Recent content by rosebowliowa
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Tired
A lot of this chatter sure sounds like what Iowa fans complain about.- rosebowliowa
- Post #280
- Forum: Football
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College Football Playoff Rankings (Nov. 10)
I think it gets all murky like this when you stay in the weeds too long. Step up and view the big picture. The end-game scenario that is most top-heavy (or, put it another way, the favorites keep winning and the top teams end up with the fewest losses possible) is this: Undefeated B10...- rosebowliowa
- Post #337
- Forum: Football
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Initial College Football Playoff Rankings Released
There was. Every week there are Iowa fans going on about how great our opponent is. It's gone beyond reasonable discussion to the point they must be trolling. I think it's quite fair to say Iowa should win comfortably, but they should be aware because CJ is hobbled, IU has a puncher's...- rosebowliowa
- Post #252
- Forum: Football
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Initial College Football Playoff Rankings Released
Care to elaborate as to why they would/should ignore those wins? Why? How does expanding the playoff make it less of a beauty contest, or address unbalances schedules and leagues across the landscape? Good question. All four on the right side of your table. Baylor wouldn't score near their...- rosebowliowa
- Post #197
- Forum: Football
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Initial College Football Playoff Rankings Released
Would they also write off a road win over Wisconsin, who looks likely to finish with losses only to Iowa and Alabama? Would they write off a dominant road win over Northwestern, who beat darling Stanford and will be bowl-bound? Would they write off a road win over an upper division Big XII...- rosebowliowa
- Post #118
- Forum: Football
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Initial College Football Playoff Rankings Released
The ranking doesn't bother me whatsoever. They have us higher than the AP, coaches, and even ESPN's own self-serving FPI. And I love being in the discussion. We all thought we were toast as a program, just waiting for Kirk to finally ride off into the sunset. Less than a season later we're in...- rosebowliowa
- Post #87
- Forum: Football
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Matt and Miller getting pretty heated
Except that you did say the second half didn't count. I think the reason you were so polarizing yesterday (besides the fact that people are always on edge the Monday after the Iowa-ISU game) is that you didn't just say that the game didn't prove that Iowa was a great team, you went so far as...- rosebowliowa
- Post #71
- Forum: Football
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Official "post"-Game Thread - Iowa @ ISU
I am sorry, but I do not understand why you mention Hayden Fry. I do not think the Fry hire is analagous to that of Rhoads. But I do think that that would be an excellent first four years if he were to replicate Fry's record in that span.- rosebowliowa
- Post #238
- Forum: Football
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Official "post"-Game Thread - Iowa @ ISU
Cyco, your link doesn't work. jbh-Fair enough. But, consider the relative talent those coaches inherited from their predecessors. McCarney had to build a program. Davis inherited some of the best players in school history and had immediate success. Iowa was at one point ranked #1 and finished...- rosebowliowa
- Post #235
- Forum: Football
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Official "post"-Game Thread - Iowa @ ISU
I have some observations and counterpoints from an Iowa perspective. They aren't in any particular order. -There's been some back on forth on ISU's playcalling, but I think the tone was set for the game by Iowa's playcalling. One of the reasons I predicted an ISU win was that Ferentz has tried...- rosebowliowa
- Post #229
- Forum: Football
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IF Bulaga is out....Advantage Iowa?
If I were a Clone in Hawk's clothing on a Clone board just to play some kind of joke on this situation, I wouldn't have a join date of December 08.- rosebowliowa
- Post #39
- Forum: Football
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IF Bulaga is out....Advantage Iowa?
Bulaga now officially out due to illness. Doesn't affect this game. Iowa was always going to lose. Actually, the only way this changes the game is if Iowa rallies around it and finds a way to win. I fully expect Iowa to be shredded tomorrow.- rosebowliowa
- Post #34
- Forum: Football