Iowa fans shouldn't expect the defense to play as well as last Saturday, but Iowa State fans shouldn't expect Iowa's offense to be as bad, either. All in all, I think it is a close, hard fought game. Fueled by the Kinnick crowd, Iowa gets the stops they need in the 4th quarter to win 27-24 and screw everyone who picked Iowa to cover at -3.5/-4.
NIU, obvious top 25 team....
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A rational Hawk fan, you have no place hereJust kidding welcome aboard.
Lol thanks! Now, am I rational only because I picked a Clone victory?
Saturday can't get here fast enough!
To your points.
Iowa will have to worry about every game this year, including UNI. No big surprise there. I would rather Iowa play them when the Hawks are playing them as opposed to the first game of the year. But yes, Iowa will have to play in that game to win it.
I didn't hear the Podolak quote, so it may be getting misconstrued. But no, NIU is not the best defense Iowa will play all year. Likely not in the top half of defenses Iowa will face all year. MSU, Nebraska, ISU, Michigan, Purdue at the very least will have better defenses. Huskies did have a good plan, kudos to their defense for doing so. That said, if Iowa turns just 2 of the 5 FG attempts into touchdowns the game is a 10+ point Iowa win. Of course if I was 6-11, 25 years old could run and jump like Lebron I would be in the NBA.
Everyone should be careful about drawing too many conclusions off one week. As an Iowa fan, the comparison to 2009 isn't all that valid. Iowa doesn't have Clayborn/Klug/Ballard on the DL and Angerer/Edds, Spievey/Sash/Prater/Greenwood in the back 7. This Iowa team will get better, but they aren't going to turn into the 2009 squad.
Every game is its own thing, especially at this time of the year. We'll see some things Saturday that no one expected. What those are will end up deciding the game.
Nice post and just to clarify Podolak said exactly what was posted here. Still can't believe he said that.
NIU was a solid team. Not bad, not great. Their defense was not the issue it was Iowa's offense which was obvious because Iowa would drive down into NIU territory and then just stall, especially when Vandenberg had to pass. I don't know what Eddie was thinking when he said NIU was best defense they would see, maybe he meant in the non-con.
I listened to a little bit of the game on the radio, and I know Podalak asked Dolphin if he had seen much receiver separation today because he hadn't. Gary said no, he hadn't either. This was during the game, though, not the post game Hawk Hug Fest.
I wish I had heard the turf comments because that would have been a lot more fun.
This site is no worse. Just wait till Jantz has a bad game and 10 threads get created calling for Barnett. Others about CPR's love affair with Jantz.
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It doesn't even take that long. We had people hating on Jantz and Coach Mess as well as declaring "game over" while the Tulsa game was still in the first quarter.
http://www.cyclonefanatic.com/forum...l-game-day-thread-isu-vs-tulsa-2-30-a-17.html
I have actually heard a lot of talk about the turf during and after the hok game? What was wrong with the field?
soldier got re-sodded only to have the ******* hawks ruin the field for the bears
