DSM Reg writer Leistekow has Iowa losing to Minny and jNorthwester!!! Your thoughts

Grayhair1981 said:

Angrymonkeyinthecloset

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EvilMonkeyInTheCloset said:

"Indiana University's football Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) and roster spending is estimated to range between $15 million and $21.1 million, depending on the tracking model and specific season estimates."

Nah.

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eyesofhawk said:

If he's trying to say Iowa doesn't strive to be great, then he's lucky to have buried that point, as it's incredibly dumb

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EvilMonkeyInTheCloset said:

I wasn't. That's why I even called you out before you replied..........

I fully expected you to misinterpret that and you did not disappoint.

Now stop thinking about it, because I can clearly see that it's hurting what little is left of your brain.

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eyesofhawk said:

Do you care to clarify your point?

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EvilMonkeyInTheCloset said:

At some point, though, that sh** does need to stop.

Otherwise, what was the point of the efforts from the prior season or seasons building to get over a certain hump (ala getting the "can't beat a ranked team" monkey off the backs)?

I get in previous years roster churn, just never having the right pieces in place at the right time roster-wise (guys too young and aren't ready yet or guys that would've made an even bigger impact going into a year left for the NFL or transferred (the latter of which doesn't happen all that much at Iowa), or guys get injured and it stalls our progress), that kind of bullsh** cant-have-nice-things stuff happens almost every year with Iowa to keep us coming up just short of having a roster capable of maximum results.............

But I don't give a sh** about "Kirk's legacy" and him being able to ride off into the sunset whenever he wants if it also means every new year is the same ole "well it's Fall again.....time to see what new ways Iowa can come up with to go 8-4 in football!!! "

Last year would just seem like a total waste if all they did was resign themselves to this idea that our roster just isn't quite good enough right now to do any better than 7-5, 8-4 with potential losses to Northwestern, Minnesota, Purdue, Illinois or Nebraska.

I don't give a single solitary f*** what those programs did to improve their own roster.

It's on Iowa....and Kirk....to figure it out and stop f***ing finding ways to not win big games, games against ranked teams, and games against teams they don't have any business losing to simply because "they weren't ready yet" or they "overlooked" their f***ing opponent.

Enough with that sh**. I watched them miss their window last year while at least showing glimpses that they were turning that corner as far as competing in big games against good teams, not pooping their pants in crunch time and doing it with a more competent-looking offense.

It would be a more than minor indictment on Kirk if we just spun our f***ing tires and went back to the drawing board even for any myriad of reasons up to and including bullsh** can't-have-nice-things season-decimating injuries, if we went 8-4 (or potentially worse, because we always can.......) in 2026.

I'm saying because of what they did last year, they dont get the luxury of hiding behind any excuses such as our DL being young or having new linebackers or a couple new linemen and more than likely inconsistent QB play while we f*** around with figuring out who will be the full time starter this year..........

Not in this NIL/free agency/transfer portal era where a program like Indiana is spending roughly the same amount of money as us (and depending on who you ask, is spending LESS than us), and yet are able to reload their roster with more talented players and potentially have another top 10 team.

Getting lapped by Indiana in that regard while we watch Iowa f*** around with Northwestern and Purdue and hope we don't sh** the bed again against Iowa State is already an indictment on Kirk's legacy.

So there are no excuses that will be allowed if we lose to any of those teams this year, and that includes Illinois, Minnesota and Nebraska as well.

They will have had their chance to make themselves great and if they fail, then it will be because they chose instead to be good because it was safer and more cost-effective..............

Don't be like the Minnesota Vikings where the motto "good is the enemy of great" to them means "great" is the enemy.


You're all welcome, and if I could, I would @ this to Kakert, Leistikow and Dochtermann and the rest of the big wig Iowa sports media as well, just so they understand where the actual expectations for this team need to be...............


P.S. and I'm sure someone like eyesof will reply to this post with "You don't think Kirk and Iowa expect to win and aren't trying their hardest to blah blah blah-" and they can tell us all they want about how hard they're trying and what their expectations are, but the answer to that question will depend solely on the results of the regular season.

Period.

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