8-4 or 10-2

[Hawkeyeinsoutherncalifornia]

If this could even happen, what would you take an 8-4 with a trip to Indy for the BTCG or a 10-2 with a good New Years Day Bowl? I know it’s a very unlikely scenario but stranger things have happened before but Wisky dropping 2 games plus the Iowa game? Still fun to dream!

 

[And1Hawk]

ISU Troll ^^^^

 

[naturalmwa]

10-2

 

[mlb1399]

I think 8-4 is much more realistic. We just don’t beat OSU and Wisconsin looks really good. Anything is possible but I think it’s a 7-8 win season.

 

[hawkfeever]

If we go 8-4 we won't be in Indy. Wisconsin will. 8-4 gets us to the Holiday Bowl against a Pac 12 team. That bowl want us and we want them.

Assume a 9-3 record gets us back to Florida again.

10-2 probably gets us to Indy and whether or not if we won that we got into the CFP who knows. Iowa's two losses were not "bad" losses.

 

[Rifler]

9-3 book it....

 

[NI hawk]

If we go 8-4 we won't be in Indy. Wisconsin will. 8-4 gets us to the Holiday Bowl against a Pac 12 team. That bowl want us and we want them.

Assume a 9-3 record gets us back to Florida again.

10-2 probably gets us to Indy and whether or not if we won that we got into the CFP who knows. Iowa's two losses were not "bad" losses.

Agree about the Holiday Bowl wanting Iowa. Only drawback is the date.

 

[speed4power]

9-3 book it....

Who do we beat, Wisconsin or Ohio State?

 

[Clonewithasigh]

7-5 looks like the ticket. It is much better than some of the previous years record because the hawks are playing a legit schedule this year.

 

[TonyTheTiger.1865]

6 - 6 if the defense against the run and the O - line does not improve.

 

[Stormn Norman]

I would love to see Iowa beat Wisconsin & Nebraska this regular season.. oh yeah, Northwestern needs that a$$ best too.. do that I’m a happy Hawk... for now. And then just don’t get beat by Minny and PurDon’t and we got a good thing going..

 

[mvhomerj]

Who do we beat, Wisconsin or Ohio State?

Neither, that's the beauty of it.

 

[SunPrairieBucky94]

9 and 3 lose to Bucky off course

 

[DaCDiggity]

If we go 8-4 we won't be in Indy. Wisconsin will. 8-4 gets us to the Holiday Bowl against a Pac 12 team. That bowl want us and we want them.

Assume a 9-3 record gets us back to Florida again.

10-2 probably gets us to Indy and whether or not if we won that we got into the CFP who knows. Iowa's two losses were not "bad" losses.

Don't think we can go to the outback again for a lil bit which other bowl in florida?

 

[David1979]

They could win them all if they get the running game on track. But that is a big if at this point.

 

[iahawkeyes17]

7-5 looks like the ticket. It is much better than some of the previous years record because the hawks are playing a legit schedule this year.

Yeah I forgot last year wasn't legit with 3 teams being in the top 10 (Michigan, PSU & Wisc.) and playing 2 others with 9 wins on the year (Nebraska & Minnesota). Always get a good laugh when clone fans play the schedule card.

 

[Hwk-I-St8]

I'll take what happens, because I can't force a do-over. It's cemented more strongly every year that the world doesn't revolve around Hawkeye football. I love it, go to as many games as I can and relish the great seasons, but I just can't get bent out of shape about bad losses or mediocre seasons when there's so much more important stuff going on in the world.

 

[milehighhawkeye24]

9-3 book it....

Agree with this (second choice is 8-4) I think we win one of two against OSU and Wisky.........2 really tough close losses to teams that are obviously- PSU- very good and apparently pretty good- MSU

 

[NevadaHawk]

9-3 book it....

I think 9-3 is possible but not 10-2. I would not be surprised if we won a squeaker over OSU.

 

[scotthawk1964]

9-3 or 8-4, 8-4 more likely but 9-3 is certainly obtainable.

 

[Herky96]

If we can run the ball as BF suggested 4.5+ ypc, then I think we can win every game remaining. The trick is getting 4.5+ ypc against fOSU and Wisconsin defenses. It look to me like ozigbo was racking up yards pretty well against the badger defense the other night so that's encouraging to me that our guys can do it too. OSU is looking like they should look the last couple weeks, but you never know what can happen at Kinnick in prime time so I'll go ahead and jump on that 9-3 bandwagon.

 

[Clonewithasigh]

Yeah I forgot last year wasn't legit with 3 teams being in the top 10 (Michigan, PSU & Wisc.) and playing 2 others with 9 wins on the year (Nebraska & Minnesota). Always get a good laugh when clone fans play the schedule card.

SOS has been bad....bowl games showed it over the last number of years....if the hawks go to a bowl at 7-5, I will bet them because it was legit

 

[nitewing]

SOS has been bad....bowl games showed it over the last number of years....if the hawks go to a bowl at 7-5, I will bet them because it was legit

last year was legit, but since the clowns don't have a clue as to what good teams look like I will let it slide. also a 10-2 record would put Iowa in the BT Championship game as they own the tie breaker over Wisconsin as they still have #17 Michigan to play

 

[iahawkeyes17]

SOS has been bad....bowl games showed it over the last number of years....if the hawks go to a bowl at 7-5, I will bet them because it was legit

Maybe minus Tenn every team Iowa has played last 5 games has finished the year ranked and all have been the favorite going into the bowl game. As my point was last season SOS was good. But I forgot that's all clone fans can ever point to when Iowa wins games is SOS and reason why ISU always has a worse record.

 

[Wasnt-drunk-didnt-troll]

last year was legit, but since the clowns don't have a clue as to what good teams look like I will let it slide. also a 10-2 record would put Iowa in the BT Championship game as they own the tie breaker over Wisconsin as they still have #17 Michigan to play

You can't just assume we would be in the b10 champ game. We could beat wiscy and they could go as the 11-1. There was a reason the msu game hurt so much.

 

[nitewing]

You can't just assume we would be in the b10 champ game. We could beat wiscy and they could go as the 11-1. There was a reason the msu game hurt so much.

already showed where Wiscy could suffer their 2nd loss of the season, but still 10-2 would be a could season or even a 10-3 with a bowl win would make for a very good season. a lot can happen the next 7 weekends,

 

[Clonewithasigh]

Maybe minus Tenn every team Iowa has played last 5 games has finished the year ranked and all have been the favorite going into the bowl game. As my point was last season SOS was good. But I forgot that's all clone fans can ever point to when Iowa wins games is SOS and reason why ISU always has a worse record.

You guys love to change the topic. This is about the hawks and their performance speaks for itself

 

[LarryMullenJr.]

Umm...I hate to be "that guy", but I don't honestly think you can put any of the remaining games in the "win" column with permanent marker just yet. Northwestern always gives us fits. Then Minny is Minny; we usually (blow-out wins and bathroom sex not withstanding) get a great challenge from them. Then O$U and Bucky. Purdue can throw it all over the yard and we all know how we can be against those sorts of offenses. Then Lincoln.
Of course if the team from a good chunk of the Penn State game shows up, we can win all the rest too. We're quite the enigma this year.

 

[KuwaitHawk]

If this could even happen, what would you take an 8-4 with a trip to Indy for the BTCG or a 10-2 with a good New Years Day Bowl? I know it’s a very unlikely scenario but stranger things have happened before but Wisky dropping 2 games plus the Iowa game? Still fun to dream!

10-2 means Wisky would only need one other loss as Iowa would own the 10-2 tie breaker with them.

 

[nitewing]

this season is unfolding just like the 2008 season
SO Stanzi was a unknown and the RB was a unknown in the 2008 season Iowa started out 0-2 in BT Play then went 5-1 and 9-4 overall with a bowl game win over South Carolina. these were Stanzi stats
150-254 59.1% completion rate, 1956 Yards, 14 TD's 9 INT's with a final QB Rating of 134.8
Stanley thru 6 games stats
97-168 57.7% completion rate 1290 yards, 15 TD's 2 INT's and a QB Rating of 149.3 and is avging 215 passing ypg

 

[HawkLogic]

7-5 looks like the ticket. It is much better than some of the previous years record because the hawks are playing a legit schedule this year.

Even ISU is somewhat legit. I agree, schedule is not full of patsies and Iowa should be able to go 7-5.

 

[HawkLogic]

this season is unfolding just like the 2008 season
SO Stanzi was a unknown and the RB was a unknown in the 2008 season Iowa started out 0-2 in BT Play then went 5-1 and 9-4 overall with a bowl game win over South Carolina. these were Stanzi stats
150-254 59.1% completion rate, 1956 Yards, 14 TD's 9 INT's with a final QB Rating of 134.8
Stanley thru 6 games stats
97-168 57.7% completion rate 1290 yards, 15 TD's 2 INT's and a QB Rating of 149.3 and is avging 215 passing ypg

We had Shonn Greene that year averaging 6 ypc, a lot of those yards after contact.

 

[Muskie5]

We beat ISU. ISU beat Oklahoma. Oklahoma beat OSU. So it would stand to reason that Iowa will beat OSU, right?

 

[IowaHawk19]

If this could even happen, what would you take an 8-4 with a trip to Indy for the BTCG or a 10-2 with a good New Years Day Bowl? I know it’s a very unlikely scenario but stranger things have happened before but Wisky dropping 2 games plus the Iowa game? Still fun to dream!

Do we win in Indy? I'd take a trip there with a win. 9-4 would be okay headed to the bowl. That would have us beating someone we had lost to in the regular season.

I'd also take 10-2 and NYD Bowl. That's probably more realistic than the above.

8-4 and winning in Indy? How would Wisconsin not be there, complete collapse by them?

Let's win out. Michigan can beat Wisconsin in a 11:00 game on we can beat Purdue at 3:00 on the 18th of November.

--- changed my mind --- Iowa and Wisconsin both win out (other than the head to head that Iowa wins) || Then Row the Boat knocks of Bucky in the final game of the regular season.

Add to the drama.

Then we go to Indy and beat PSU on the final play of the game.

 

[MeetTheFerentz]

Not that I DON'T want to win the B1G, but at this point Iowa is not headed to the playoff, so a miracle run and BTCG upset means a trip to the Fiesta, Cotton or Peach Bowl. Not sure I want to waste a good year on that.

 

[NI hawk]

Not that I DON'T want to win the B1G, but at this point Iowa is not headed to the playoff, so a miracle run and BTCG upset means a trip to the Fiesta, Cotton or Peach Bowl. Not sure I want to waste a good year on that.

I would love go to any one of those three bowl games.

 

[Eternal Return]

WI on the road, OSU anywhere, road games at NW, Minny, and Nebraska. Iowa might only be favored in one more game this year, against Purdue. Granted, Iowa could win against NW, Minny, Nebraska, AND Purdue, but how likely is that given what we've seen? Iowa looked like total crap on the road against MSU. I wouldn't take a single road game left as a probable win. Iowa could lose the rest of it's road games at this point and lose to OSU. That would mean a 5-7 record. That seems like worse-case scenario. I think 6-6 or 7-5 are most likely. 8-4 would be a bit of an accomplishment at this point. 10-2 is only for those who drink the Kool-Aid. Even hopes for 8-4 require some Kool-Aid at this point.

 

[clayborn_94]

9-3 upset Ohio state in a night game in kinnick. Lose to wisky 21-17. Heard it hear first

 

[curtfry]

WI on the road, OSU anywhere, road games at NW, Minny, and Nebraska. Iowa might only be favored in one more game this year, against Purdue. Granted, Iowa could win against NW, Minny, Nebraska, AND Purdue, but how likely is that given what we've seen? Iowa looked like total crap on the road against MSU. I wouldn't take a single road game left as a probable win. Iowa could lose the rest of it's road games at this point and lose to OSU. That would mean a 5-7 record. That seems like worse-case scenario. I think 6-6 or 7-5 are most likely. 8-4 would be a bit of an accomplishment at this point. 10-2 is only for those who drink the Kool-Aid. Even hopes for 8-4 require some Kool-Aid at this point.

Minny is at home. Wisky hasnt looked like world beaters at home, although Taylor is a stud.

I think 7-5 is pretty realistic.