What loss still burns you the most as an Iowa fan?

[HawkeyeInCentralIowa]

I lm sure this will appear a lot but I would say the 2015 B1G Championship game with the rose bowl behind it. When CJ hit Smith on that long pass I thought we were going to be playing for a trip to the natty. The rose bowl just felt like a gut punch after a major in kick in the balls.

 

[hawkbirch]

The game we lost to western Michigan to be bowl eligible. Actually, they all burn me.

 

[Jedhawk77]

I lm sure this will appear a lot but I would say the 2015 B1G Championship game with the rose bowl behind it. When CJ hit Smith on that long pass I thought we were going to be playing for a trip to the natty. The rose bowl just felt like a gut punch after a major in kick in the balls.

02 clones.

 

[Hawkeyes4Life32]

2010 Wisconsin game was brutal

 

[NevadaHawk]

The game against Penn State 3-4 years where McSorely threw that TD pass near the end of the game. We had been leading up to that point.

 

[tghawk]

Top ones that came to mind for me bam, bam, bam, bam above. Tough ones

 

[Hwkfn1]

1990 Ohio State; 1985 Ohio State

 

[HerkyFan]

1986 Rose Bowl.

 

[nu2u]

The game against Penn State 3-4 years where McSorely threw that TD pass near the end of the game. We had been leading up to that point.

That's the first one that came to my mind also. There are many others.

 

[H4wkfan4life]

I lm sure this will appear a lot but I would say the 2015 B1G Championship game with the rose bowl behind it. When CJ hit Smith on that long pass I thought we were going to be playing for a trip to the natty. The rose bowl just felt like a gut punch after a major in kick in the balls.

The rose bowl

 

[JayIrwin95]

Nothing bigger and more on the line that B1G Title game

 

[HawkeyeInCentralIowa]

The game against Penn State 3-4 years where McSorely threw that TD pass near the end of the game. We had been leading up to that point.

That sucked. I actually have a funny memory about that game because I was sitting with my little cousin who was about 6ish and his dad said Penn State was putting a poor effort into waving at the kids. My cousin promptly turns around and says Penn State is not allowed to wave at kids. Still thinking about that makes me chuckle.

 

[unoHawkeye]

The rose bowl

I basically drank myself into acceptance of the L by halftime. Had to tip the cap to McCaffrey, and I couldn’t help but feel like the emotional toll the BTCG took on the team was a factor as well.

I don’t think the Hawks fare much better against Bama in the playoff than MSU did, but the championship game was crushing. Just getting an opportunity in the playoff would have been incredible, and that last MSU drive was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to watch in sports

 

[Monzon]

Michigan '05. Home streak snapped. Witvoet.

 

[BlackNGoldBleeder]

1990 Ohio State; 1985 Ohio State

The 1990 Ohio State game was the first game that ever chapped my ass. I was nine.

To this day, I still try to imagine the Iowa defender batting the ball down instead of intercepting it in the end zone.

 

[BlackNGoldBleeder]

Michigan '05. Home streak snapped. Witvoet.

Yeah, we thought that was the worst officiated game ever. Then the Outback Bowl happened.

 

[amahawk]

How about the loss to NDSU?

 

[Birdmanil]

Big ten title vs MSU
02 vs ISU
And losing Stanzi in the Northwestern game in 09

 

[FreddyUI]

MSU in B1G Title game came to mind first. UCLA in '86 hurt also.

 

[ottumwan in tx]

The game we lost to western Michigan to be bowl eligible. Actually, they all burn me.

I was at that game and got my face and sign on tv

 

[ottumwan in tx]

tulsa at tulsa

 

[HawkInArk]

Seneca Wallace / ISU in '02

Recent: McSorley throws over Hooker to beat Iowa last minute in '17

 

[blhawk]

02 clones, 08 at Illinois, 10 and 18 wisconsin. Rose bowl

 

[CalmHawk]

Went on a honeymoon to Hawaii, wore my hawkeye shirt, a local that was half baked talked about the huge win against the hawks way back when. I wasn't old enough to remember the game but it must have been a huge upset

 

[Hawks4Life86]

Among those not mentioned - 2005 @ Northwestern.

 

[HawknBadgerLand]

Wow. Unless I missed it I am surprised no one mentioned 20p9 @Ohio State. We win that we win the Big Ten. Until the 2015 BIG championship game, that was #1 on my list.

 

[hawkeyekid]

Any 22 play drive is a punch to the gut.

A 22 play drive, capped by a run that was so dead the announcer thought it was over, to lose a Big 10 Championship and trip to the playoffs is....a Mike Tyson uppercut to the balls.

Being in that stadium and feeling the numbness was sickening.

 

[hif in fairfax]

The offsides game against Florida in outback. Hawks had all the momentum and the refs stole that game from them on a horrible call, all other games they lost I'm ok with, as long as they were just outplayed.

 

[Simbahawk4]

- Msu BIG Championship being so close..the chance to matchup with Bama.
- Losing (robbery) Meyer FL.
- 90 Rose bowl - Washington..valiant effort to come back..QB Rogers, RB Bell and WR Saunders, TE Matt Whitaker, recovering on side kick closed gap however too little too late.

 

[JerseyCityHawki]

The game against Penn State 3-4 years where McSorely threw that TD pass near the end of the game. We had been leading up to that point.

I think I choked on my own tears after that as we had the jaws of victory around Penn State and he needles a pass that 9/10 times would never hit and of course he hits it then the jackass does the baseball home run swing .. be original at least

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

As far as most recent, probably any of the losses to Penn State, seeing as how they have replaced USC on the gallows.......

 

[Hawkeye_311]

The game we lost to western Michigan to be bowl eligible. Actually, they all burn me.

Iowa actually was Bowl eligible at 6-6 that season, just didn't get selected. Probably for the best.

 

[Wadzinator]

2018 Wisky at home!Man that one got pissed away.

 

[anon_b29nm7v7dwp6r]

2015 BIG title game is right up there....not sure I would say it burns though. After that game I was just emotionally drained, but realized it was probably one of the best football games I had ever seen.

Michigan In ‘05 is the one that immediately pops to mind. That 2005 game is still one of the worst officiating jobs I have ever seen. Or NDSU/Western Michigan games.

 

[IowaHawkeyeFBnBB4Life]

Big Ten Title game for obvious reasons. Obviously Iowa gets smoked by Bama after that, but it would’ve been fun to see what happened,

2010 vs Wisconsin. The fake punt was brutal. The review was brutal because quite a few thought they were looking for a fumble. Iowa football wasn’t quite right after that loss for a long time and well Wisconsin took off.

2014 Nebraska because if Iowa won that, then we absolutely own Nebby since they joined the conference. That win at least makes the series respectable since they joined.

 

[IowaHawkeyeFBnBB4Life]

The game we lost to western Michigan to be bowl eligible. Actually, they all burn me.

Iowa was bowl eligible, just 6-6 wasn’t a guarantee like it is now.

 

[hexumhawk]

2015 BTCCG
2002 ISU

Those two games cost us legitimate shots at a NC.

 

[IowaHawkeyeFBnBB4Life]

2015 BTCCG
2002 ISU

Those two games cost us legitimate shots at a NC.

2002 would’ve been heartbreak city. No way ever Iowa jumps tOSU or Miami.

 

[rfgiowa]

OP...excellent topic...even though this brings back so many awful memories.
There are so many shoulda coulda woulda games!

 

[CJ Beat Hard]

I lm sure this will appear a lot but I would say the 2015 B1G Championship game with the rose bowl behind it. When CJ hit Smith on that long pass I thought we were going to be playing for a trip to the natty. The rose bowl just felt like a gut punch after a major in kick in the balls.

I'll agree with the B1G Championship. I was a tthe game and it was crazy. Even though we lost and it kills me, it also was the best and most fun game I have ever been to (picking is slim for games I have attended tho).