This was probably always going to be a loss, but the concerning thing is
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Or Iowa could win all of those games.
Jfc. The over reaction from losing to osu is freaking comical. Chill the **** out.
The game yesterday turned dramatically when OSU scored right before the half. Had Iowa gotten a stop it would have been a 10-7 game and we would been very much in it starting the 3rd quarter.
Not reacting to losing to OSU, that was a given. Reacting to every power 4 game having the run game look abysmal. That’s a massive concern and they won’t win games going forward without one.
The D line is a huge problem. Hard to see major improvement there this season.
Beating Michigan does not seem as big of a win now. The ISU game seems more like the truth about this team. Unless there is a major improvement, I can easily see at least two or three more losses.
Objectively, Is Iowa better than those four teams? Not now. Throw in Washington and I also see five 50/50 games.
Yes and no. They’re just to good to expect to keep to 21-24 pts. I understand Kirk taking the ball to start the game but unfortunately that backfired on us. We knew going in it was going to take prob28 to win this game. 6 at half meant we needed 3 Td’s in the 2nd half. That first field goal set the tone for not playing to win.
Well at least he;s not alone, and we all new this was coming just like after any lose.
Two entirely different OSU teams. First in 17 we got a pick 6 on the second play of the game. This year we gave up a score basically on the 2nd play of the game. In 17 OSU's QB forced stuff all day and threw what 4 interceptions. This years OSU has probably the best WR that's EVERY played college football. He's ridiculous, and trying to find ways to defend him skews the entire defense. Add to that Sayin is one of the most accurate QB's I've ever seen. His career he's like mid 70's %/ He doesn't miss. In 17 we were able to take advantage of an OSU team that played really stupid and Meyer was clueless on how to stop getting rolled.
Truth. Said the same thing to my wife when we kicked the first field goal. Kicking field goals was not going to win this game. The first series and getting behind in the first minute really put us behind the 8 ball. Even if we just got a first down there and punted, I think its a different game. Our false start penalties at home are concerning as well.
And I could see us going 4-0 also. Each game is different, and OSU is in the rear view mirror.
This is so naive. Sorry, but we (and all but about 4 other schools in college football) aren't OSU. Not now, not most of the last 50 years, but even less of a chance now with the money discrepancy. Don't take my word for it. Look at he historical record. Who has a record any better then Kirks against OSU in the conference over the last few decades?
Great post. I think the Huskers could be in for a special year. This really is his best team to date. Good luck.
We COULD lose any game we play, and we COULD win all of them. Same could be said about everyone of those teams.
I think everybody got amped up with the 4-0 start and all the pagentry of Gameday etc.. Truthfully how many people thought we were going to be 5-0? Nobody here. Most thought we'd be okay if we hit this three game stretch winning at least ONE (which we already did), and great if we won 2, which is still possible.
He was being sarcastic. He said that because NO One predicted we'd win that game, and yet here we are with people losing their Sh--, (as always) when we lost a game we knew we'd have to play perfect to stay in. Have we forgotten how much younger this team is on BOTH lines of scrimmage?
I was hoping that Iowa would at least look like they belonged on the same field as OSU. It didn't happen.
that’s overreacting!We did for most of the first half. It was 10-7 after we GAVE them the score on the TO . We held them to THREE points (other then the fumble) until the last minute of the first half. Then the late score hurt. The D had played pretty well up to that point. They just have too many weapons to contain them for 4Q's, unless you're Texas or someone like that, and the injuries to the DB's in the 2nd half didn't help.
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Yea, our issue is a slightly undersized O line and an offense that needs a run game to keep a Brown type QB able to set and pass. We’ll see how this progresses but a little early to say the remaining schedule of teams are any better then we are.
The D line is young. Not the O line. Four fourth-year players and one fifth-year. TEs all are third and fourth year players. Moulton fourth year, ditto Phillips. Brown fourth year out of HS, second at Iowa. The offense isn't suffering from youth.
Shouldn’t have even required putting the defense in that position. That illegal procedure call was massive.
I will say that must have been a point of emphasis this week as I saw it called in several games this weekend.
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100%
It's clear this OLine isn't very good, at least against decent teams.
And after yesterday's results, it seems Michigan also isn't very good and this OLine did nothing against them.
So have we returned to questions regarding Barnett's capabilities?
That line is gonna get our QB and RBs killed.
That’s where I’m at. I don’t see Iowa as head and shoulders above those teams. 10-2 would be a tremendous feat. 9-3 is probably a reasonable expectation.
I think the O line is just a little light in the trousers. They’re good in pass protection but they aren’t maulers. They’re going to struggle against bigger more physical defenders.
Dotzler got destroyed yesterday in pass pro but most of the sacks were on Brown holding the ball.
Brown "rolled right" quite a bit yesterday.
Not sure if by design or happy feet.
Not sure he ever completed a pass doing it.
Dotzler, was indeed, horrible on Saturday.
I guess more talking about experience. And I was not talking about the TE's. They've been solid all year.....Like to see even more of Jackson in the backfield. He gives me Ronnie Harmon vibes only faster.....
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