Saying that type of stuff totally dismisses all of the points people are giving you as to why they're upset with those losses. **** this attitude of "welp, lost to higher ranked teams so it's ok". No, we should not accept that. Especially after what we're seeing on the field and the lack of good coaching.
This may surprise you, but the vitriol after losing to #13 Wisconsin on the road is surprising to me
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Saying that type of stuff totally dismisses all of the points people are giving you as to why they're upset with those losses. **** this attitude of "welp, lost to higher ranked teams so it's ok". No, we should not accept that. Especially after what we're seeing on the field and the lack of good coaching.
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Look at the games Iowa is winning, and look at the games Iowa is losing. That might give you a clue.
Yup. Someone said we're 2-11 against teams with winning records over the past two years. That's... very telling.
If we lose by one point to #7 Minnesota and its a total of 15 points of losses to 4 ranked teams, two things come to mind: Close!, but no cigar. Stats are for losers.
I think it was only big ten teams. Which makes sense, Iowa generally loses to 3 of their 6 big ten west opponents. The interesting thing this year is Illinois and Minnesota may no longer be stat fluffers for the “average points per game” crowd. Better hang 70 on Nebraska, which they certainly could.
I’m still in shock at the 4, maybe 5 first round picks on the 2018 depth chart. The weakest Wisconsin team we may see in a decade, a down Penn state team, very cushy schedule. Woof. How long had Greg Davis been OC when 2015 happened?
Nope, cause he coached and learned from Norm Parker for 15 years as Norm groomed him to take over the D.
Are you defending hiring Brian because he was the tight end coach for the Patriots with the two best tight ends in the league prior to him taking over as that position coach w/ what, a year or two working with Greg Davis before being gifted the OC position?
Iowa football with KF has turned into Penn State football with JoPa as they both think they were and are bigger than the program. Do what’s in the best interest of the program, not treat it like it’s your family.
Good post. I think part of the concern is that other teams in the B10 West are starting to improve their programs while Iowa is stuck in neutral. It didn't help watching Minnesota play brilliantly against Penn State right before the Hawks played UW. I don't see Minnesota falling back to the pack after this year; I see them surging ahead. Purdue is going to be much improved next season unless they are decimated by injuries again. Again, it's not that Iowa lost, but as others have said, how they lost. They didn't play to win until late in the third quarter. Before that the offense was pedestrian and the players looked befuddled rather than geared up to kick ass. I don't know what's going on, but Iowa's offense rarely looks hungry to kick some ass. Where's the passion on the offense? Why does it take until the 4th quarter for them to play like they want to win? That's a big part of the problem in terms of fans being dismayed.
By late week, people will be fired up again. Knocking off an undefeated Minnesota team will make a lot of people feel better. But if they lay down from the start again this week and play like they want the game to be over the moment it starts, people are going to scream even louder. God forbid Minny puts a beatdown on Iowa this Saturday. That team looks HUNGRY!
All I'm saying is we're playing good football if we're playing those teams that close and looking like shit doing it. If that makes sense at all.
Sure. And I would consider that a "moral victory". If we're always playing them close but never winning, what's the point if we lose by 1 or lose by 100? I want to be winning at least some of those games, and Stanley being 12-12 in the B1G (winning most of the easy matches) isn't going to cut it.
I think that there are plenty of play makers on offense. There are lots of teams that win with way less talent than the Hawkeye"s have. Like you've pointed out, play to win on the last series when the game could have been out of reach of the opponent, long before the last series. The Hawkeyes have the receiving core they've had in years, they need to start with them and come back to the run, not being so predictable on establishing the run first. If there is a 50/50 split between run and pass, establish the pass first, the run first option doesn't seem to be working, reverse it and see if there is success, stay with it.
Maybe not, but we would have had some extra adrenaline, some extra pop had we scored.
No, it wasn't going to be OT because Wiscy was going to drive the ball down the field like they did.
