Good time for a bye week

[rchawk]

Halfway through the schedule, 4-2. Close losses to good teams. It seems like a good time for Iowa to heal up, look at some film and try to correct mistakes. A week from Saturday it's on to NU and then back home to play Minny.

 

[ichawk24]

Halfway point works out nicely.

But I hate bye weeks as a fan.

 

[hawkeye bb n fb fan]

Bad weekend for a bye for the fans since there are 0 ranked vs ranked matchups this week. I'll be watching the Dodgers vs I assume the Cubs

 

[thewop]

Agree. We pretty much need to win out to make the BCG, and a bye week is a good way to regroup. NW isn't going to be an easy win to start the 2nd half, but it may be the easiest game we have left.

 

[PennsylvaniaPride]

Halfway through the schedule, 4-2. Close losses to good teams. It seems like a good time for Iowa to heal up, look at some film and try to correct mistakes. A week from Saturday it's on to NU and then back home to play Minny.

Ferentz and your Athletic Dept did Penn State a favor by moving your bye week to this week as the original schedule had PSU/Iowa playing this week. When Franklin took over at Penn State he looked at future schedules and saw that in 2017 PSU was to play Iowa, Michigan, Ohio State, and MSU on consecutive weekends and felt that was going to be brutal. PSU bye week was Sept 23 and the only other team on the schedule with a bye week that same week was Iowa so Franklin approached Iowa about switching the game to Sept 23 and the bye week to Oct 14.

Glad it worked out well for both teams.

 

[jhawkinaz]

Ferentz and your Athletic Dept did Penn State a favor by moving your bye week to this week as the original schedule had PSU/Iowa playing this week. When Franklin took over at Penn State he looked at future schedules and saw that in 2017 PSU was to play Iowa, Michigan, Ohio State, and MSU on consecutive weekends and felt that was going to be brutal. PSU bye week was Sept 23 and the only other team on the schedule with a bye week that same week was Iowa so Franklin approached Iowa about switching the game to Sept 23 and the bye week to Oct 14.

Glad it worked out well for both teams.

wish I hadn't opened this thread, as I was initially very happy with a bye this week. This information totally ruins that.

The only thing I would do if Franklin approached me would be to turn and walk the other way.

 

[bigfridaynite]

I have a feeling that Jewell is hurt a lot worse then being reported the way he was holding that arm and went to training room tells me something pop out of place as in shoulder and that can be very painful and a 4 to 5 week healing process on normal people I hope I'm wrong.

 

[wyldhawk9]

I have a feeling that Jewell is hurt a lot worse then being reported the way he was holding that arm and went to training room tells me something pop out of place as in shoulder and that can be very painful and a 4 to 5 week healing process on normal people I hope I'm wrong.

I'm also of this opinion...I was surprised to see him come out of the tunnel before half...the first drive he was on the field after his return, he was not playing at his normal level and was being swallowed up by blockers on just about every play...hope I'm wrong and hope he is 100% by next weekend...

 

[Dauminator]

Bad weekend for a bye for the fans since there are 0 ranked vs ranked matchups this week. I'll be watching the Dodgers vs I assume the Cubs

One should not assume.

Does it need to be ranked vs ranked to be interesting? I find any of the following to have some level of intrigue

Cal vs WSU
WVU vs TTU (how is TTU ranked?)
ISU vs KU (not to watch, but to have an eye on to see if the Clowns fall on their face)
WI vs PU
LSU vs AU
Mia vs GT
TX vs OU
FL vs TAMU
NE vs OSU
Stan vs OR

Plus Man United visits Liverpool. You don't need to resort to baseball, man.

 

[hawkeye bb n fb fan]

One should not assume.

Does it need to be ranked vs ranked to be interesting? I find any of the following to have some level of intrigue

Cal vs WSU
WVU vs TTU (how is TTU ranked?)
ISU vs KU (not to watch, but to have an eye on to see if the Clowns fall on their face)
WI vs PU
LSU vs AU
Mia vs GT
TX vs OU
FL vs TAMU
NE vs OSU
Stan vs OR

Plus Man United visits Liverpool. You don't need to resort to baseball, man.

I guess it doesn't need to be ranked vs ranked. I like baseball though

 

[GoHawks2009]

Ferentz and your Athletic Dept did Penn State a favor by moving your bye week to this week as the original schedule had PSU/Iowa playing this week. When Franklin took over at Penn State he looked at future schedules and saw that in 2017 PSU was to play Iowa, Michigan, Ohio State, and MSU on consecutive weekends and felt that was going to be brutal. PSU bye week was Sept 23 and the only other team on the schedule with a bye week that same week was Iowa so Franklin approached Iowa about switching the game to Sept 23 and the bye week to Oct 14.

Glad it worked out well for both teams.

I'm not glad because it didn't work out. Next time, lose. Then you can be glad.