Twitter reacts to Iowa football’s 9-6 loss to Illinois
The Hawkeyes lost to the Fighting Illini for the first time since 2008 on Saturday.
Iowa tight end Sam LaPorta runs the ball during a football game between Iowa and Illinois at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Ill., on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022.
October 8, 2022
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Iowa football lost to Illinois, 9-6, on Saturday at Memorial Stadium. It was the Hawkeyes’ first loss to the Illini since 2008.
Neither team scored a touchdown in Saturday’s game. Illinois Fabrizio Pinton went 3-for-3 in field goal attempts. Iowa true freshman kicker Drew Stevens missed his first field goal of the season on Saturday, going 2-for-3.
Iowa quarterback Spencer Petras went 18-of-36 for 170 yards. Tight end Sam LaPorta, who had nine catches for 100 yards, was Petras’ main target.
Iowa fans and media reacted to the game on Twitter:
“1st and goal from the 5 to 4th and goal from the 23” should be the title of the book written about Iowa’s 2022 season
— Lucy Rohden (@lucy_rohden) October 9, 2022
IOWA DID WHAT??? WE LOVE YOU IOWA!! YES HAHAHA YES!! pic.twitter.com/K7WQKC2yl0
— 🇲🇰 Sickos Committee (@SickosCommittee) October 9, 2022
Can’t imagine anything more romantic than a 6-6 football game pic.twitter.com/jD4XAYJ7QF
— John Steppe (@JSteppe1) October 9, 2022
Iowa was +3.5
Iowa State was +2
Both covered and both lost
That is nearly impossible— Chris Hassel (@Hassel_Chris) October 9, 2022
https://twitter.com/NicoleAuerbach/status/1578938782149066752
— Lucy Rohden (@lucy_rohden) October 9, 2022
— Pete Ruden (@PeteyRuden) October 9, 2022
https://twitter.com/NicoleAuerbach/status/1578920816032755712
I just hope they had fun pic.twitter.com/0HttaBDsiS
— Heavens! (@HeavensFX) October 9, 2022
— no context college football (@nocontextcfb) October 9, 2022