Ties to Herman
12-21-2009
Sid Hartman
Gophers football coach Tim Brewster expects Iowa State's offense to be tough to stop when the teams play in the Insight Bowl in Tempe, Ariz., on Dec. 31.
Brewster has a lot of respect for Tom Herman, the Iowa State offensive coordinator. Herman and Brewster were together on the Texas coaching staff.
"He was a young coach with us when we were at the University of Texas, and he's gone on and developed as a football coach and done a nice job," Brewster said. "He was at Rice University prior to going to Iowa State, and he did a nice job at Rice.
"We're going to have to do a great job, be very disciplined, Iowa State's done a good job of forcing turnovers, so ball security is going to be a major issue for us.
"Offensively we've just got to find our level of consistency, and that's the thing I'm most pleased about with our bowl practices is offensively we've been very consistent.
"We're going to have to be very disciplined defensively in the bowl game."
The Des Moines Register reports that Iowa State has suspended starting cornerback Kennard Banks for a violation of team rules, and he won't play in the Insight Bowl.
