***Iowa Pregame Thread***
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I've been on this job for 2 months and never noticed it there. I think they are all supposed to be solid black or gold and pennant style. I sit in the cafeteria in almost the same place for lunch everyday too. When I go back upstairs I'll get another snap of it from the 7th floor.
I think they always fly the opponent's flag at some point during game week.
I know for a fact I've seen them do it for Big 10 opponents. Maybe they just couldn't get one for Albany??
Albany people would probably love to know where to get one also.
That’s what scares me too. I think Iowa will be able to run it, and will be able to hold our running game down. We should be able to throw it on them, but what if Iowa is able to make it a really low possession game?
Agreed. I would also LOVE to see Iowa shoot themselves in the foot with bad snaps over the punter, or multiple interceptions to us coupled with lots of self-inflicted penalties, but like you said that hasn't happened against Iowa in a long time, our defensive line only rushes 3 on like 90% of downs and we don't bring pressure much, so I doubt it will happen.
I'm expecting a close game and slog, but hoping for some Iowa mistakes which could lead to a comfortable win for ISU.
One thing is for sure: I'm so glad we have Rocco Becht as our QB. Dude's an all-time gamer by ISU standards. Hope some of you realize that because reading the game threads when he makes one mistake there's like 10 people pissing and moaning about it. Let's see you go out there, see the entire field, run for your life, make like several reads and check-downs all in a matter of a couple seconds and perfectly toss a strike every damn time. I get annoyed by those people.
A pic was floating around at the start of the 2012 season of Micah Hyde dressed in street clothes standing in the Iowa football facility starting an Iowa State's team poster for that season. The Iowa coaches put it there to motivate their players following their loss to us in 2011. Despite this motivational effort, they lost to us again.
Hyde claims to have big brother superiority, but what kind of big brother sits and stares a poster of his little brother for motivation?
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Yeah in game posters are not the brightest. To be fair non of us probably are. I know I make knee jerk reactions to plays that just happened on a field where guys are going 100 mph.
Rocco is legit and led us to the best record in school history + a Big 12 Title birth. He also is on pace to break numerous Iowa State records. I’d say he’s doing just fine. AND, hopefully, he can go down as beating Iowa in back to back years which hasn’t been done since the one and only Steele ******* Jantz.
He just continues to be the biggest Hawkeye homer while trying to be an unbiased journalist. It's cringey. A friend sent Chad's game prediction article from this week where he talks about all the concerns he has for Iowa but then has a 23-20 Hawk win. That's fine, but coupled with his live video reactions from the Albany game and how concerned he is you can just see his Hawk love shining through before each game where his black and gold goggles rear their ugly head. That and I just think he's bad at his job in general.
As a packer fan, I don’t miss seeing Micah Hyde get burned every single Sunday on the field.
You have every right to have those thoughts. Could be concerning. But I would much rather be in our position in every other facet of the game than them. We're tested with two tougher games. They are untested. Our QB is looking in the zone. They are breaking in a new QB that had a horrible passing game against a bad team and will be playing his first road game in a rivalry game. They are out one of their biggest running backs.
Dunno. I must be crazy. I am not worried about this game. Absolutely 100% could lose and that would suck. But if told we were 2-1 after three games before the season, I'd take the Hawk L over a conference loss against KSU.
But we'll be 3-0.
I really think things would really have to go wrong to lose tomorrow. We have Becht, we have Mouser, and we have the advantage at every single skill position minus RB. We even have advantage on punter and kicker. If Iowa has advantage at LOS, it’s not by much.
I’m at a total loss for why anyone thinks we don’t have the edge at RB. Just because their mediocre backs had success against Albany?
I would’ve said our RBs were pretty even but with their starting RB being out, I think we have that edge.
Last year Kaleb Johnson had 187 yards rushing and entire ISU offense had 89. And I think you are correct about ISU being able to throw on them because Rocco had 272 yards last year. So unless somehow they completely shut down the pass game I would not be that concerned if they out rush ISU again.
Fair, we may very well have the edge there as well. I don’t remember a year where on paper we had this much of an advantage. People really are looking way too far in our past 10 years with Iowa.
