This from LA Times ' Pummled in Pasadena'
Football players often look for motivation in perceived slights during the week leading up to bowl games. For Stanford Outland Trophy winner and future number one NFL pick Josh Garnett, it was a declaration by Iowa cornerback Desmond King, who said he was going to "pancake" Garnett and Stanford is' no big deal'.
There were also comments from other Hawkeyes who said they hadn't heard of McCaffrey until the Heisman Trophy show and that Stanford's offensive line wasn't in the same league as theirs.
"Think they know who McCaffrey is now," Garnett said as he laughed. "They said their Oline and Dline was so good. But yet our D sacked them what ten times and we ( Stanford offensive line ) just ran over them. When you challenge guys like us, you better back it up and they didn't even come close . . . we're the wrong guys to do that to as they found out.
"We showed them what Stanford football is all about. Once the whistle blows, there's nowhere to hide on the field and they found that out too. Our coaches said they had some major weaknesses and if we just executed we would score a lot, they were right. It was easy, way easy "
mike.digiovanna@latimes.com
Football players often look for motivation in perceived slights during the week leading up to bowl games. For Stanford Outland Trophy winner and future number one NFL pick Josh Garnett, it was a declaration by Iowa cornerback Desmond King, who said he was going to "pancake" Garnett and Stanford is' no big deal'.
There were also comments from other Hawkeyes who said they hadn't heard of McCaffrey until the Heisman Trophy show and that Stanford's offensive line wasn't in the same league as theirs.
"Think they know who McCaffrey is now," Garnett said as he laughed. "They said their Oline and Dline was so good. But yet our D sacked them what ten times and we ( Stanford offensive line ) just ran over them. When you challenge guys like us, you better back it up and they didn't even come close . . . we're the wrong guys to do that to as they found out.
"We showed them what Stanford football is all about. Once the whistle blows, there's nowhere to hide on the field and they found that out too. Our coaches said they had some major weaknesses and if we just executed we would score a lot, they were right. It was easy, way easy "
mike.digiovanna@latimes.com