Tomorrow??? I had to hear it the whole second half. My, how much things can change in one week. Anyway, we got flat out dominated today. I think Iowa will have a decent year, but they need better QB play. Stanzi missed several wide open touchdown/large gain passes in the first half when the game was close. This could have been much worse. Willing to give coach some time, but sooner rather than later, please.
Official "post"-Game Thread - Iowa @ ISU
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Tomorrow??? I had to hear it the whole second half. My, how much things can change in one week. Anyway, we got flat out dominated today. I think Iowa will have a decent year, but they need better QB play. Stanzi missed several wide open touchdown/large gain passes in the first half when the game was close. This could have been much worse. Willing to give coach some time, but sooner rather than later, please.
We still have a lot of work to do before our tackling is consistent, but I agree that our defense wasn't our big problem today. They did show some improvement on the tacking front.
I'm frankly shocked at the outcome. I really expected to see you guys put some points on the board today and Arnaud really seemed like he tried to win the game by himself instead of just letting the game come to him. Robinson is going to be a good running back and the Sims guy (sp?) was making plays all over the field (just wow) I really won't be shocked to see ISU knock somebody off this season that they shouldn't. Good game today and good luck the rest of the season!
I am a new poster and a hawk fan I did not want you guys thinking I was here to rub salt into wounds. It is not like either side is immune to gloating with a win in the last dozen years on each others boards.
Plus it was not like it was a dominating performance by the hawkeyes, the executed when they needed to but a lot of it was handed over on a platter and we still have a lot to work on.
Stanzi's decision making was not an issue today after that 1st interception (great catch) that he grossly underthrew. And that wasn't even a terrible decision until a Dlineman got in his face as he started to throw. Stanzi, however, WAS terrible in the first half. Arnaud threw into double/triple and missed. Bad decisions. Stanzi had guys running wide open on many plays, saw them open, and missed them terribly. Arnaud missed Hamilton for a sure TD too, but for the most part he threw into coverage.
ISU's Dline played well against the run. They also got very little pressure.
Robinson right now is the best back in the state.
Some crucial penalties hurt ISU in the first half.
Based on what, exactly? Perhaps, these guys we think are so great just are not so stellar.
We've yet to see it, even the potential of great play from this unit.
ISU was way overmatched talent-wise today. If Stanzi wasn't so off his game, the score would have been much, much worse (49-3 or probably 56-3). The only player the clones have that would snif the field for Iowa would be your RB Robinson.
You have a long way to go before a winning season comes to Ames, but Rhodes seems to be the right man for the job.
Good luck the rest of the season. Maybe you can have a chance for a win against the Hawks in 2011 or 2013. Maybe.
You have a long way to go before a winning season comes to Ames, but Rhodes seems to be the right man for the job.
Good luck the rest of the season. Maybe you can have a chance for a win against the Hawks in 2011 or 2013. Maybe.
Iowa kicked ISU good today. But you're just getting diarrhea of the mouth now.
Robinson would start. LJ would start and probably over Prater. We'd atleast hear loads of fans screaming to set Greenwood on the bench for Sims. I think ISU receivers are a little overrated by fans, but Hamilton would certainly be in the mix. Franklin too. I'm sure there are quite a few more.
No, don't get me wrong. The running game is not that of Eric Dickerson fame. No. It's just that today, the running game was there because Iowa was so worried about the spread. They bought our bluff about having a passing game and it gave us some success running I feel. I was surprised by it quite frankly. So when you are 3rd and 2 and Iowa is not adjusting to the run, why pass? I already mentioned that the talent is sub-par. The recruiting mags that have us annually ranked anywhere from 60 to 90 in recruiting is sobering truth.
Outside of the obvious AA forcing the ball downfield into double coverage, my thoughts on the game:
Arob ran well, should have stuck to the running game
Stanzi tried to fall apart early but we didn't keep blitzing on D
Reynolds does everything but run for a gain, losing faith in him fast
Onside kick call in the first half was desperate and put our defense in a hole
Everything that could have gone wrong did, it won't happen every week, go out and beat kent next week and this performance is easily forgotten.
Arob ran well, should have stuck to the running game
Stanzi tried to fall apart early but we didn't keep blitzing on D
Reynolds does everything but run for a gain, losing faith in him fast
Onside kick call in the first half was desperate and put our defense in a hole
Everything that could have gone wrong did, it won't happen every week, go out and beat kent next week and this performance is easily forgotten.
