Iowa head football coach Kirk Ferentz exposed on Tuesday that Hawkeye graduate quarterback Cade McNamara suffered a concussion throughout Iowa’s 40-14 triumph over the Northwestern Wildcats.
McNamara was mostlikely hurt on Iowa’s 2nd drive of the videogame when he took a difficult hit on a third-and-20 play with 1: 59 left in the veryfirst quarter from the Iowa 36-yard line. The struck resulted in a roughing-the-passer charge, which extended the drive.
That Hawkeye drive ended in an ultimate Iowa punt. On Iowa’s occurring series, McNamara tossed an 85-yard choice 6 to Northwestern protective back Theran Johnson.
McNamara was changed on the Hawkeyes’ 4th drive by junior quarterback Brendan Sullivan.
Asked why he felt McNamara was able to stay in the videogame after the early hit, Ferentz shared that the quarterback revealed no concussion-like signs . According to Ferentz, Iowa was currently preparation on turning its quarterbacks and placing Sullivan for anumberof series.
“I indicate, yeah, he wasn’t sensation excellent, however it wasn’t like he was incoherent by any stretch. But as I stated Saturday, we had currently prepared a rotation going into the videogame, and it simply so takesplace that was the time coincidentally, if you will.
“We were going to do that regardless unless the ball w