Calling one good game a year doesn't make you a good coach unfortunately.
Hawkeye Whine
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Calling one good game a year doesn't make you a good coach unfortunately.
I agree another big payday for kirkieboy...all those saps er ioa fans pay all that money to see a big 10 also ran program......
I believe this is the game that got them to switch defensive schemes. Without it, they may have not made the change. Everything happens for a reason. No point in second guessing because an Iowa win might have meant a OU and/or TCU loss. Be happy with how these coaches and players have adjusted and improved in just two short years.
So this will be the second time in a few years a Husker coach gets fired immediately after beating Iowa?
I was riding in the car and couldn't get the comedy channel on Sirius. After watching NU get #### pounded by an uninterested Penn State, I needed to complete a perfect day.
If you can't see how the teams are trending you are crazy. Iowa is trending down, hard. Especially after coming off a 12 win season not even 2 years ago. Iowa State is trending up and has a chance for their most conference wins in the history of the program going into next week and an outside shot (with a lot of help) of playing for the Big 12 championship,
Both teams are relatively meaningless on the national scene as far as playing for a NC, however one team (Iowa) thinks they are relevant nationally and they just aren't. The fans have Nebraska-like expectations but have never won a NC.
Or a different schedule where they played some teams with a pulse, and hung onto the 7 win a year KF average.
There is more parody when teams have QBs & offensive schemes that can throw down field effectively. The Big 12 has had more of these teams due to their offenses. OSU & their QB must be able to dominate with their run game to have any effective passing & most teams they can bully & run well against so it sets up their passing very well. Iowa with its front 7 could stop OSU's running & force their QB to make pro-type throws versus their coverages, which OSU QB is not very good at. The saying is more used in basketball, but it's all about matchups.
The large variable is Iowa's offense. Against ISU they were willing to pass to all levels & utilize TE's & RB's effectively in the passing game. Maybe the same for OSU too? (Didn't watch that 1) For the most part, I dont think they were committed this season to that & stubbornly try to run into the teeth of 8+ man fronts from opposing D's all the time.
The large variable is Iowa's offense. Against ISU they were willing to pass to all levels & utilize TE's & RB's effectively in the passing game. Maybe the same for OSU too? (Didn't watch that 1) For the most part, I dont think they were committed this season to that & stubbornly try to run into the teeth of 8+ man fronts from opposing D's all the time.
Honestly, I would've been shocked for you guys to lose to NU, but then again, I felt the same way about Purdue.
I don't watch a ton of Iowa FB, but it looked to me like Purdue, at least at the end of the game was totally dominating both LOS, which for Iowa is pretty shocking. Generally it is the lack of skill players and play calling that holds Iowa back in games. NU could be a real battle despite their abysmal performance so far.
Iowa's offensive and defensive lines are terrible. We're definitely stronger in the trenches than them
Pardon the self-quote but, how can anyone say that the iowa game instead of a guaranteed win is the best thing for the ISU program? I understand that it may be the best thing for some fans, but a guaranteed W and better bowl and more exposure brings in better recruits and results in better things for the program as a whole.
And for the group that will say it's about the attendance of a game that happens every 2 years, put a 10-2, 11-1 or 12-0 team on the field and people will be getting turned away no matter who is playing. Conference championships and CFP's would make me forget about the iowa game pretty quickly.
Also, it would drive hawk fans crazy, so there's that.
And you just typed more words than Iowa had for yards against Wisconsin
We were an Iowa offensive PI (that wasn't called) away from a likely win. That said, I’d rather the refs make the right call on the dual-possession against OSU.
They Cyhawk game offensive outburst was mostly due to both defenses being built to defend vey different offenses. Didn't help that Iowas favorite weapons in the passing game (TE and RB) took advantage of weakness at the time, which was LBs in coverage. At first I thought Brain maybe just called a great game. Looks like it was a fluke.
