*** Official IOWA STATE vs #21 Iowa Game(Day) Thread ***

BWRhasnoAC

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Darien is a very intriguing player. I feel a lot better about his position after watching him play the first 2 games. He's a player I'm going to keep an eye on. He has the ability to make some plays.

Also, how do we feel about the LB position now? I'm quite impressed with Ebel and Brezina. Depth has taken a big hit there for sure, but those two appear to be very good young players!
LB was a little shaky in the 1st quarter but was quite good after that. Brezina is gonna be an AlI timer I think. Be great to have him, Bacon and McLaughlin.
 

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The portal hasn’t been too kind for the hawks. Williams ran for 59 yards against Notre Dame.
 

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Not sure if it’s been mentioned anywhere yet…. but I wanted to hand some props out to Jaylon Jackson’s performance on Saturday. He helped us out a ton! I think he probably deserves more carries than Hansen at this point.
It was not a good day for Hansen but he was talked up quite a bit by Blum. Maybe it was an off day.
 

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Haha, OK.

Maybe it's me living out of state but my reality is watching two average-decentish looking teams play Saturday, and ISU pulled it off by finishing.

The narrative was how ISU's been the better team all of these years but am I supposed to be floating on cloud 9 because of one win and get a poster from it?
Where is your soul,man?
 

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Haha, OK.

Maybe it's me living out of state but my reality is watching two average-decentish looking teams play Saturday, and ISU pulled it off by finishing.

The narrative was how ISU's been the better team all of these years but am I supposed to be floating on cloud 9 because of one win and get a poster from it?
After how many times we've blown games like that or folded to Iowa, uhhhh, yeah it feels pretty good. I'm not in the state either, but I still hear plenty from Iowa fans. That win completely changes the tone of the season. You're just ignoring that Iowa is our biggest rival? In college football?
 

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After how many times we've blown games like that or folded to Iowa, uhhhh, yeah it feels pretty good. I'm not in the state either, but I still hear plenty from Iowa fans. That win completely changes the tone of the season. You're just ignoring that Iowa is our biggest rival? In college football?

No, not ignoring. I'm just personally over it being the bell weather for the season.

If it remains the highlight win of the season I'd guess it means ISU didn't maintain whatever it took to win on September 7.
 

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The touchdown catch by Higgins was the perfect microcosm of the entire game.

Iowa thinks they have it completely and then Iowa State rips it out of their hands.

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Iowa did NOT give this game away. Iowa State took it away from them.

Deal with it Hawkeye fans.
 

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The touchdown catch by Higgins was the perfect microcosm of the entire game.

Iowa thinks they have it completely and then Iowa State rips it out of their hands.

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Iowa did NOT give this game away. Iowa State took it away from them.

Deal with it Hawkeye fans.

And I'm not sure where he is in the speed, route running, etc. columns but that kind of ability has to be strong consideration for a chance in the league and with his length I'd guess he gets a good look at some point.
 

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Yes - but the UT player was so wide open it would had been a completion even with McNamara throwing the ball. It may not had lead to a TD, but it would had been a nice gain.

Porter made a GREAT read on the play and sniffed it out.
Sure it would have been but EIU does not have the speed that UT had at the position with the Worthy kid as one of those, so we were not worried that EIU was going to get past us while the UT receivers could. The DB were daring EIU to throw deep, but their QB doesn't have the arm for it, nor the WR the speed to beat us.
 

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Lachey is a good TE (on a bad offense) but Higgins and Noel are better ball catchers. Both Noel and Higgins had catches in the last game in which the catch percentage had to be incredibly low.
How is Lachey an All American candidate is what I would like to know? The PR machine over east must be unbelievable to get these kids mentioned for awards year after year. As a sophomore he had 28 catches for 398 yards and 4 TD, as a Junior only played 3 games because of injury, 10 catches, 131 yards and no TD. This season through 2 games 6 catches all in game one, 63 yards and no TD's. Granted they have put a lot of TE into the NFL, but you have to produce to make an All American team, and so far this kid isn't doing it.
 

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I think he hangs on at least through the '26 season. There's zero chance they fire him after this year barring a massive scandal. And there's zero chance of him retiring barring a health issue of some kind.
Rape cover up, rhabdo, racism, nepotism.

What in the name of all that is unholy would qualify as a massive scandal?
 
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It was the only ranked team ISU beat after some weird games with a young team and beating Texas no matter how good/bad they are trumps a whole bunch of things.

What if Iowa/ISU both end up 7-5 this year?

Still an epic win?
Yes.

Sometimes its not the "who", it's the "how".

A buzzer beater is exciting no matter who you beat...
 
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