I hope it's a lot better, but as we've seen, hope is not a strategy for success. They need a few good tackles from the portal or the oline is going to struggle again. Even then substantial improvements from the rest, particularly at center are critical to oline success next year.
IowaLaw's Unpopular (but True) Predictions for 2022
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You quoted the post in question, so I assumed you read it ... don't blame me for your poor reading comprehension.
You also said: " I don't think that anyone who watched Spencer this year could argue with a straight face that he improved ..."
The thing is, Law said SP would regress ... You said SP didn't improve ... again, back to reading comprehension, the bar is that SP had to regress which he didn't (his OL was worse, maybe not by much, but it was, and his WRs were basically worse (since most were injured for a spell (Ragaini, Brecht, Vines), quite playing (Johnson) or transferred (Jones)).
Enjoy the rest of the year and Happy new year. Don't let Law put silly thoughts in your head ;-), Go Hawks!
Every metric says he regressed and I was a supporter of him. I'll trust the numbers over anyone's feelings. Happy Holidays to you as well.
Agree to disagree. Let’s hope we can celebrate a win in the bowl and a new start for the O next year. Go Hawks!
The OP predicted regression, but then based it strictly on stats. As we all know, stats don't tell the whole story. In this particular case, the OL and WR core decreased in quality over Petras's three seasons as starter and the rushing offense also became less productive. Because of these variables, a decrease in stats by itself can't tell us whether Petras regressed, improved, or stayed about the same. If I had to choose among the three options, I'd be inclined to choose the latter, although his footwork on roll outs actually looked better.
By way of comparison, consider Josh Allen. His production dropped off considerably in 2017 after a stellar 2016 season. Did he regress as a QB? Or was it due to losing his primary offensive weapons?
Btw, don't pander to or support Iowaslaw's posts.......it's a horrible look.
Hope that helps in the future!
Great comeback...you must be proud.
Btw, don't pander to or support Iowaslaw's posts.......it's a horrible look.
Hope that helps in the future!
Womens ncaa champions ship game got 4.8 milion viewers, so around 300 million americans found the women's game boring or at least not worth watching. Certainly 4.8 million is a sizeable audience, but far from a majority.
If some of these 300 million people would actually sit down and watch a game, they would find it not boring. It's a stereotype that's spread by people like Iowalaw.
People don't like watching UConn win all the time. Boredom has nothing to do with that.....
Great comeback (Thanks!)...you must be proud. (More often than not......
Audience size and boredom are different things. Super Bowls will get 10-20 times the audience of the NCAA women's championship game, and yet most of those games are considered boring. People watch for different reasons than the game itself. I know people who go to the Super Bowl site every year but never attend the game. They find the social events enjoyable but not the game.
Plus, no sporting event draws the majority of Americans. By that standard, all sports would be considered boring.
Whether something is boring or interesting is subjective. Slaw's prediction is no doubt accurate for him, but the Iowa women get a lot of interest from others. Caitlin Clark has a large national following.
Ok, Ok....brought a smile to my face. Happy New Year...and Go Hawks!
Ok Ok, hold your horses. To those in IowaLaw's DMs seeking this year's Nostradamus-like predictions, with a 99% accuracy rate, they are forthcoming.
Literally no one takes interest in your stuff. You getting mad and leaving HN was the best thing that ever happened to that board.
@WxNWHawk - congrats for perhaps the dumbest take ever on this board. What kind of buffoon responds to a post with 15,000 views and 4 pages of replies, including your own, to say..."no one takes interest in your stuff." lol That's like filling your face with an entire large pizza in a crowded restaurant, then when you're done, loudly yelling to the store owner yuck, no one likes your your food (as you belch).
Do yourself a favor and go back to stocking shelves. No one asked you to read anything on this board, you contribute nothing of substance, so buh bye.
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See what I mean? You get all bunched up in the panties and defensive, kinda like you know it’s true. You want an award for “15,000 views?” LOL. It’s not our fault you waste three hours on really dumb, two thousand word posts.
Sadly, your first prediction incontrovertibly came true.
How did the 99% accurate claim come to be?
Beginning his post with "literally" was a bit of a tell.
Since you're so accurate, maybe you should predict Iowa to win a championship so they can finally win a f***ing championship...................amirite?
I rarely resort to name-calling ... but I cannot help it on this one.
It's more like ... Lawstra-dumbass. That is all ...
Your 15,000 views are only because we all enjoy watching a train wreck.
Looking forward to the 2023 predictions!
Well, IowasLaw was correct; however, I think most on the forum already knew all these things would come to pass.
Actually he was wrong, as of today, about more things than he was right........just sayin.
Or, as you said, there's a lot that everyone had already known and agreed upon well beforehand.
He was mostly correct about Labas. He ONLY threw passes because all other options were gone and that was post season only. The girls BB is improved in appeal this year; however, not overly exciting. I watch them half the time when nothing else is on. PSU won, Baffled Brian got his raise, and Patrick started until his leave. Conner has been worthy even though he was horrible last night. SP definitely regressed.
If only game day visiting and schools seeing big bumps in attendance when they go on the road qualified as ‘not overly exciting’
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Biases and subjectivity towards women's sports is a hard thing to overcome........
He was mostly correct about Labas. (Nah...he said never. Thats pretty clear cut right there) e ONLY threw passes because all other options were gone and that was post season only. (Excuses are unnecessary at this point......
Subconscious biases, everyone has them and they are okay. It is how we deal with them and the behaviors that they elicit that matters.
Subconscious biases, everyone has them and they are okay. It is how we deal with them and the behaviors that they elicit that matters.
I forget who it was awhile back that tried to argue he didn’t have any subconscious biases…that was a fascinating thread.
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