Iowa arrogance

awd4cy

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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.
 

ISUagger

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Pretty much sums up how I feel. Nobody really has a good feel for their team until after three games, and even then the recent ISU teams have surprised us.
 
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CYber_saber

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As Campbell always says, it is about us not them. Let them bring what they have. If we good, we win!
 

jdoggivjc

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New year, same Hok arrogance. Even before the game they couldn't believe we were in the top 25, not when we play in a "far inferior conference". They're still convinced they kicked our asses last year when that was very much a game into the final minutes, and are convinced that as long as they show up in 2 weeks victory is assured.

For a fan base that supposedly above the rivalry and doesn't care about it as much as we do, they're awfully paranoid about it.
 

lets-talk

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Little doubt in my mind that Iowa fans will write off upcoming ISU improvements to superbowlitis but the joke will be on them. This game was the worst thing possible for Iowa. ISU played against a tough opponent, showed excellent nerves down the stretch, and CMC got everything he needs to implement that game 1 to game 2 jump. CMC has to be happy with the W on the scoreboard that still invites underestimation.