Michigan

[JerseyCityHawk]

Struggling… I hope UTEP beats them but all notched up at 14 a piece… their luck will soon run out as karma is a beeeeeatch… it might not happen today but hoping really soon

 

[Jonesy5960]

Struggling… I hope UTEP beats them but all notched up at 14 a piece… their luck will soon run out as karma is a beeeeeatch… it might not happen today but hoping really soon

Michigan struggling with UTEP isn't a good thing for Iowa.

 

[Ripcord]

I was beginning to gain hope for next week until i saw Bryce Hawthorne go down. any amateur doctors on here for a diagnosis?

 

[unipantherhawk]

Mike price still the coach there?

 

[RagnarLothbrok]

Michigan struggling with UTEP isn't a good thing for Iowa.

^This.

Ask OU how fun it is to play a salty Michigan team in Ann Arbor.

 

[Hawkfan82]

^This.

Ask OU how fun it is to play a salty Michigan team in Ann Arbor.

oklahoma has been overrated 25 times in the last 25 years.

 

[RagnarLothbrok]

oklahoma has been overrated 25 times in the last 25 years.

I don’t know how to respond to this. Is this a serious post?

 

[Driftless_Hawk]

Michigan ended up rolling UTEP. Will be a very tough game. I think we have a shot though

Also, the shot on Bryce Hawthorne was incredibly dirty. Lineman diving at his knees while engaged with a block. Luckily sounds like he is okay.

 

[Fight4Iowa]

We have to force 3rd and 4+'s and win on those. Can't turn the ball over. Make our fgs. First one to 20 probably wins.

 

[ItsinourTNA]

I'd feel a lot better about this one if a Michigan poster displaying some form of team apparel in their avatar were to stop over here.

 

[DukeSlater]

^This.

Ask OU how fun it is to play a salty Michigan team in Ann Arbor.

Hell, if you're afraid, just forfeit, and then fold the football program.

 

[KuwaitHawk]

I'd feel a lot better about this one if a Michigan poster displaying some form of team apparel in their avatar were to stop over here.

You mean the ‘Jacket’?

 

[WeBeHerkin]

Kirk’s teams have always done pretty good in Ann Arbor.

 

[WeBeHerkin]

Assuming they won’t be stealing signals in this one.

 

[AFM22]

Kirk’s teams have always done pretty good in Ann Arbor.

2-4 all time at Michigan

 

[Rambler Hawk]

I was beginning to gain hope for next week until i saw Bryce Hawthorne go down. any amateur doctors on here for a diagnosis?

Is Dr. Van Nostrand lurking on this board?

 

[uihawk82]

Hell, if you're afraid, just forfeit, and then fold the football program.

I think a lot of football thinkers and fans have this as really a toss up. Mich getting the betting nod being the home team but it is basically an even matchup and penalties and turnovers/big plays from missed tackles might decide it.

 

[WeBeHerkin]

2-4 all time at Michigan

Close games generally tho

 

[Hawkfan82]

I don’t know how to respond to this. Is this a serious post?

Oklahoma preseason ranking is usually better than Oklahoma end of season ranking.

 

[DukeSlater]

I think a lot of football thinkers and fans have this as really a toss up. Mich getting the betting nod being the home team but it is basically an even matchup and penalties and turnovers/big plays from missed tackles might decide it.

Turnovers are usually keys in any halfway competitive football game. Brown has had little competition to play against and almost no pressure so far. Michigan will be coming after him hard. How will he handle it? How will the O-line handle it?

Brown has some mobility, but running isn't his thing. So far he's carried the ball 10 times and fumbled twice, both against ISU, once on the ill-advised QB sneak on 4th and 1, and once on a scramble up the middle. Brown was fortunate enough to recover both of his fumbles, so the narrative is that he hasn't turned the ball over yet. That's true, but it's not because he hasn't tried. Fumbling on 20 percent of your carries is not a good number.

Iowa must be able to pass if they want to establish any kind of running game in Ann Arbor. Iowa should come out throwing the ball all over the field. Doing so would force Michigan to loosen up at the line of scrimmage, thus giving Iowa's RBs a chance. And when it comes to passing, here's an interesting fact that's so obvious: If you throw three passes per series of at least ten yards and complete just one, 33 percent, you pick up a first down every time. Thirty-three percent is a pathetically poor percentage, but that's all it would take to keep drives going.

I could see this game playing out in any number of ways, but for Iowa to have a shot, they must throw the ball effectively. And when they run, they must use a ton of misdirection. Handing it off and running off tackle ain't gonna get it done. Iowa can win. After so many close losses last season, the Hawkeyes really need to take this one and set up the game of the year vs. Ohio State in Kinnick.