*****The Official Iowa vs Illinois State Game Thread*****

[TRHawkeye145]

Was hoping to see some Washington Jr. Thought he could be a Swiss army knife guy

 

[BubsFinn]

We're still failing to pick up that backside defender. After 10+ years, we still keep missing that guy.

 

[Hawkeyesgonewild]

Grind it out

 

[Bow.to.the.Narrative]

Someone mentioned earlier that Angerer is bad.

He's not terrible, he's just a little....meh.

 

[TRHawkeye145]

Grind it out

Another grind it out score to end the 3rd Q would be a nice cherry on top to a great Q

 

[Hawktagonapus]

Did ISU forget to stretch before the game?

 

[Tom Paris]

Beating them up physically now.

 

[N8dogg99]

Illinois St might have to pull in another recruiting class if these injuries keep up

 

[IaHawks03]

Lots of injuries for illinois state

 

[2D_]

He's not terrible, he's just a little....meh.

It's his first call, gotta give him some time to get into the groove.

 

[bdcolt45er]

Our run breakdown will be interesting. Because it feels like our runs on 7+ to gain are consistently better than our runs with 3 or less to gain.

 

[VodkaSam]

I'd like to say it was the same as his weight but we know that's way too damn high

 

[NevadaHawk]

Cade is 15/24 for 174 yards and 2 TDs

 

[BubsFinn]

How the hell does Jennifer Coolidge keep getting work?

 

[NI hawk]

Th

Okay, so, what do we attribute the complete 180 on offense to? Lester’s adjustments? Better execution by the players? Both? Something else?

This is the offense we were hoping to see.

Throwing Kirk's scripted plays away.

 

[hawkirugged17]

And I fell fine

 

[desihawk]

Grind it out

yeah now we are doing just that...if we can continue doing that all season would be fantastic...the cheaterines did that pretty well to pull away in the 4th against a lot of opponents

 

[Hawkeyesgonewild]

Well back to normal

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

That run is where Johnson needs to improve on his skill set as a back.

He runs too much like a track sprinter, and struggles a bit with change of speed/direction. He needed to down shift and make a quick cut up field for extra yards (every yard counts in Iowa's offense), and instead it was almost like because of his running style, he could only keep drifting outside and pretty much running right into the tackle...............

 

[2D_]

Good pass, but couldn't catch it for some reason.

 

[hawkirugged17]

How the hell does Jennifer Coolidge keep getting work?

 

[Bank of Hawk]

Punting has been ok today. Not quite Tory standard, but decent

 

[MitchLL]

Playing 4 wide on 3rd and 2 at yout 34 yd line?????

 

[ButtersHawk]

We fat shame until said player is at a weight to compete and help the progrum

 

[BubsFinn]

That was pretty good coverage, but a damn good throw and a great catch.

 

[bdcolt45er]

Hate that play call. Run it there I know we have been bad in short distance. But I think that is part of the point. Maybe spread it and run.

 

[Easthawk1062]

Nice seeing us staying ahead of schedule and not being in 2nd and forever every possession. Keep building.

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Cade still too early on some of his throws when he doesn't need to be.

And no it's not a case of him seeing things before they happen like with Caitlin Clark..............

 

[hawkirugged17]

Playing 4 wide on 3rd and 2 at yout 34 yd line?????

 

[2D_]

Welp, Nestor blew it.

 

[herkhatescy]

That run is where Johnson needs to improve on his skill set as a back.

He runs too much like a track sprinter, and struggles a bit with change of speed/direction. He needed to down shift and make a quick cut up field for extra yards (every yard counts in Iowa's offense), and instead it was almost like because of his running style, he could only keep drifting outside and pretty much running right into the tackle...............

Straight up runner.

 

[desihawk]

Punting has been ok today. Not quite Tory standard, but decent

i suppose that's why the offense has had to put up a couple extra TDs

 

[ButtersHawk]

Playing 4 wide on 3rd and 2 at yout 34 yd line?????

I like it but RUN at that empty box

 

[millah_22]

 

[Hawkeyesgonewild]

Good defense

 

[hawkirugged17]

Defensive stop on 4th down. Well done.

 

[TRHawkeye145]

It's going to be a struggle for any team being able to drive on this D

 

[herkhatescy]

Welp, Nestor blew it.

Looked like it said Watkins on the back of his jersey.

 

[TRHawkeye145]

Ostrenga a beast

 

[Tom Paris]

Passing to open the run is actually a real thing.