Iowa’s go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter of the Big Ten championship game sent Fox announcer Gus Johnson into a Bret Bielema-level football ecstasy.
Alas, Michigan State rallied with a 22-play drive that eventually found the end zone and drained almost all of the remaining clock in a 16-13 win. (Oh, and there was this awkward trophy exchange between Michigan State QB Connor Cook and former Ohio State RB Archie Griffin.)
But, as even SEC fans knew late Saturday night, the outcome ruined Iowa’s perfect season.
A senator from the great state, though, didn’t get the message.
Hoping to capitalize on the good feelings of a 13-0 Iowa team, Sen. Joni Ernst tweeted a hasty congratulations — to the wrong team.
Politicians and sports man…
Stop. Just stop. pic.twitter.com/P52Pl9YSfr
— Brett Kane (@BrettKaneRadio) December 6, 2015
Ernst graduated from Iowa State and probably doesn’t know much of Iowa quarterback C.J. Beathard. At least her term doesn’t end until 2021.
An itinerant journalist, Christopher has moved between states 11 times in seven years. Formally an injury-prone Division I 800-meter specialist, he now wanders the Rockies in search of high peaks.
