue that Walker's decision was just the opposite: a display
>of confidence in both his offense and his defense. 
>  
>
Right -- consider the second half score of the game:  NU 21, Iowa 3 !!