Lulz....ISU fans already breaking out the reverse psychology

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Already, I'm seeing Iowa State fans on social media trying to overly downplay things like, "hey guys let's not get ahead of ourselves here. Iowa has beaten us 7 years in a row. We still need to play the game" etc etc etc

And lots of other stuff like that. But you can tell they're biting their tongues to the point of bleeding wanting to rip on us for our absolutely gawd awful offensive performance today.

The one thing I want to point out in all of this is that only Iowa....and I mean ONLY Iowa.....can make both theirs and their opponents' fanbases feel absolutely disgusted about the fact that they can still get wins at the highest level of college football by basically trotting out what amounts to a card board cut out at QB, which is exactly what we did today (except the card board cut out wouldn't have thrown an interception.........just sayin).

 

[Kinky F]

Actually Iowa didn’t play ISU when they had their best team in 2020.

 

[Gonzo Bloor]

With this OC, QB, and offense, I don't like our chances to beat anyone.

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

With this OC, QB, and offense, I don't like our chances to beat anyone.

Except South Dakota State.....

 

[stender72865]

I refuse to allow myself to get overly optimistic. ISU hasn't beat Iowa in 7 years. The game is at Kinnick. Iowa's D is really good again. Dekkers (although he looked good yesterday) is making his 1st road start. Like all FB games at every level, it will come down to turnovers. If ISU doesn't turn the ball over, they have a chance. If they do (and give Iowa a short field), they don't. The most important player on the field will be Tory Taylor. He was the difference last year, and may be again this year.

 

[BlackNGoldBleeder]

Already, I'm seeing Iowa State fans on social media trying to overly downplay things like, "hey guys let's not get ahead of ourselves here. Iowa has beaten us 7 years in a row. We still need to play the game" etc etc etc

And lots of other stuff like that. But you can tell they're biting their tongues to the point of bleeding wanting to rip on us for our absolutely gawd awful offensive performance today.

The one thing I want to point out in all of this is that only Iowa....and I mean ONLY Iowa.....can make both theirs and their opponents' fanbases feel absolutely disgusted about the fact that they can still get wins at the highest level of college football by basically trotting out what amounts to a card board cut out at QB, which is exactly what we did today (except the card board cut out wouldn't have thrown an interception.........just sayin).

Iowa State fans have to be shaking their heads and wondering how the f*** they lost to Iowa last year with Spencer Petras at quarterback.

I honestly don’t know if I can handle watching the game next week because I think it is likely to be an epically horrendous shit show. You could literally see a final score of 3-2 or some shit.

 

[Lone Clone]

Iowa State fans have to be shaking their heads and wondering how the f*** they lost to Iowa last year with Spencer Petras at quarterback.

I honestly don’t know if I can handle watching the game next week because I think it is likely to be an epically horrendous shit show. You could literally see a final score of 3-2 or some shit.

We've lost to Iowa several times when it shouldn't have happened. Last year was classic.

I'll trade you our backup QB for your punter. Fair enough?

 

[fezzador]

We've lost to Iowa several times when it shouldn't have happened. Last year was classic.

I'll trade you our backup QB for your punter. Fair enough?

Or how about we just give you our starting QB? We don’t need anything in return.

 

[DogBoyRy]

Already, I'm seeing Iowa State fans on social media trying to overly downplay things like, "hey guys let's not get ahead of ourselves here. Iowa has beaten us 7 years in a row. We still need to play the game" etc etc etc

And lots of other stuff like that. But you can tell they're biting their tongues to the point of bleeding wanting to rip on us for our absolutely gawd awful offensive performance today.

The one thing I want to point out in all of this is that only Iowa....and I mean ONLY Iowa.....can make both theirs and their opponents' fanbases feel absolutely disgusted about the fact that they can still get wins at the highest level of college football by basically trotting out what amounts to a card board cut out at QB, which is exactly what we did today (except the card board cut out wouldn't have thrown an interception.........just sayin).

I’m hoping for a narrow iowa win on a questionable call just to see campbell, pollard and the loons lose their shit.

 

[pistachio1999]

I hope we have more than one RB ready to go.

 

[MitchLL]

I'm confident ISU will still find a way to lose.

It's how lil Matty rolls.

BTW: The team the Clones beat is one of the worst at that level.

Think Minnesota beating NMSU.

 

[gojojo]

Anyone who thinks Iowa State is just going to roll into Kinnick with all their new starters and beat a team they couldn't move the ball on at all last year and win easily is a fool.

Not saying they can't win, but stop overreacting to one game.

Yup, the offense sucks, but last I checked we still have Jack, Seth, Riley, Noah, Lukas, Logan, Kaevon, Yahya, Joe, John, Quinn, Cooper and crew laying wood.

We didn't need much offense at all to win fairly easy last year on the road, now we get a first year QB in his first big road test.

We may not need an offensive point to win.

 

[EpenesaEpenesa]

Or how about we just give you our starting QB? We don’t need anything in return.

Id take their QB,receivers and some oline kids

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Id take their QB,receivers and some oline kids

There's about 100 other starting QBs at the FBS level (and many more at the FCS level) that we would take.

 

[David1979]

Anyone who thinks Iowa State is just going to roll into Kinnick with all their new starters and beat a team they couldn't move the ball on at all last year and win easily is a fool.

Not saying they can't win, but stop overreacting to one game.

Yup, the offense sucks, but last I checked we still have Jack, Seth, Riley, Noah, Lukas, Logan, Kaevon, Yahya, Joe, John, Quinn, Cooper and crew laying wood.

We didn't need much offense at all to win fairly easy last year on the road, now we get a first year QB in his first big road test.

We may not need an offensive point to win.

Iowa will need to score at least 17 points to win

 

[luvmyhawks]

We've lost to Iowa several times when it shouldn't have happened. Last year was classic.

I'll trade you our backup QB for your punter. Fair enough?

‘Lol. No.

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Iowa will need to score at least 17 points to win

Yeah I'm afraid we end up losing something like 10-3 or 10-6, somewhere in there.

The defense will absolutely fight the good fight and make it tough on ISU, but I don't think anyone should have high expectations that we will keep ISU from getting at least 1 TD.

They will move the ball and have some scoring opportunities. Just a law of averages.

It's just whether the defense gets gassed like they did against Michigan last year, and decides to quit after it becomes clear the offense has no interest in doing things a college offense is suppose to do at this level..............

 

[Bearhawk0505]

ISU Oline is typically where this game is lost. Can they block our DL? That answer will likely determine the winner as usual.

 

[MesaClone]

Already, I'm seeing Iowa State fans on social media trying to overly downplay things like, "hey guys let's not get ahead of ourselves here. Iowa has beaten us 7 years in a row. We still need to play the game" etc etc etc

And lots of other stuff like that. But you can tell they're biting their tongues to the point of bleeding wanting to rip on us for our absolutely gawd awful offensive performance today.

The one thing I want to point out in all of this is that only Iowa....and I mean ONLY Iowa.....can make both theirs and their opponents' fanbases feel absolutely disgusted about the fact that they can still get wins at the highest level of college football by basically trotting out what amounts to a card board cut out at QB, which is exactly what we did today (except the card board cut out wouldn't have thrown an interception.........just sayin).

Well...we actually have lost that many in a row...and we're a young team on a road trip against an instate rival. So, if you think we're "downplaying" things as part of some reverse psychology scheme...c'mon man. We always find a way to choke against Iowa...almost always with dumb turnovers...and its pretty goddarn normal to expect more of the same this year.

As for your offense, I'm happy to rip on your "absolutely gawd awful" performance...but I also saw how good the Iowa Defense and ST are...so I have little optimism going into this game on Saturday. I have hope...which is what always makes getting beat hurt all the more...but that hope is tethered by experience in this series.

I fully expect Iowa's offense to play much better this week...they will have a big chip on their shoulder and want to prove they aren't as bad as they looked. Petras always seems to find his inner Fran Tarkenton when he plays us so I expect that to happen as well.

Our QB Dekkers looked VERY good yesterday, but we all get that it was SEMS...so it doesn't mean much until he doesn't against a good defense like Iowa. But going on the road into a hostile rivalry environment isn't conducive to a new QB having a great performance...so I guess we'll just have to play the game and see what happens.

 

[Suterman]

ISU Oline is typically where this game is lost. Can they block our DL? That answer will likely determine the winner as usual.

Our D Line is very, very good and very, very deep.

 

[MitchLL]

Our D Line is very, very good and very, very deep.

Yep... and ISU's OLine has typically been very, very bad since Lil Matty arrived.

 

[gojojo]

ISU Oline is typically where this game is lost. Can they block our DL? That answer will likely determine the winner as usual.

They haven't won the battle at the LOS since 2012 and I don't see that changing this year.

 

[NI hawk]

I do not believe ISU had one QB sack against SEMO. Doubtful their defense is much better than SD St. Their O-line will not be able to handle Iowa D-line. Dekkers had a good game, but faced nothing like Iowa defense. (Obvious) Petras has to get better. I guess he can't get any worse.

 

[David1979]

I do not believe ISU had one QB sack against SEMO. Doubtful their defense is much better than SD St. Their O-line will not be able to handle Iowa D-line. Dekkers had a good game, but faced nothing like Iowa defense. (Obvious) Petras has to get better. I guess he can't get any worse.

SEMO also had a very mobile QB

 

[LaQuintaHawkeye]

The one thing I want to point out in all of this is that only Iowa....and I mean ONLY Iowa.....can make both theirs and their opponents' fanbases feel absolutely disgusted about the fact that they can still get wins at the highest level of college football by basically trotting out what amounts to a card board cut out at Q

I agree with most of this, but please, let’s not insinuate that SDSU and ISU are the “highest level” of CFB.

 

[millah_22]

Iowa State fans have to be shaking their heads and wondering how the f*** they lost to Iowa last year with Spencer Petras at quarterback.

I honestly don’t know if I can handle watching the game next week because I think it is likely to be an epically horrendous shit show. You could literally see a final score of 3-2 or some shit.

Bc the hawks were getting like 4 takeaways a game up until basically the Purdue game.

 

[Hans81]

Id take their QB,receivers and some oline kids

Does isu have a strong o-line?

 

[jo12208]

We've lost to Iowa several times when it shouldn't have happened. Last year was classic.

I'll trade you our backup QB for your punter. Fair enough?

Wudda, cudda, shudda. Your best team ever last year couldn't beat Petras last year.

 

[clonedaddy]

I agree with most of this, but please, let’s not insinuate that SDSU and ISU are the “highest level” of CFB.

And neither is Iowa.

 

[LaQuintaHawkeye]

And neither is Iowa.

If we’re talking solely Iowa offense the past five years you have a point.

Otherwise the end results would support high level classification.

 

[HawkeyeinOmaha]

If we had lost 7 in a row to another team I'd have my doubts too.

 

[DewHawk]

Except South Dakota State.....

That was the defense and special teams

 

[BonzoFury]

With this OC, QB, and offense, I don't like our chances to beat anyone.

We're looking at the first losing, non-bowl season since 2012.

 

[DewHawk]

I am just amazed Iowa cannot even execute an offensive play on the snap count. How can this not be lousy coaching? So, I am expecting a loss and I believe Dekkers is a game at QB.

 

[clonedaddy]

If we’re talking solely Iowa offense the past five years you have a point.

Otherwise the end results would support high level classification.

Depends on how you define high level.

 

[curtisj57]

Anyone who thinks Iowa State is just going to roll into Kinnick with all their new starters and beat a team they couldn't move the ball on at all last year and win easily is a fool.

Not saying they can't win, but stop overreacting to one game.

Yup, the offense sucks, but last I checked we still have Jack, Seth, Riley, Noah, Lukas, Logan, Kaevon, Yahya, Joe, John, Quinn, Cooper and crew laying wood.

We didn't need much offense at all to win fairly easy last year on the road, now we get a first year QB in his first big road test.

We may not need an offensive point to win.

What? Over? Did you say over?!

 

[ItsAllBallBearingsNowadays]

Iowa will need to score at least 17 points to win

I think 13 is the number.

 

[Lone Clone]

I do not believe ISU had one QB sack against SEMO. Doubtful their defense is much better than SD St. Their O-line will not be able to handle Iowa D-line. Dekkers had a good game, but faced nothing like Iowa defense. (Obvious) Petras has to get better. I guess he can't get any worse.

The SEMO quarterback was extremely elusive. And my guess is that the ISU defense is significantly better than SDS. But I'm afraid you are right about the o-line, and you definitely are right about the Iowa defense.

I expect Petras to play better. Or to be replaced if he doesn't.

Also, aren't you getting some guys back who missed the game? Cyclone injury situation seems to be missing one of our better starting o-linemen and maybe a very promising freshman RB.

 

[binsfeldcyhawk2]

Actually Iowa didn’t play ISU when they had their best team in 2020.

Their best team would have had one more L if they did.

 

[ItsAllBallBearingsNowadays]

Their best team would have had one more L if they did.

Undefeated in games not actually played. Brought back there entire roster of relevance and loss by two scores at home. It just reaffirmed to everyone was a fraud of a season it was because of Covid.