This is true. I fear that with the switch to a new offensive line coach coupled with a lot of young tackles that Iowa will not have a good oline this year. If they can somehow pull it together by the next game, great. Otherwise Iowa will not be running the ball well the rest of the year.
AP Poll - Iowa #18, Wisconsin #19
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Same way a once-in-a-generation super team just west of here lost to a Sun Belt team last year.
These have been our cross over opponents. We have had some good luck in the schedule department.
2015- Maryland and Indiana, Michigan State (championship)
2016- Rutgers, Penn State, Michigan
2017- Penn State, Michigan State, OSU
2018- Indiana, Maryland, Penn State
2019- Rutgers, Michigan, Penn State
2020- Michigan State, Penn State
2021- Indiana, Maryland, Penn State
Penn State x6 (protected rival), Indiana x3, Maryland x3, Michigan State x3, Rutgers x2, Michigan x2, Ohio State 1x.
I think Wis is better but wouldn't it be fun to have a re-do where we don't give them the ball 3 times inside our 15 and a QB that isn't a sack magnet.
Excellent question. I know they pushed us all over the field and pretty much dominated the line of scrimmage, along with every stat outside of the score. They also beat a very good Purdue team on the road -- the same Purdue team that kicked our ass in Kinnick. Presumably they overlooked Bowling Green in a big way. Whatever the case, the Gophs are good enough to beat Bucky at home, I have no doubt.
Not at all,.. I'll root against Wisconsin every chance I get...
FWIW 2020 was supposed to include Ohio State until COVID blew up the original schedule.
Yeah really depends how much fight both Nebraska and Minnesota have in them. Nebraska could/can absolutely beat Wisconsin, but given what has happened this week at Nebraska I wonder how much the team really wants to play. Minnesota can stand up to Wisconsin physically, but again comes down to how into it they are. If Iowa wins out, by the time Minnesota and Wisconsin would play on 11/27 Minnesota would know they can't win the West. At that point, only motivation would be the Axe, which does mean a lot for them.
Wisconsin improved a lot and if they win out will deserve to be there, but Mertz is still not good. If any team can just have the game tied or get a lead on Wisconsin in the second half, Mertz is a mistake waiting to happen. But Badgers have just bullied everyone so bad in their winning streak that Mertz can't lose the game for them.
Yeah, and if you think that’s confusing, just go look at Illinois’ season so far. They are even more Jekyll and Hyde and seem to play close whether they are playing a great team or a terrible team.
Think the headline will be "debbie does nothing" against wisky.
badger D will take care of business and come up with at least a couple of TOs. debbie D hasn't shown they can stop much when it counts.
badger D will take care of business and come up with at least a couple of TOs. debbie D hasn't shown they can stop much when it counts.
And then we were supposed to get Michigan in the championship week match-up but half their team got Covid and they canceled on us
Since that 2015 season, our crossover winning % is slightly better than our B1G winning %.
2016 - 2021
Overall B1G record: 32-19, 62.75%
Crossover B1G record: 11-6, 64.71%
B1G West record: 21-13, 61.77%
Schedule makers definitely could have made it worse, but with the schedule we were given it worked out well for us.
I assume he's referring to Frost firing 4 offensive assistant coaches.
Correct. That and they are not able to get to 6 wins anymore. Although I'm sure the Nebraska media will give them an award for the best 3-win team ever.
