The next time Iowa beats either of those teams in the off season will be the first. Nebraska is the multi time defending National Champion off season award winner. But this coach, this one is the one. He doesn't have that horrible baggage that the last coach had, you remember him 'other teams will have to adjust to how they play' , he doesn't have that west coast issue like the savior before him either.....this time, they mean it, this time it is the right one.
At least it is not from Dr. Douche, I mean Dr. Seuss!
Kirk has tried. Other than the two you mentioned and few others, Iowa's targets have picked other schools.
I think we have to be the favorite because of the defense and because Michigan and Ohio State aren’t on the schedule. Even though the schedule is a lot easier playing at Penn State, Wisconsin, Nebraska and Northwestern will be tough.
Ahh man, they suck again!
Disagree.
Knebbers has new coaches, new schemes, and many players who are still loyal to the former coaching staff.
Our road schedule, besides Ohio State, was about as easy as it gets this past year. Never easy to win in Happy Valley or Madison, and Evanston can be tricky too.
No, I agree with you. Thats why I don't think its an easy schedule. No we don't play OSU or Michigan, but we'll be tested and will have to earn those victories. Any B1G game especially on the road is a battle. People disregard both Iowa and Purdue opening a can of whoop ass on OSU in back to back seasons at home. You show up for the game, or you get beat.
Like Joe would say , Come on Man ! Besides Cade and Eric, we have Seth Anderson, Daijon Parker and Deacon Hill. They all may turnout to be better than the guys the fuskers have brought in.
A quick search may have helped you see besides the two you listed are an Offensive lineman, QB, and a wide receiver.
Neither time Iowa has won the west have they done it "no problem" but the offseason breeds optimism.
We will see how Ray Finkel works out at Wisconsin.
You gotta love these Rookie guys who have less then 50 posts and they are already trashing people. LOL
We have a decent transfer with college experience and good bloodlines. I'd love to see a healthy Brecht focus more on football. He could be a good one. But I fear his money is coming from baseball.
JFC, usual suspects? So you don’t think we’re getting an upgrade at QB? Our running backs are good/great, they’re back(even with this horrible offense). The Oline should be better and we have good/really good TE’s.
Even with the same sh!tty offensive system we will be better. A good QB will overcome this and would have 3 more wins last year against: ISU, IL and NE. Look for the line to improve significantly and we are going 9-3 or better next year. Easy schedule however Wiscy could take the West, will come down to that road game in Madison.
I’d say 8 and 4 with all road losses at Iowa State, Penn State, Wisconsin, and Nebraska. Think we will be the Big Ten West preseason favorite but Wisconsin wins it.
I like the optimism, every fan base deserves to express hope. Never understood fans that make wild guesses about what would or could have happened if things didn’t happen like they actually happened. It’s bizarre, it’s no different than saying, “if we would have won every game we’d be undefeated!”. I’m a realist and seeing what we lose on defense, I’m going to say, we fall in the range of 6-6 to 12-0.
Here at 8 am, emojiboy? Would you say we are the first and last thing you think about every day? Is it fair to say that we've been the biggest influence in your day to day life?
Cannot beat a coachless, five consecutive loser, awful Nebby team, at home on senior day. Now we roll Nebby with a new proven coach and a bunch of good players coming in. Ya Ok. Every program in the country tries to get better. Kirk stays the same. Not good. You will see.
Go hide under your bed. My god some of you are scared, worried, and really have no idea how it works…especially the star counters
A big ten schedule or game is never easy for anyone outside if OSU
Careful or you’ll be labeled a nebby troll. Some of these posters enjoy the echo chamber over here.
Yeah,got hope the Wiscy will be down as they break in new schemes. It will be interesting to see if they still have a stout dee. NW I see as a definite win. Happy Valley will be the most difficult. But I would rather go there any day than OSU.
You get labeled a Nebby troll because you are one. You can't spend all your time here for more than a decade and expect us to not notice, right? Do you think it would be correct to say that the Iowa fanbase owns you? I mean, we're pretty much all you've got in your life, right?
I do like when people throw out a players star ranking still after 3-4 years of being in college like for these guys. It's one thing if a kid transfers after his red shirt or freshman year then I get the argument there is potential there and talk about how high he was for recruiting. But for some guys like the LB from GA he's not a 5* talent or come close to living up to that hype. No disrespect it's like Kent St who got Dallas Craddieth is bragging about how they got a former 4* safety from Iowa.
