I don't know if this counts, but it may prove to be the answer:
The most clutch play in the last decade for Iowa
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As good as PP is as defense coordinator there has actually been numerous times the D couldn't get a stop to win games
How about some more clutch plays that happened in a loss?
2019 @ Wisconsin comes to mind. Stanley to Tracy 75 yard pass with a few minutes left down 8. Thought the subsequent 2 point conversion was a good play call and was well executed just unfortunately a fantastic play by the Wisconsin defender who stonewalled him. We would've won the West that year if we had ended up winning this game.
2018 @ Penn State. Geno Stone pick 6 to turn the tide in the 4th quarter. Put us on a trajectory to win the game until it was undone by the anti-clutchness of the subsequent interception at the goal line.
Beathard to Smith is the obvious one that doesn't even need mentioning.
Going back more than a decade, Broderick Binns pick 6 in the desert at Arizona in 2010. Thought we were actually gonna pull that game out of our asses for a second there.
2019 @ Wisconsin comes to mind. Stanley to Tracy 75 yard pass with a few minutes left down 8. Thought the subsequent 2 point conversion was a good play call and was well executed just unfortunately a fantastic play by the Wisconsin defender who stonewalled him. We would've won the West that year if we had ended up winning this game.
2018 @ Penn State. Geno Stone pick 6 to turn the tide in the 4th quarter. Put us on a trajectory to win the game until it was undone by the anti-clutchness of the subsequent interception at the goal line.
Beathard to Smith is the obvious one that doesn't even need mentioning.
Going back more than a decade, Broderick Binns pick 6 in the desert at Arizona in 2010. Thought we were actually gonna pull that game out of our asses for a second there.
BS. The restaurant I worked definitely had a few people yelling out for the fake lol.
Would've been Cooper's return like mentioned. So I'll give the refs "credit" for a clutch bad call that went our way and say the phantom face mask on the Desmond King punt return to set up the winning FG against Michigan in 2016. Beathard threw the pick that should've sealed the loss, Harbaugh decided to throw the ball for God only knows what reason instead of running out the clock, forced the punt and got 15 free yards on the return that we didn't deserve. Like the opposite of losing to them in 2004 when the calls all went there way. Surprising even more since Michigan was ranked so high as well with a lot on the line. I don't think freshman Duncan makes his FG if it needed 15 more yards.
I call BS on that. Everybody did NOT know they would run a fake punt from inside their own 20 or whatever it was. Crazy and ballsy move that would have ended the game right there had it failed. Its REALLY easy to sit back afterwards and say , "Oh I knew they were going to run a fake there". Fans, especially many on here are great arm chair QB's AFTER plays happen, just like calling out shit after instant replay. Coaches don't have that luxury.
As mentioned your really up against it when a good offense goes into 4 downs mode. See MSU in the championship game as well.
@kceasthawk wisky running a fake punt was literally the reason they won thegame, several people knew at the time it was at least a 50/50 shot... they did it and they won the game because of it.
But that play pre-dates the last decade. It was maybe the most clutch play of the 2000's or the KF era... but it doesn't fall into the last decade.
You’re thinking of the 2005 Michigan game. The 2005 team got absolutely hosed with officiating.
In 2004, Michigan kicked our ass, dropping us to 2-2, and we didn’t lose again.
You're right. 2005 that ended the home winning streak. 2004 at Michigan was the play where Tate got his helmet ripped off and still kept the play going (blown dead though).
Did we know for a fact they would fake? No, there was a chance they wouldn't. But knowing BB and Wisc at the time, many, including myself and most the crowd around me, called it out, then watched as the obvious fake came and worked to perfection. That play defined the trajectory of the program for the next few years.
2010 was a snake bitten season.
Lost to Arizona by 7, lost to Wisconsin by 1, lost to Northwestern by 4, lost to Ohio State by 3 (by paid athletes), and lost to Minnesota by 3.
Wasn't the Ohio State game down to like a 4th and 10 with us up and we let their QB run for the 1st down?
Bad juju. It wasn't just a fake punt that did it.
Lost to Arizona by 7, lost to Wisconsin by 1, lost to Northwestern by 4, lost to Ohio State by 3 (by paid athletes), and lost to Minnesota by 3.
Wasn't the Ohio State game down to like a 4th and 10 with us up and we let their QB run for the 1st down?
Bad juju. It wasn't just a fake punt that did it.
Probably didn't help that MSU had the ball for 13 more minutes, we had 2 fumbles and an interception, went 3-12 on 3rd downs, only had 13 1st downs to MSU's 20. Again, hard for the Def to be out there for 1 extra quarter.
That TOP difference was mostly on the last drive. They ran 22 plays! Totally incredible. Several times it looked like we had them stopped and they'd get that extra yard. We also dropped a TD in the endzone, (Kittle), and that play should have been a targeting call as well. Still believe that was the best B1G championship game to date. Sucks that we came out on the wrong end. I think if our LB's like Jewell would have been a bit more seasoned we get a stop in the 4th....
I'm aware thats why they won, I'm just saying that everyone knew it before hand is not correct. You yourself are now saying it was 50/50. And for the record (as has been addressed before) we had a punt safe on (so KF was looking for it), and it was not executed by the players. You'd surprised I think how often the coaches are on top of things or call the right play on offense or defense, and the plays not executed. Shit happens, and that one hurt...
That's fair and I can agree with that. Kudos to BB for having some nuts and playing to win to get the W. Still stings to this day, 2010 was such a disappointing season... UGH!!
the kittle play was even worse than that. if kittle had actually dropped the pass to the ground, we might've won the game (by at least making a chip shot FG that drive). problem is the ball sat on his back as he lay and they got the INT. one of if not worst freak play to go against us in the KF era
BirdistheWord
HB Legend
Someone mentioned that 2017 game vs ISU.
I believe we had;
Wadley
Easley
Vandeberg
B. Smith
ISM
Hock
Fant
😮
I believe we had;
Wadley
Easley
Vandeberg
B. Smith
ISM
Hock
Fant
😮
Believe game where Ike hurt his Achilles. But will never forgot Daniels in the crowd after game winning TD.
It was a great game. Can always look back and do "ands and buts", no doubt though on one of the best games.
Damn, your right, I forgot they actually ended up with a turnover on that one as well. What could have been.......
I still remember the crowd was deafening with the I-O-W-A cheer for a couple of minutes after CJB's bomb to Smith. We were right there in the national spotlight, and for a few minutes it was glorious. Then of course a few weeks later both the Hawks and Spartans got their ASSES handed to them.
Douglas C. Neidermeyer
HB Legend
Iowa @ Nebraska. 2021.
This is a personal choice. there are countless valid candidates but this one resonates a little longer for me. I was back in the Midwest for my mother’s funeral and was in a metaphorical fog for most of my trip out there. I was killing time with my family walking around downtown Chicago and was half-assed tracking the Iowa vs Nebraska game.
Severe doubts crept into my mind as we struggled mightily. We had no business winning that game. But then this happened; Marchese & Fisher
Needless to say, I was able to enjoy a brief moment that weekend.
This is a personal choice. there are countless valid candidates but this one resonates a little longer for me. I was back in the Midwest for my mother’s funeral and was in a metaphorical fog for most of my trip out there. I was killing time with my family walking around downtown Chicago and was half-assed tracking the Iowa vs Nebraska game.
Severe doubts crept into my mind as we struggled mightily. We had no business winning that game. But then this happened; Marchese & Fisher
Needless to say, I was able to enjoy a brief moment that weekend.
This.
I was at the game too and several people around us were saying "watch out for the fake". I recall because my wife asked why would they fake it? After the play a guy in front of us turned around laughing and said "That's why".
“Knew it COULD happen”? Well, yes, and KF “knew it could happen”, too.
But he et al have to guess if it WILL happen and set the D appropriately. You get to sit in the stands and say “I knew it!” when they guess wrong, But you didn’t “know” it.
When the argument becomes semantics I think it's best to just drop it altogether.
Good call. This was the definition of clutch. Everyone with an “N” on their dumb helmets knew the ball was going to Hock, and yet he still caught it. Stakes for bowl placement were on the line and we couldn’t let ol’ Frosty start 1-0 against us.
I have to chime in. My wife, who barely understands football, said before the hike, "I wonder if they will do that fake kick thingee."
AND...the very next play where Nate Stanley threw the TD pass with an tOSU defender wrapped around his ankles was freaking awesome.
