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

[BlIIlken2]

Kirk played us. Kaleb is by far the #1. It was just the team rules suspension lol.

 

[LarryMullenJr.]

Heron was spot on saying that highlight was a huge one. The online looked good there

 

[BubsFinn]

So I think it's safe to say our problem on offense has been Kirk and whoever the yes-man OC happens to be.

 

[Bierhalter]

aaaaaaaa Kaleb cradle that into the back of the endzone please

 

[FireBrianFerentz]

My dad and brothers new TD celebration is chooooo chooooo (Tim Lester hype train 🤣🤣)

 

[DTP2]

Hand the ball to official already.

 

[Morrison71]

Does Iowa move into the top 5 after today? I think so.

 

[desihawk]

Iowa has 423 yards of offense with 11:09 left in the game.

after first quarter lester looked like a small step back from brian
at this point he looks like a giant leap for mankind

 

[DEMGR]

Don't drop that ball too early crossing the goal line!!

 

[fezzador]

Brian who?

 

[hawkirugged17]

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...............

Sometimes ...

 

[Easthawk1062]

Offense better slow down. We’ve been told by a few posters on here scoring points will hurt the defense much more than going 3 and out 40 times per game.

 

[Franisdaman]

The 2nd quarter numbers were much better than the 1st qtr.

Things got even better in the 3rd quarter.

Iowa Offense:

............................1st......2nd....3rd
...........................Qtr......Qtr.....Qtr.......TOTAL
1st Downs........1.............5.......11.............17
3rd Down......1-5........2-5.....3-4........6-14
3rd Down....20%.....40%....75%......43%
Passing.........3-8......5-9.....10-11.....18-28
Pass %.........38%....56%......91%......64%
Pass Yds.........17........57.........147..........221
Rushes.............8........12..........10............30
Rush Yds.........17.......56.........33..........106
Per Carry.......2.1.......4.7.........3.3.........3.5
Total Yds........34......113........180..........327
Points...............3........3............13.............19

 

[BubsFinn]

Right now, every offensive player for Iowa is thinking of violations we can self report to the NCAA.

 

[JerseyCityHawki]

PEDDLE TO THE METAL… don’t pump the breaks and start pouring it on

Absolutely a beautiful run by Johnson and more importantly the lion gave him that hole

 

[2D_]

Happy with how things are going, but I want to keep it in perspective. Our OLine has got a LOT of work to do.

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Iowa has 423 yards of offense with 11:09 left in the game.

 

[Bank of Hawk]

The 2nd quarter numbers were much better than the 1st qtr.

Things got even better in the 3rd quarter.

Iowa Offense:

............................1st......2nd....3rd
...........................Qtr......Qtr.....Qtr.......TOTAL
1st Downs........1.............5.......11.............17
3rd Down......1-5........2-5.....3-4........6-14
3rd Down....20%.....40%....75%......43%
Passing.........3-8......5-9.....10-11.....18-28
Pass %.........38%....56%......91%......64%
Pass Yds.........17........57.........147..........221
Rushes.............8........12..........10............30
Rush Yds.........17.......56.........33..........106
Per Carry.......2.1.......4.7.........3.3.........3.5
Total Yds........34......113........180..........327
Points...............3........3............13.............19

At this rate of growth, we should beat Iowa State by 90+

 

[Phenomenally Frantastic]

Must have been one helluva half time speech!!!!

 

[RagnarLothbrok]

How good could this Iowa team be with at least a B+ OL?

I really hope the OL continues to improve. If they can elevate their play, Iowa has a good chance to win a lot of football games this year.

What a complete 180 from that first half.

 

[Hawksbyamillion]

Iowa has 423 yards of offense with 11:09 left in the game.

 

[hawkirugged17]

 

[Phenomenally Frantastic]

Zero pass protection - two rushers totally unblocked and Mac just chucks it blindly. Three receivers all in the same spot so it’s a friggin scrum at the goal line. Not bad if it’s the last play of the game but astonishing at this point. One guy happens to look back and see the ball is 20 feet under thrown and is lucky enough to turn around and catch it.

I don’t think this is going to work in B1G competition.

Yeah I was thinking Kirk won’t like that throw at all…

 

[desihawk]

many people in the world are on the phone right now going

 

[ButtersHawk]

Lester and this 2nd half offense.... AGAIN!

 

[yrunvs]

30-3. Interested to see if the usual posters piss their pants.

Looks like I was wrong.

 

[biggreydogs]

Did you see the stat that 3 WR touchdowns today ties last seasons total

 

[Hawkeyesgonewild]

Allen sack

 

[Hawktagonapus]

Nice tackle by 43

 

[NevadaHawk]

Nice tackle

 

[millah_22]

This D is salty.

 

[N8dogg99]

Don't drop that ball too early crossing the goal line!!

Saw that. Still baffling

 

[desihawk]

beautiful tackle by sharrar

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Hindsight-

1st half looked like your typical feeling-out, ho-hum struggle bus very 1st half against real competition that isn't your own team

2nd half has looked like they decided to stop f***ing around.........

 

[hawkdave007]

Kirk's walkie talkie ran out of batteries after the first half.

 

[2D_]

Second stringers are in for the D. I expect to see Sullivan for the next drive.

 

[millah_22]

wow special teams suffocated that

 

[Hawktagonapus]

Lol

 

[Morrison71]

Did you see the stat that 3 WR touchdowns today ties last seasons total

Not even today, just in the 2nd half.

 

[hawkirugged17]

Here come the Special Teams wanting in on the fun!