Twenty two minutes in Iowa...not enough

In the Stands Report by Bookemdano: The trip from Tucson to Iowa City takes about three hours if you're lucky enough to latch on to a direct flight. A cab ride from the airport to Kinnick Stadium might take a shade over 30 minutes.

A football game last 60 minutes and if your team expects to win, they'd better be in possession of the ball for a good chunk of that hour. Twenty two minutes is not enough time to bring home a victory.

That is exactly what happened to the Wildcats Saturday afternoon in Iowa City as the Iowa Hawkeyes held on to the ball for 38 minutes and knocked off Arizona, 27-17.

The loss dropped the Wildcats to 2-1 on the season. That's the bad news. The good news: it is only Week 3 of the 2009 season and the Wildcats start anew with Pac-10 action starting next Saturday in Corvallis against the Oregon State Beavers.

It is an hour and 45-minute plane ride from Tucson to the great Northwest. The football game is an hour...the clock is ticking on the Wildcats.