Easy to say now..
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You and all the players were on the same level
I'm with you OP.. Not sure if its because I wasn't 100% over the MSU game (which I clearly am now) but I thought it would feel different. Also could be that I love college basketball and that football feeling has faded a bit like it does every year for me.
Yep. The MSU game drained me. I really wouldn't have cared if they lost like they did to MSU. The MSU game was the biggest game in my life, and the toughest loss.
Could it be because Iowa fans knew that the Hawks were going to lose? Stanford wasn't a "soft" team.
Stanford did a brilliant job of exploiting Iowa's weaknesses (which are plentiful). Plus they had a very special talent whose speed would baffle a lot of good college teams.
Come on Hawk fans, if you can't get up for one game, you need to look in the mirror.
The team needed everyone of us to pull the rope. Anybody who has watched "Elf" knows what I mean. Santa couldn't get off the ground till more people had the Christmas spirit.
At least now we know why we lost.
The team needed everyone of us to pull the rope. Anybody who has watched "Elf" knows what I mean. Santa couldn't get off the ground till more people had the Christmas spirit.
At least now we know why we lost.
I certainly never thought Stanford was " soft ". See my thread entitled " realistically ". I thought it would be an entertaining " shootout " in the 30's. But we got behind so far, so fast the game plan went down the toilet and 50 points were needed to win.
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You got off to a slow start. The pick 6 took you out of the game. Any shot you had went down the drain with that. Beathard played poorly. Ball game.
I've been having such bad luck in so many things lately in terms of big things happening. I win small thing like a $5 chip at the half time raffle tonight at the bar I was at, but so many other more major issues things have gone wrong. Was tempted to bet against the Hawks so that "either way I could win". Didn't and now thinking I should have.
Anyone else out there wish some Hawk player had a magic marker and put a line on that one Stanford player's jersey whose name was "SHITTU:" to make the U at the end a Y instead?
I remember him having some late mixups with a Hawk player or two after the whistle blew once.
Anyone else out there wish some Hawk player had a magic marker and put a line on that one Stanford player's jersey whose name was "SHITTU:" to make the U at the end a Y instead?
I remember him having some late mixups with a Hawk player or two after the whistle blew once.
I almost started this thread before the game.
As others have said, the MSU game drained it out of me. The season just kept building upon itself until Iowa was in the biggest game I can remember.
I thought I might get at least a little re-energized once the game started but of course that never happened.
As others have said, the MSU game drained it out of me. The season just kept building upon itself until Iowa was in the biggest game I can remember.
I thought I might get at least a little re-energized once the game started but of course that never happened.
I will admit it...I was just happy to see the Hawks in the Rose. I didn't think we had much chance to win, just wanted it to be a hard fought game. So I was more curious than nervous/excited like I was for MSU.
I thought I was alone in feeling this way, and was ashamed to talk about it going in. Figured maybe I was just trying to mask my disappointment in not being there at the game by telling myself that that the feeling was normal, but I agree that the MSU took something from me that it might take a while to get back. I thought I was over it, but in watching the final four teams get ready for yesterday's games, I knew I was kidding myself.
You asked me if I have scars? Yes sir, I have my scars.
You asked me if I have scars? Yes sir, I have my scars.
I hate the long layoff after the regular season waiting for the bowl game. Division 1 needs to take a cue from division 1 AA and just continue the playoffs once the regularregular a son is over.
The FCS championship game is on Jan. 9. I always thought they were done before Christmas.
Not surprised at the loss.
Disappointed they were blown out, but not as much as the people that shelled out all the money to go there.
Agree with those that weren't as into this one.
The B1G title game was the biggest in the program's history. I don't think they'll ever come that close again to the national championship.
Disappointed they were blown out, but not as much as the people that shelled out all the money to go there.
Agree with those that weren't as into this one.
The B1G title game was the biggest in the program's history. I don't think they'll ever come that close again to the national championship.
Agree, was 50/50 on if we win today but game in Indy was everything. Made this game feel so much like nothing.
I totally hate to admit it, but I agree with you sdhawkdoc. Could be wrong, maybe we'll get closer.
I think everyone was just excited to be at the rose bowl for the first time in 25 years(fans, coaches, players ), and that was about the end of it.
Felt the same. The MSU game was a punch right square in the balls. I went to the Rose Bowl today, which was cool but I don't have the heartbreak tonight I had after Indy, not even close.
Keys to the game should have been: Don't act like a Hayden Fry Rose Bowl team, and don't let McCaffrey have a record day. I'm still proud of the players, though, for a school record 12-win season. Go Hawks!
Come to think of it, maybe the flat performance today was due in large part to a Big Ten Championship Game hangover. I figured the guys would have been over it by now, but after going 12-0 and coming one defensive stop away from the CFP, maybe the guys were just too disheartened to get themselves pumped up again to compete at the level where they'd competed earlier in the season. A distinct possibility.
It was the MSU game.
I went to bed after the MSU game and laid awake shellshocked. I've been watching sports my entire life and I knew that was our 'breakthrough' moment, and we failed to capitalize.
I went to bed after the MSU game and laid awake shellshocked. I've been watching sports my entire life and I knew that was our 'breakthrough' moment, and we failed to capitalize.
I was the same way that night, 24. Couldn't get to sleep. We still had a blast at the game and actually had lots of fun with a bunch of MSU fans. Still, it was a lot to take in and hard to believe that we might have just witnessed the closest Iowa would ever get to a national championship in our lifetimes. Hopefully not, but "shellshocked" is exactly how it felt. I can only imagine how the players felt.
Thats exactly what it is. We didn't win the conference so you get this as a consolation.
Thats why I thought all the "Id rather go to the rose than the playoff" stuff was so stupid.
No matter how you slice it, the game didn't matter whether we won or lost.
I agree with the OP and others...We're in FL for the holidays and with prior commitments I recorded the game. Usually I would avoid talking to anyone or checking any social media all day but around 7pm I checked ESPN and didn't even have any emotions on the score. My wife also questioned why I didn't bring any Iowa gear on vacation when we first unpacked... Not my jersey, no shirt, not even a hat?!
Even she packed an Iowa shirt just to support me. Guess I was really hoping for an orange bowl CFB appearance since I knew we were going to be in FL for the New Years. I ended up not even watching the game and deleted it and read about the band incident and saw the highlights instead. CCG really was the end of the season I guess at least from this fans point of view. Talk about the highest of highs (Tevaun Smith TD when I almost ran out to the street screaming) to lowest of lows (failed goalie stand). Don't like to think this way cuz it is the Rose Bowl but missing playoffs really mattered...
Even she packed an Iowa shirt just to support me. Guess I was really hoping for an orange bowl CFB appearance since I knew we were going to be in FL for the New Years. I ended up not even watching the game and deleted it and read about the band incident and saw the highlights instead. CCG really was the end of the season I guess at least from this fans point of view. Talk about the highest of highs (Tevaun Smith TD when I almost ran out to the street screaming) to lowest of lows (failed goalie stand). Don't like to think this way cuz it is the Rose Bowl but missing playoffs really mattered...
I need to double ck but I believe every team that lost there conf. Championship game lost in the bowl game
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