Regarding offensive adjustments, they incorporated bootlegs, misdirection plays, and more counter/cutback type plays in response to Minnesota's strong slanting towards the offensive strength. On defense, they began sending a 5th pass rusher, which increased pressure on the quarterback and sped him up. So actually Kirk and staff did a wonderful job at halftime making adjustments.
That’s the thing. We should be able to at least keep it respectable. But Kirk refuses to put the best players on the field. Especially at the QB position. It’s indefensible. He’s a stubborn old prick who doesn’t have to answer to anyone with his stupid ass contract thanks to Barta.
Nothing he said is wrong or incorrect. Yah, we beat the goofs. Can’t wait to get smoked by OSU and get another meaningless bowl invite.
We are in year 4 of bad possessions.
Hayden once said, "you know the other team is trying to win too". Sometimes they're just better or make more plays...no doubt. I think most fans recognize the difference between being outplayed by a really good team and looking incompetent.
This. I haven't watch an Iowa game this year (although I had planned on watching yesterday, but something popped up) but I still check the score while watching other games or while doing other things.
read 2 of your posts and me thinks you are the prick around here....
I absolutely hear ya, and I'm not trying to come across as a guy who thinks everything is all candy and roses in Hawkeye land, as we obviously still have improvements we need to make in the passing game, but damn are we almost never happy with anything anymore.
Second half was pretty entertaining. Sorry you missed it.
You really are dense, aren’t you. You should have watched the K-State game. They were playing poorly with seconds left in the 1st half and decided to throw. It was picked and BYU scored a TD before halftime and changed the game completely. Sometimes when things aren’t going well it is smart to let the clock run out and get off the field, because things can get worse. Kirk was smart to go to halftime and regroup. It worked out perfectly. Same way against Troy. But I guess you aren’t perceptive enough to see that, or at least admit it. Go Hawks !
No, they are pretty meaningless. Only have to win half your games to get one. Most of them should go away. This is the playoff age.
Go ahead and thump your chest at another Outback bowl win or whatever the fvck it’s called now. It’s a new era and bowl games not tied to a playoff spot are meaningless.
Well, let's go back to Ohio State in 2009 where he took a knee at the end of regulation at our 35. This is at least the second time he didn't at least attempt a Hail Mary - another time was at Purdue. Nobody just gives up at the 50. Multiple examples of turtle ball -going heavy 22 - putting the game on the defense who has had to bail them out over and over instead of having ONE PLAY the offense could run to actually attempt to pick up a first down to ice the game. NDST and a very recent game come to mind. The only time I can remember breaking this trend was the Insight Bowl, iirc, where they threw to Moeaki? I mean, I don't OVERLY care if he runs it but don't TELL them you're running it. Spread the field with some WRs instead of bringing 11 guys into the box. THEN, in those situations he has, for years, had the 5th WR on the roster as the only wideout on the play, I assume so the kid can tell his parents he got snaps. The ONLY time we actually threw out of that to said WR was to Riley McCarron at Iowa State. My point is, we don't even have our best guy on the field just to give a threat of a pass.
Lol. The answer is we haven't been good on offense for a long time. Sometimes, you just have to admit the facts. We seem to be trending upward but I've seen nothing to say Cade can do anything when it counts.
They aren't though. Besides the last two meetings, blowouts by both teams, the games have all been rather close going back to 2010. Hell the 2013 game Iowa was up at half. There is zero reason this team shouldn't be able to compete in two weeks.
I bet you will be posting here all season.
Unbelievable. The "norm" would have been to take a knee with 21 seconds left. Instead we ran 3 plays, 2 by the guy that ripped off a 40 yard run up the gut. Like MN wouldn't be expecting a long pass?
I'm not arguing whether Kirk is ultra conservative coach or not or defendinghim. But you only have to go back to Saturday...Fleck...to find a coach with a lot of the same conservative tendencies
Sure he is. He is in the same neighborhood. I guarantee you the only time you ever watch Minnesota or watched Western Michigan is when they play or played Iowa.
