*******Iowa vs UCLA Game Thread*******

[DougFHawkeye]

We have 9 minutes of time of possession and have given up 265 yards in the first half. Very lucky we are only down 7.

 

[Franisdaman]

OP's mom is on board my mushroom

I just want to be ranked tomorrow!

 

[Mitch122]

Look at their schedule.

Doesn’t get much harder.

Records can be deceiving, I knew this would be difficult.

I just looked, and I don’t feel any better. Sure, four tough opponents, but they weren’t competitive in an any of those games. They also barely beat a bad Hawaii and lost at home to Minnesota.

 

[LetsGoHawks83]

They have played 3 top 10 teams and 1 top 15. I expected Iowa to win but I didn't expect it to be easy. I am absolutely shocked that they are running it on us. I am not surprised that we are struggling to run. I am not surprised that they are pressuring the QB. They are a chaos team defensively.

Defense has to play better. This is an awful rushing team. They average less than 3yds per rush and are over 6 yd per rush in this game.

They appear to be a damn good rushing team. There again... Playing 3 top 10 and a top 15 might have an impact on that. Throwing a lot to keep up with those teams and obviously all has pretty damn good defense.

 

[fakenewsking]

We were happy to have this game start at 10am on Saturday. But if UCLA scores right away, the beach is more appealing as its 102 outside. Joy's of living abroad.

 

[Chishawk1425]

Yep

 

[Legs94]

Iowa in the 1st half =Kamala Harris on election night.

 

[Colonoscopy]

Defense has been terrible, especially against the run. Tackling also terrible.

 

[DirtyJohns97]

Well, usually. Unfortunately thus year it is 2 steps forward 2 steps back.

There we go!

 

[ButtersHawk]

Castro might be worst pass defender ever…yet.

Huge disappointment this year

 

[desihawk]

We are going to lose by 3 scores if the offense doesnt get it together

i think we lose by 3 TDs if only the offense gets it together

 

[TheRealHerky]

My advice is to accept mediocrity and just enjoy the wins when they happen.

That’s pretty much our lot in life as Iowa fans.

 

[QChawks]

Thanks Trump 🫤

 

[kwik44]

quick question: where does Iowa practice if they want to use a grass field.

 

[swagsurfer02]

Castro might be worst pass defender ever…yet.

Did you forget about Greg Castillo or Adam Shanda??? Yikes

 

[ClarindaA's]

you are in bed with @TailgateTom ?

No, My wife, unless…

 

[Bulldogs1974]

Snodgrass crew did msu game. Two games where we couldn’t get off blocks. Wierd coincidence.

 

[Franisdaman]

 

[luvmyhawks]

+215 money line for ucla. Easiest money ever, unfortunately.

 

[ozzie8]

Did you forget about Greg Castillo or Adam Shanda??? Yikes

Or Harold Dalton. He was a safety, but he also played on roller skates

 

[longliveCS40]

quick question: where does Iowa practice if they want to use a grass field.

Ol' Donnie's farm field like a mile from the campus.

 

[Ladell-hawk]

Defense has been terrible, especially against the run. Tackling also terrible.

Yes, terrible effort by the defense. They look like they are sleepwalking out there. O-line can’t block anyone and Sullivan has turned it over twice.

 

[ButtersHawk]

Did you forget about Greg Castillo or Adam Shanda??? Yikes

Tanner Miller was a gem also

 

[DirtyJohns97]

Snodgrass crew did msu game. Two games where we couldn’t get off blocks. Wierd coincidence.

If my last name was Snodgrass, I would throw flags at everyone all day

 

[Garbanzo Joe]

It just sucks that I need to come to terms that Kirk is going to lose to UCLA. But this is the most Kirk thing ever. God love you for being consistent Kirk.

 

[Hawqize]

Something seems wrong with Dakin. He’s having a difficult time kicking it 40 yds in warmup at half time

 

[bansheexyz]

I'm still mad at the non-lateral to end the half. Brought to you by mr timeout on your own fake punt.

 

[Etalicus]

Usually if it doesn't mean anything Iowa rolls. If it means something they choke.

Yep normally maybe KF wants a bad game so he can put Cade back in

 

[millah_22]

I just want to be ranked tomorrow!

I Just want to feel anything at all

 

[obfuscating]

Time for the coordinators to earn their pay.

 

[Colonoscopy]

It just sucks that I need to come to terms that Kirk is going to lose to UCLA. But this is the most Kirk thing ever. God love you for being consistent Kirk.

Phil Parker knows what he is doing...

 

[Gogetr]

Rooting for Sullivan and Johnson to have a big 2nd half...Let's F@#$ing Go!!!

 

[desihawk]

their linemen are huge and fast. unfair

 

[longliveCS40]

Could be worse. The last time I was in the Rose Bowl, I got hyped after we were up 7-0 after a kickoff return TD only for Christian McCaffrey to go bananas and destroy us.

 

[Jimmy McGill]

I double downed on Iowa at half. Time to get this shit going

 

[bdcolt45er]

They appear to be a damn good rushing team. There again... Playing 3 top 10 and a top 15 might have an impact on that. Throwing a lot to keep up with those teams and obviously all has pretty damn good defense.

I would agree that the schedule has an affect but I don't think they are good at rushing. They were literally 133rd out of 133 teams in yds per rush coming into this game. They had 36 rush yds against Minnesota. They had 136 last week against Nebraska. They are averaging 4 yd more per rush than they have all season.

 

[IowaMeatMan]

We are a second half team.

 

[ButtersHawk]

Something seems wrong with Dakin. He’s having a difficult time kicking it 40 yds in warmup at half time

On tv the field looks like ass. Maybe Soldier Field is only worse

 

[Garbanzo Joe]

Damn straight we are going to watch the world die

 

[Gonzo Bloor]

Phil Parker knows what he is doing...

When he has talent. This D way, way short on talent compared to recent years past.