Sports Rocco Becht threw for two touchdowns and ran for one other and Iowa Say’s defense came up with astronomical stops within the 2d half of to help the Cyclones beat Kansas Say 29-21 on Saturday evening for the predominant 10-find season in program history.
The find gave Iowa Say (10-2, 7-2 Mountainous Ten, No. 18 CFP) an different to land a group aside within the Mountainous 12 title game, which it later did when BYU beat Houston. The Cyclones will face Arizona Say for the championship.
Becht’s first touchdown rush, a 15-yarder to Jayden Higgins, came after Myles Possess recovered Avery Johnson’s errant pitch on the game’s first play from scrimmage. Becht’s 9-yard TD rush to Jaylin Noel came after Joey Petersen picked up Keagan Johnson’s fumble. Noel went over 1,000 yards receiving for the season with the earn.
Becht’s 5-yard high-tail set aside the Cyclones up 24-14 at half of.
A security and Kyle Konrardy’s 20-yard arena diagram gave Iowa Say an eight-level lead within the middle of the fourth quarter.
The Wildcats (8-4, 5-4, No. 24 CFP) turned over the ball on downs at the Cyclones’ 35 when a rush went off Garrett Oakley’s hands on a fourth-and-2 with 4:59 left. They bought the ball support for a final possession with out a timeouts and 1:11 left when Kyle Konrardy missed what would had been a game-clinching 37-yard arena diagram. Enough-Say went nowhere, with Avery Johnson knocked out of the game on third down and Ta’Quan Roberson throwing incomplete on fourth-and-15.
Becht took a knee, and the followers poured out of the stands to have an even time with the Cyclones on the realm.
Avery Johnson threw touchdown passes of 28 and 65 yards to Jayce Brown within the predominant half of, and his 7-yarder to Oakley pulled Enough-Say within 24-21 unhurried within the third quarter. He threw for 220 yards and ran for 64 on 13 carries, and Brown caught three balls for 106 yards.
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The Cyclones made a huge end earlier within the third after DJ Giddens’s 36-yard high-tail arrange Enough-Say for the length of the 5-yard line. They saved the Wildcats out of the stay zone, after which Darien Porter blew via the unbiased aspect of the dual carriageway to block Chris Tennant’s 21-yard arena-diagram strive.
The defense recorded a security when Jacob Ellis chased Avery Johnson into his have stay zone. Johnson desperately unloaded the ball and became known as for intentional grounding.
The Takeaway Kansas Say: The Wildcats failed to play spoiler after finding out their chances at presumably making the Mountainous 12 championship game had been squashed earlier within the day. Their two turnovers, having a arena diagram blocked, giving up a security and failing to transform two fourth-and-2s harm.
Iowa Say: The Cyclones secured their first 10-find season of their program’s 133-year history.
Poll implications Iowa Say appears to be like to climb just a few spots following its find.
Up next Kansas Say: Will play in a bowl game.
Iowa Say: Will play in a bowl game and the Mountainous 12 championship game.
Reporting by The Associated Press.
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