Iowa fans are now 100% sure of themselves that they are coming into Ames in 2 weeks and will piss pound us.
Their confidence will be off the rails when they win 49-3 today and 56-0 against Rutgers next week.
Not gonna lie though, I’m not sure I’m any less optimistic about 2 weeks from now after today. This isn’t the first time we dodged an FCS scare and went on to beat Iowa.
-2011, needed a Steele Jantz Hail Mary to beat UNI. Couldn’t move the ball at all that day. Looked 100x better week 2.
-2005, nearly lost at home to Illinois State, dominated Iowa 23-3
Take Iowa for instance. They nearly lost to UNI in 2009. Needed 2 fgs blocked to beat an average FCS team that year. Started that year 9-0.
Thought our defense was as good as advertised today. That’s going to be a unit that any team will struggle to score on this year. Mike Rose was an absolute animal today.
Offensively, at times we weren’t bad I thought. Just seemed to struggle to sustain drives but at other times seemed to move the ball okay. Pass blocking wasn’t great at times today but thought the run blocking was improved. UNI has always looked solid at the LOS under Farley. Also thought we ran a pretty basic set of plays today and didn’t open much up. Will see more obviously in 2 weeks. Another positive I see is with the scare today this team will be fully focused going into the bye week. All in all I still believe this is a great team.
Their confidence will be off the rails when they win 49-3 today and 56-0 against Rutgers next week.
Not gonna lie though, I’m not sure I’m any less optimistic about 2 weeks from now after today. This isn’t the first time we dodged an FCS scare and went on to beat Iowa.
-2011, needed a Steele Jantz Hail Mary to beat UNI. Couldn’t move the ball at all that day. Looked 100x better week 2.
-2005, nearly lost at home to Illinois State, dominated Iowa 23-3
Take Iowa for instance. They nearly lost to UNI in 2009. Needed 2 fgs blocked to beat an average FCS team that year. Started that year 9-0.
Thought our defense was as good as advertised today. That’s going to be a unit that any team will struggle to score on this year. Mike Rose was an absolute animal today.
Offensively, at times we weren’t bad I thought. Just seemed to struggle to sustain drives but at other times seemed to move the ball okay. Pass blocking wasn’t great at times today but thought the run blocking was improved. UNI has always looked solid at the LOS under Farley. Also thought we ran a pretty basic set of plays today and didn’t open much up. Will see more obviously in 2 weeks. Another positive I see is with the scare today this team will be fully focused going into the bye week. All in all I still believe this is a great team.