Thanks Joe Lunardi-"Davidson has a better team than Iowa"

[hawkeyefan76]

Jo Lunardi predicted Iowa to lose. The east coast "experts" can never pick any team that is not from the East or South.

It points out once again the lack of respect they have for the big ten.

Go Hawks! Beat the Zags!

 

[Guidotheguide]

I think he was talking about la-crosse since i don't think Iowa has a team in that sport.

 

[Hawk_4shur]

Could it be that he was just wrong and it didn't have anything to do with bias or respect?

Nah.

 

[Phenomenally Frantastic]

Lunardi predicted a 10+ point Iowa loss, which means he was 40+ points off the mark.

Joe should probably stick to tourney picks.

 

[pink shizzle]

Originally posted by Hawk_4shur:
Could it be that he was just wrong and it didn't have anything to do with bias or respect?

Nah.

+1

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Originally posted by Phenomenally Frantastic:
Lunardi predicted a 10+ point Iowa loss, which means he was 40+ points off the mark.

Joe should probably stick to tourney picks.

Yeah Lunardi does a fair job showing which teams will make the tournament. But that's where his "expertise" ends.

 

[ThamesHawk]

Originally posted by Phenom...tastic:
Lunardi predicted a 10+ point Iowa loss, which means he was 40+ points off the mark.



Joe should probably stick to tourney picks.

Yeah this doesn't make any sense
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[markfromj]

The thirst of many Hawk fans to seek and secure victim status knows no bounds.

 

[QChawks]

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[rillo 62]

Originally posted by markfromj:
The thirst of many Hawk fans to seek and secure victim status knows no bounds.

Indeed

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Originally posted by markfromj:
The thirst of many Hawk fans to seek and secure victim status knows no bounds.

I think it comes from the wrestling fans. We are the victim because everyone wants to see Iowa lose in wrestling, no matter how sh***y on and off the mat the other team winning is, just as long as Iowa loses. Then they carry that over to other sports.

Oh that and usually the media either overrates Iowa or says we have no business (only mostly exaggerating) competing with our opponents.

Just sayin..............and yes what I'm saying is true, mark.

 

[markfromj]

Nothing that general can be "true", Evil.

 

[fecal particulate]

Lunardi is a bracket nerd. He knows less about actual basketball than kilroy. Which is really, really sad.

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Originally posted by markfromj:
Nothing that general can be "true", Evil.

What?.......Why sure it can.

 

[jerbob36]

You need to know a little about the actual game to do what he does. He made a pick. He was wrong. I picked against the Hawks too, didn't think we would do what we did. Who saw a 30 point win coming?

 

[seer_hawk]

Originally posted by jerbob36:
You need to know a little about the actual game to do what he does. He made a pick. He was wrong. I picked against the Hawks too, didn't think we would do what we did. Who saw a 30 point win coming?

I predicted high teens because Davidson wasn't a physical team, and was outside oriented on offense (vs having a balanced scoring attack). I really have no idea why Lunardi expected a double digit loss for Iowa, but I think he and other bracketologists, and the NCAA committee underseeded B1G teams and Pac 12 teams vs Big 12 and ACC teams.

 

[lonewolf52]

This guys issue is that he thrives on knowing what the committee will look for in selecting the field of 68 (based mostly on paper). Choosing winners takes more than stats or there would be someone developing something to Sabermetrics for this but it just doesn't work that way.

 

[markfromj]

Originally posted by EvilMonkeyInTheCloset:

Originally posted by markfromj:
Nothing that general can be "true", Evil.

What?.......Why sure it can.

"Everyone"? All 7 billion of us?

"The media"? Including Gary Dolphin?