What a surprise, another fool that doesn't know squat about football. We stomped Northwestern, and rushing for 310 yards tells the tale. We didn't take care of the football and left at least 14 points on the field. Our fault, but don't try to tell me that Northwestern is even remotely in the same league of team as Nebraska. They're not.
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What a surprise, another fool that doesn't know squat about football. We stomped Northwestern, and rushing for 310 yards tells the tale. We didn't take care of the football and left at least 14 points on the field. Our fault, but don't try to tell me that Northwestern is even remotely in the same league of team as Nebraska. They're not.
We had these same discussion last year after the Illinois game. And in 2014 after a loss to Maryland. Yet we beat NW convincingly both times.
The only thing any of us know for sure is that most of our whiny fans on this website don't have a clue of what they are talking about. I think history has proven that over and over and over and over again.
The same thing our whiny bitch fans say and that is just one game and we will still have a long ways to go.
Im convinced most of our whiny bitch fans are not Iowa fans at all. Iowa State or Nebraska trolls trying to convince us they like Iowa but can't stand anything about Iowa apparently.
Ha! Hope they're right.
I wonder if Iowa is one of those teams that are always inflated because of their wacky fanbase. Like the Packers. The Pack always get extra on the Vegas lines because so many people bet blindly on them. Do Iowa fans bet enough to move the line like this?
I wonder if Iowa is one of those teams that are always inflated because of their wacky fanbase. Like the Packers. The Pack always get extra on the Vegas lines because so many people bet blindly on them. Do Iowa fans bet enough to move the line like this?
After five years of D1 football, somehow I know nothing about football. Hmmm, ok? They are in the same league. Recent history, not 1995 history, bears this out. Try and follow along, ok?
2011 Nebraska won 29-28
2012 Northwestern won 28-25
2013 Nebraska won 27-24
2014 Nebraska won 38-17
2015 Northwestern won 30-28
Those as some pretty impressive blowouts, Nebraska must have just left a bunch of points on the field. How silly of me for thinking Northwestern is in the same league as Nebraska. You're right! I'm the fool who knows nothing about football. Seems to me Northwestern is in exactly the same league as Nebraska. Am I missing something? Ya know, cause I'm pretty stupid. Is this what you guys were talking about when Nebraska was going to come in and dominate the Big Ten? "You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means." Statements like the one you have just made is why people call Nebraska fans delusional.
2011 Iowa won 41-31
2012 Northwestern won 28-17
2013 Iowa won 17-10
2014 Iowa won 48-7
2014 Iowa won 40-10
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and say you actually meant to say Iowa and just accidentally said Nebraska. It's ok, overly emotional responses usually lead to name calling and clear mistakes.
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Heat - I didn't say I know anything for sure...just that what we've seen to date offers zero reason for confidence. I'm not being whiny....you should know by now I support the program though thick and thin. That doesn't mean I go into every game confident we'll curb stomp the opponent. I look at performance to date and it's pretty hard to define it as any better than shaky.
Here's to hoping they gel and get on a roll.
Some of these husker fans don't live in anything close to reality. They reside in a fantasy world where they're way better than any but the elite of the B10 (because that's where they place themselves). They're firmly planted in "Don't confuse me with the facts, I've already made up my mind" mentality.
I wouldn't consider Iowa to be a "public" team, although to be honest I guess I don't know. I've been both betting and following the betting for years, so it would surprise me if the Iowa line is inflated... however, Northwestern is probably one of the least public teams out there, so maybe Vegas has to inflate lines a bit to attract interest on them somehow. The thing is, if that's the case, you'd see a pattern of Northwestern covering a bit more than 50-50.
Nebraska didn't play well and still won rather easily at Northwestern. And looking at their play as a whole, I can definitely understand why Iowa is favored by that number. Hopefully, this is the week, Iowa puts it all together. If Iowa can just improve every week these next three weeks and get the wins it will set them up for controlling their own destiny down the stretch.
I would say welcome to the club. A club that will be increasing in number each week.
I'll tell you one thing I won't say... If you win by 11 and drop the ball on the 1 ft. line twice after ramming the ball down Northwestern's throat during both drives, I won't try to convince anyone that Iowa isn't a lot better than 11 points better than Northwestern....like one whiny little bitch off this board is doing. I'll realize that you just pasted Northwestern much worse than the score indicates.
Wow. You've called me a fool and now someone else a whiny little bitch. Well, I assume someone else. I must say, you are coming across as someone who is extremely intelligent. Boy, I really hope you're 12 years old and don't wander around in public like this if you're actually an adult.
Edit: I just saw your "joined" date. Holy crap! You are an adult. Yikes!!!
Please post from Northwestern results since 2000. They used to be a thorn in Iowa's side. That is, unless you've convinced yourself to view it a different way.
Did Nebraska play Northwestern in 2000? You've totally missed the point of my post, re read it and derive the context from it because I'm not going to explain it to you.
But, since you asked, see below.
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2015/10/17 Iowa 40 - Northwestern 10 W
2014/11/01 Iowa 48 - Northwestern 7 W
2013/10/26 Iowa 17 - Northwestern 10 W OT
2012/10/27 Iowa 17 - Northwestern 28 L
2011/10/15 Iowa 41 - Northwestern 31 W
2010/11/13 Iowa 17 - Northwestern 21 L
2009/11/07 Iowa 10 - Northwestern 17 L
2008/09/27 Iowa 17 - Northwestern 22 L
2007/11/03 Iowa 28 - Northwestern 17 W
2006/11/04 Iowa 7 - Northwestern 21 L
2005/11/05 Iowa 27 - Northwestern 28 L
2002/11/09 Iowa 62 - Northwestern 10 W
2001/11/10 Iowa 59 - Northwestern 16 W
2000/11/11 Iowa 27 - Northwestern 17 W
Not quite as big a thorn as you were hoping for?
Help me out. Since 2000, Iowa has won the majority of games versus NU. According to UN fans that spend an inordinate amount of time here on HR, that is all that matters vis-a-vis Nebraska's overwhelming 3-2 advantage over Iowa in Big Ten play.
Or, is Iowa a thorn in the side of mighty UN these days?
You may not be stupid, but you're certainly not using your head. You are taking the scores from not only a different coaching staff, but you are also taking the score of a team in its first year of running completely different offensive and defensive systems vs an established team. If you played like you say you did, I can't imagine you wouldn't realize the difference a year makes in new systems.
Let this be your guide. We ran for 82 yards against Northwestern last year. This year we ran for 310. It's a combination of different personnel, as well as Nebraska being much more comfortable in their systems. But make no mistake...Nebraska is a much better team than Northwestern is this year...hence them not being in our league.
Or maybe the last couple of visits to Lincoln?
But, since you asked.
9/21/46 W 39-0
9/20/47 W 59-0
Your point? Upsets happen.
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Sure, and you do the same for UN versus top five, top ten, even top fifteen opponents from late 2001 until nearly ten years henceforth.
Isn't this fun?
Based on the content of his/her posts it looks like hoosker du and MILEHIGHHAWKEYE are the same person playing both sides. You never see them together, think about it.
Giving up 193 yards on the ground to Rutgers is most concerning to me. We are getting it taken to us on the ground especially when the formation is spread. Our interior is just not holding up right now. Hopefully we will start to see some improvement there in a hurry.
Just using facts, man. Stop firing coaches because of an unrealistic pipe dream then.
didn't NW have a turnover in the endzone, miss a 25 yd field goal and an extra point? I'd say the boo-boos by both teams equaled out and Nebraska is about 2 scores better...game in and game out against NW. More telling for the exuberant Nebraska fan right now is how other Nebraska opponents have fared this year. Not murders row....something like 5-10 I believe. Both Iowa and Nebraska are decent teams this year, capable of getting on roll, difficult for opponents to beat, likely to improve as the year goes on. I still believe we'll see 4 teams with a mathematical chance heading into teh last two weeks of conference play....Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Same as it ever was.
Wait a minute. Now I watched that Nebraska v NW game and will agree that Neb controlled the majority of that game. But you are calling a poster stupid because he compared different coaching staffs, etc, yet every single freaking day there are Husker fans talking about what happened way back in the 90's as if they are relevant today. You can't have it both ways. If the past is the past, then it's the past.
Wait, that was still the huskers, right? You now want to cherry pick certain seasons that don't count for whatever reason you want to cite? You can toss whatever excuse you want against the wall to see if it sticks, but the record is what it is.
Every time a season or game doesn't show that Nebraska is a national powerhouse, out come the husker fans with excuses to explain how it was an anomaly.
Hawks will roll in this one, and I thought they might lose to Rutgers going into that game.
So...by your same logic, I should assume that Iowa is the same 1-win team as they were in Ferentz's first year? You're not using your "facts" in context. You're using scores from a previous coaching staff, and the score from a coaching staff's first year. When we paste both Illinois and Purdue in the next few weeks (both teams that beat us last year), will you use those scores from last year as your "facts" again?
Unrealistic pipe dream? To win the B1G? Hardly. To win the national title? That will take some doing, and we would have to improve a lot, but who knows where we can go with a QB that can pass a lot better than Tommy Armstrong in Riley's system.
I think you're confusing me with someone else. And frankly, I don't think I've ever seen anyone suggest that the 90s would win us games in 2016. What it may very well do though is that it can have a very positive impact on recruiting.
Kids don't have to have been alive to appreciate national titles. You get them to campus and show them the national title trophies, and the Heisman, Remington and Outland trophies, and the number of players that we've sent to the NFL, and all of the accompanying media that we have to 'educate' them, and they realize they are dealing with a blue blood program.
When they realize they are going to be coached by coaches that have either played or coached in the NFL, high quality recruits can be brought to Lincoln. And we all know it takes good talent to win, regardless of where you are at.
So...by your same logic, I should assume that Iowa is the same 1-win team as they were in Ferentz's first year? You're not using your "facts" in context. You're using scores from a previous coaching staff, and the score from a coaching staff's first year. When we paste both Illinois and Purdue in the next few weeks (both teams that beat us last year), will you use those scores from last year as your "facts" again?
Unrealistic pipe dream? To win the B1G? Hardly. To win the national title? That will take some doing, and we would have to improve a lot, but who knows where we can go with a QB that can pass a lot better than Tommy Armstrong in Riley's system.
To reply to the first bold type. WHAT?? Talk about apples vs. dump trucks. It makes no sense, after all I'm a fool that knows nothing about football so maybe its just me.
To reply to the second bold type.
Oh, NOW the goal is Big Ten championships. Ok, well at least NOW you have more realistic goals. Man, I gotta give you credit, you Husker fans do an excellent job of moving the goal posts during your arguments.
What happened to the "we don't settle for mediocrity, 9-10 win seasons don't cut it at Nebraska, we are an elite program that demands playing for national championships", blah, blah, blah?
Northwestern has been a thorn in Iowa's side... 8-6 is not all that impressive against a mighty team like Northwestern.
Thanks for the validation that Iowa just has to now be a thorn in UNs side... 3-2 with very low margins of victories is just not impressive for mighty UN versus inferior in every way (in someone's mind) Iowa.
so now we're comparing top 15 teams with FCS schools? I really have no desire to go back through all of that and find out who was rated at the end of the year in the top 15 but I will say that last year we at least beat a top 10 team while Iowa did not
How on earth do you think it's even marginally accurate to use a different coach's results when comparing two teams??? Jeesh guys, God gave you a brain. Use it.
Of course.... this is mighty UN after all. Should be no problem whatsoever to produce all those 'quality' wins from mostly big xii days!
Now, how many top ten finishes does UN have during the last decade? (The fun machine just will not cease while you are in play.)
So based on head to head...do you believe Iowa State has been in the "same league" as Iowa since the turn of the century?
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Why does that matter? The past doesn't mean anything...remember?
