It also just hurt more in terms of getting our ass kicked the first half, then turning it on the second half. Iowa (despite last week), is a solid team that is hard for a Big 12 style team to play against. We should have crushed Baylor and we probably would if we played them again next week.
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It also just hurt more in terms of getting our ass kicked the first half, then turning it on the second half. Iowa (despite last week), is a solid team that is hard for a Big 12 style team to play against. We should have crushed Baylor and we probably would if we played them again next week.
Baylor is more "annoying" I'm thinking because we could have won pretty easily, if we just shore up special teams by like 25%. Iowa just wasn't our day.
Losing to Iowa stinks more for non-football reasons (shutting up tavern hawks, co-workers, etc).
Losing to Iowa stinks more for non-football reasons (shutting up tavern hawks, co-workers, etc).
I'll say Iowa just because it's like each year our offense never does anything in those games. And then goes on to have a really good run game with a confident Purdy. In Baylor we at least threw up points. We need to pound baylor and iowa next year.
If the clones only lose one more, to OU, and make the CCG the most annoying loss is Iowa. If we lose two more and don’t make the CCG it’s Baylor. If we lose three more no CCG and it’s Iowa… ya there are other combinations it just feels like the in between where Baylor matters more isn’t the likely outcome.
I lived their for 5 years and it’s unbearable.
I feel like Baylor is our UL Lafayette game this year. We got dinged for losing to the Cajuns last year, but then by the end of the season people realized they were actually a pretty good team. Same thing with Baylor. That loss will look a little less baffling in due time. The typically "better" team lost that game, but bad games will get ya.
It would look baffling if ISU runs the table (big if) and there's a scramble for the CFP.
And if Iowa loses 2-3 more games that will look baffling too.
Yes, Baylor. ISU still top 15 if not for that loss (although it doesn't look as bad now), and still in driver's seat for Big 12 title game.
You can't sleep for half of the game and expect to win. Baylor and Iowa both took advantage of our mistakes and won because of them. The Baylor loss still has me angry.
Which loss hurts more was not the question though. (And I agree that the Baylor loss hurts more.) But just from the sheer annoyance of Iowa's fanbase...the Iowa loss was more annoying.
It's Iowa for me. Need to beat them. It's been 7 years... time to get it done. The impact is probably felt a little more by in state Cyclone fans that have to deal with hok fans on a daily basis.
Baylor is damaging, but at this point not looking like a bad loss, and we still control our destiny to get to Dallas. Lose another conf. game to non OU and you could make an argument for Baylor.
Baylor is damaging, but at this point not looking like a bad loss, and we still control our destiny to get to Dallas. Lose another conf. game to non OU and you could make an argument for Baylor.
I voted based on the wording of the question, and the correct answer without a doubt is Iowa in that case. I don't have to deal with random tavern bears on a daily basis.
And it's not like that loss doesn't matter for a "magical" season, anyway. Every loss matters, but obviously for getting to the conference title game BU matters more. That wasn't the question, though.
And it's not like that loss doesn't matter for a "magical" season, anyway. Every loss matters, but obviously for getting to the conference title game BU matters more. That wasn't the question, though.
I despise Iowa more than Baylor but when we literally give away touchdowns its our own fault. The Baylor loss was annoying because it was a conference game and we had coaching, special teams, and offensive errors all over the place.
