Cyhawk postgame thread

[rosshm16]

I really don't see Iowa winning more than 5 games.

Agree. I don't yet have a good sense of how competitive the Big 10 also-rans are this year, but I think this is the year Iowa doesn't magically win 8+ games despite being unable to score.

 

[mschmitty17]

Anybody got a pic of the final scoreboard?

 

[Cyforce]

I firmly believe anyone that says this game doesn’t mean as much to them as any conference game was born without a soul.

But seriously I think the true significance is if we were to win the conference we’d get a home playoff game instead of a 9-12 seed.

 

[exCYtable]

The wave of text messages blowing up my phone from Hawkeye fans captioning “Kirk needs to go”

Music
To
My
Ears

His stubbornness to never change and never leave has run that program straight into the abyss of staleness.

 

[HFCS]

Observations:

Iowa is not that bad.....just not great.
Hard to get a read on their QB. Gives them another dimension, but isn't really fast and I'm not so sure the captain is going to really let him run much for fear of injury. And for some reason he seems really scared to let it go. Maybe that will change as the season unfolds.
Their defense is good again......not great. Rocco had receivers open that he either over threw or they dropped.

I thought Matt and Houser called a very good game. But like above......too many misses and drops. That miracle tip was a very bad pass. Very fortunate.
The defense stays healthy, as good as it is now.....be very salty towards money time.
I can't ever remember having a weapon at kicker like ISU does now. I can remember for years ISU was lucky to make an extra point.

Good tough game overall and I think having that first game against KSU did help.

I think ISU is probably a 12-20 type of team and Iowa and KSU are probably 25-35 type teams.

Rocco and Konrardy are definitely part of that equation more than the avg player.

 

[FerShizzle]

thats a really polite way of saying the refs were gaming calls.

 

[dahliaclone]

I was gonna go see the excuses on the Iowa board but it’s all pay only now. Anyone have good nuggets? Are they kicking their dogs and cats? Iowa state sucks I assume is an excuse.

 

[inCyteful]

“Ostrenga got hurt in the first quarter, ISU was intentionally hurting our TEs!” - Iowa fans, probably

Well they shouldn't bring ***** TEs to a big boy fight.

 

[JP4CY]

The Konrardy replay. Did #8 from Iowa on the right side get off the line too quick?

 

[exCYtable]

But seriously, what are we going to do when Iowa finds themselves a competent receiver?

Kids that care about football and being in a fun offense have watched the same incompetence that is the Iowa offense their whole lives. Why would anyone good want to go there? Its a laughing stock.

 

[Aclone]

The catch itself wasn’t lucky but a big deflection going to a place where we could catch it was a little lucky. I think it’s okay to admit that

The bounce was lucky. Just clarifying bounce vs catch.

The only bounce I’ve seen more so was vs UNI in the late 80’s. I think it was third and short, our linebacker nailed the RB in the backfield so hard the ball went flying like a rocket…straight to the UNI QB, who was just running out his fake.

Caught it in stride, ran around the left end for a TD.

 

[Mr Janny]

I was gonna go see the excuses on the Iowa board but it’s all pay only now. Anyone have good nuggets? Are they kicking their dogs and cats? Iowa state sucks I assume is an excuse.

 

[cyphoon]

Wherever he is, I hope this kid is enjoying this gorgeous September Saturday in Iowa.

 

[cstrunk]

Did I miss something or did they not even mark off the penalty against Iowa after Wetjen was tackled at the 5?

ISU declined it for some reason

Thanks, that was weird, especially as that was just one of several things that wasn’t explained to the TV audience. Didn’t really seem to make a difference about three plays later, but I wondered why it wasn’t at the 2 1/2.

John and Eric kind of lost their minds on the radio when it happened

Why on earth would we decline the penalty? I think that's BS. You 100% put them on the 2.5 vs. the 5 yard line every time. I would like to hear what really happened.

 

[KidSilverhair]

Why on earth would we decline the penalty? I think that's BS. You 100% put them on the 2.5 vs. the 5 yard line every time. I would like to hear what really happened.

The only thing I can think of is if the holding foul occurred before the kick, accepting it would require punting again? I don’t even know if that’s a thing in the rules, I thought any foul like that on a punting play gives the kicking team the option of kicking again or adding the penalty to the end of the return.

 

[cyphoon]

Why on earth would we decline the penalty? I think that's BS. You 100% put them on the 2.5 vs. the 5 yard line every time. I would like to hear what really happened.

Any chance the ref's screwed this up? Usually they tell the coach "You can accept and put them at the XX yard line, or decline and give it to them at the YY yardline." They usually make it easy for the coach to figure out.

Did the refs make a mistake and try to mark the penalty off from where the punt was caught? Or where the foul occurred? I really can't believe our coaches would give them a 2 1/2 free yards.

H

 

[rosshm16]

I always default to assuming the stripes are ******* us.

 

[awd4cy]

As soon as Konrardy walked on the field my mind immediately went to "so the defense just has to hold" (and then they turned into absolute terrors). It never even crossed my mind that Konrardy might miss.

It did for me only as karma for the conservative play calling and playing for that long fg. Konrardy is going to be a great kicker in the league though.

 

[ClonesTwenty1]

LOLOLOLOLOL

 

[RagingCloner]

Why on earth would we decline the penalty? I think that's BS. You 100% put them on the 2.5 vs. the 5 yard line every time. I would like to hear what really happened.

That’s what really happened. The ref made the announcement. Can’t tell you why however