Official Maine-Iowa Thread
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I was impressed by the Hawks - Shonne Greene is tough and wow Jewel Hampton reminds me of Damion Simms.
If Jake plays like he did that 1st qtr we're up 21-0 with 3 ints for tds.
Otherwise Greene ran well and Iowa's defense wasn't as good as I thought it would be...nice to see Ankeny star Brodell back to 100%.
Sept. 13 might be one for the ages.....again!!
Otherwise Greene ran well and Iowa's defense wasn't as good as I thought it would be...nice to see Ankeny star Brodell back to 100%.
Sept. 13 might be one for the ages.....again!!
Yeah Greene ran pretty decent for 1st time back, but its so hard to get a good read from a game like this because Maine was awful. If I were Iowa and ISU, I would take these week 1 games with a grain of salt performance wise.
I do know one thing is for sure that SDSU would pound Maine. Maine is terrible. At least with SDSU, the quarterback only lost the game for them, but with Maine the whole team just sucks (and its not because Iowa is making them look bad either).
I do know one thing is for sure that SDSU would pound Maine. Maine is terrible. At least with SDSU, the quarterback only lost the game for them, but with Maine the whole team just sucks (and its not because Iowa is making them look bad either).
Neither Maine or SDSU are good enough to give fans much to evaluate about Iowa or ISU.
Iowa should be concerned, however, about going 4-for-13 on 3rd downs against such an inferior opponent -- especially considering how pathetic their offense was last year -- and that Jake is pretty much the same as last year.
ISU should be concerned about sloppy tackling -- the score could have been closer w/o the SDSU QB throwing the ball to the wrong team regularly -- and about the personal foul penalties.
ISU will get a better feel for how good the team is next week against Kent State. Iowa against Florida International will be a repeat of week 1.
Iowa should be concerned, however, about going 4-for-13 on 3rd downs against such an inferior opponent -- especially considering how pathetic their offense was last year -- and that Jake is pretty much the same as last year.
ISU should be concerned about sloppy tackling -- the score could have been closer w/o the SDSU QB throwing the ball to the wrong team regularly -- and about the personal foul penalties.
ISU will get a better feel for how good the team is next week against Kent State. Iowa against Florida International will be a repeat of week 1.
Let's be honest, Maine v. SDSU would be a push. To say otherwise--particularly that Maine was terrible and SDSU wasn't--is just wrong.
We need to improve. Iowa needs to improve. Let's hope we do moreso than they do.
We need to improve. Iowa needs to improve. Let's hope we do moreso than they do.
Kent State only won 3 games last year. Not sure if they are really much better than the team we just played.
A rash of injuries to key positions including QB contributed to some of those 9 losses. The game in Ames was the only contest in which they had all of their front line players available.
