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Iowa football: Five opposing players the Hawkeyes hate

By Andrew Wade

PASADENA, CA - JANUARY 01: Christian McCaffrey #5 of the Stanford Cardinal goes up against Josey Jewell #43 of the Iowa Hawkeyes in the 102nd Rose Bowl Game on January 1, 2016 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
PASADENA, CA - JANUARY 01: Christian McCaffrey #5 of the Stanford Cardinal goes up against Josey Jewell #43 of the Iowa Hawkeyes in the 102nd Rose Bowl Game on January 1, 2016 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) /
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IOWA CITY, IOWA- SEPTEMBER 22: Quarterback Alex Hornibrook #12 of the Wisconsin Badgers scrambles on a keeper in the second half in front of linebacker Djimon Colbert #32 of the Iowa Hawkeyes, on September 22, 2018 at Kinnick Stadium, in Iowa City, Iowa. (Photo by Matthew Holst/Getty Images)
IOWA CITY, IOWA- SEPTEMBER 22: Quarterback Alex Hornibrook #12 of the Wisconsin Badgers scrambles on a keeper in the second half in front of linebacker Djimon Colbert #32 of the Iowa Hawkeyes, on September 22, 2018 at Kinnick Stadium, in Iowa City, Iowa. (Photo by Matthew Holst/Getty Images) /

Alex Hornibrook, Wisconsin

Funny enough, most people actually love Alex Hornibrook outside of Wisconsin. He wasn’t a bad quarterback, just incredibly average, and more often than not he was the reason opposing teams had a chance against the Badgers. Against the Iowa football team though, it seemed like he always did just enough to win.

In three games against the Hawkeyes, Hornibrook posted a 3-0 win-loss record while throwing 5 touchdowns and 3 interceptions (all 3 of those came in the 2017 contest).

Last year’s game is what stung the most though. Holding on to a 17-14 lead with under six minutes remaining in Kinnick, it looked like the Iowa football team was going to beat the Badgers to move to 4-0 on the season and enter the College Football Playoff discussion.

Hornibrook proceeded to lead a 10-play, 88-yard drive that culminated in a 17-yard touchdown pass by Hornibrook to put the Badgers in the driver’s seat.

The now-former Badger is not liked more for the fact that he shouldn’t have been able to do that against Iowa in Kinnick, yet somehow decided to have one of the best drives of his career at the most inopportune times for the Iowa football team.

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