PASADENA, Calif. - Two vastly different scenes developed about a couple-hundred feet away from each other on Friday night in Pasadena. Anyone in the seating bowl was treated to a postgame fireworks show while Katy Perry's hit song "Firework" blared through the Rose Bowl speakers.

The Iowa Hawkeyes suffered a crushing loss to the UCLA Bruins last Friday, and head coach Kirk Ferentz doesn't want to hear any excuses. When asked about whethe

And most significantly, Iowa's defense offered little resistance to a UCLA offense that's suddenly humming along after several dormant weeks. All of it together equaled Iowa's demoralizing 20-17 loss,

Kirk Ferentz and Iowa football weren't into the excuse-making business with the Hawkeyes' travel West to the Rose Bowl.

Following a disappointing 20-17 Friday night loss from the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., against UCLA, the Iowa Hawkeyes (6-4, 4-3 Big Ten) find themselves completely out of consideration in the latest US LBM Coaches Poll.