Premature Preview: The Iowa Hawkeyes

**CapnCy** · 06-06-2012, 12:17 PM

Could the mods please edit? I believe what Chris meant to call this thread was: "Premature Preview: Iowa State's Super Bowl."

**AmesHawk** · 06-06-2012, 12:19 PM

Originally Posted by bos

Yes, but wait for page 3 at least.

Post #32, 3rd page.

Iowa will win the BCS National Championship this year.

(possibly the superbowl depending on how many/what former Iowa players on playing on the opposing team)

Someone had to do it.

**dualthreat** · 06-06-2012, 12:24 PM

Originally Posted by Clonehomer

You have to work up to it. The standard Iowa procedure is as follows:
Jan - Start reasonable, 7 wins or so
Apr - Reports coming from spring make you hopeful that you can be a darkhorse.
Jun - Doyle is working them hard, and other teams must not be improving. Add a couple wins to that total
Aug - Freshmen showing up. Kirk mentions one of their names. That addition is what is needed to get over the top. 10 wins easy.
Media Day - Look at how big those guys got over the summer. They could sweep the Big10.
Opening week - If Kirk doesn't win a national title with this team he should be fired.
[B]After week 2 loss- Lucky to finish 1-11.[B]

You can't predict a national title out of the gate. It's a process.

**Hawkeye11en1** · 06-06-2012, 12:25 PM

^^ fail.

**NickTheGreat** · 06-06-2012, 12:31 PM

Originally Posted by Rabbuk

They aren't in the preseason top 25 this probably means they are due to overachieve.

Thats kinda what I keep thinking. It doesn't make sense and shouldn't effect anything, but I wouldn't be surprised if they have a decent season

**GoSTATE71** · 06-06-2012, 04:40 PM

Well the thing Iowa has going for it is that when they start out with high expectations they typically are pretty mediocre. When people expect them to do nothing, there pretty good. Time will tell, but I see Iowa as a 7-5 team at the least, possibly 8 wins

**DodgerHawki** · 06-07-2012, 06:55 AM

Originally Posted by GoSTATE71

Well the thing Iowa has going for it is that when they start out with high expectations they typically are pretty mediocre. When people expect them to do nothing, there pretty good. Time will tell, but I see Iowa as a 7-5 team at the least, possibly 8 wins

If Hawks win all the home games and win at Northern Illinois (game in Chicago) that's 8 wins right there. Then where do find wins at Michigan, MSU, Northwestern and Indiana.

Could reasonably see anywhere from 5-9 wins. Anything beyond that either way seems some really weird things happened (good or bad).

**ahaselhu** · 06-07-2012, 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by DodgerHawki

If Hawks win all the home games and win at Northern Illinois (game in Chicago) that's 8 wins right there. Then where do find wins at Michigan, MSU, Northwestern and Indiana.

Could reasonably see anywhere from 5-9 wins. Anything beyond that either way seems some really weird things happened (good or bad).

That's about where I have the Hawks too. I've got them solidly favored in 6 games, with 3 toss-ups and solid underdogs against Michigan, Michigan State and Nebraska. If they win all the winnable games, 9 wins is not out of the question.

**Hawkeye11en1** · 06-07-2012, 10:51 AM

Originally Posted by ahaselhu

That's about where I have the Hawks too. I've got them solidly favored in 6 games, with 3 toss-ups and solid underdogs against Michigan, Michigan State and Nebraska. If they win all the winnable games, 9 wins is not out of the question.

No, it's not. But Iowa will lose to at least 1 team that they shouldn't lose to. And at home, they should beat ISU, but that doesn't mean they will.

**cayin** · 06-07-2012, 11:22 AM

I don't think you can say Iowa will lose one game they shouldn't this year. New coaches. It may also mean they may not win one they shouldn't either. Iowa played up or down to their opponents most of the time, but now we have different variables with new coaches. Iowa will have new players in their two deeps, but they have recruited well and they should win 8-9 games with that schedule.