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The team does have a lot of fight. The fan base has got to be the biggest collection of crybabies I’ve ever seen. Twitter feed and FB was full of whining. The stadium sounded like Hilton with all of the booing. It’s always somebody else’s fault.

Here are a couple of thoughts: 1. Iowa is not a very good team. This is due to poor recruiting, poor player development, and very poor coaching. 2. How Fran not only still has job but got extended last year is beyond me. Barta is as bad at his job as Fran. Both need to go. 3. Haven't seen ISU...

I'm relaxed, I pretty much just don't care anymore. Fran is in way over his head. No way this guy should be a Power 5 coach. He's totally incompetent. I've been waiting for him to prove me wrong, but all he has done is proved me right.

It wasn't my comparison.

It’s different but anybody who has ever been worth a damn as a coach knows that you use a timeout in that situation. Because we were playing at MSU, that’s even MORE of a reason to use a TO. Not saying we could’ve won the game if he did obviously, but at least give the team team a chance to be...

Wait you mean 1 yard swing passes to average running backs isn’t the way to beat Northwestern? Who knew?!? (everyone but our coaching staff apparently)

But I think being ranked at the end of the season is a good indicator of how successful we've been. I hear that argument all of the time when talking about KF's legacy; have 3 top 10 finishes, and rightfully so in my opinion. But if we are going to praise him for finishing in the top 10...

48-31

I’ll be honest, I didn’t see this coming. I had lost faith in Fran, but this was a huge step in the right direction. I think if JOBO gets right (just seems a little off, maybe injury) and the young guys continue to grow we will surprise some people this year. A long way to go to that but can’t...

We can all piss and moan and make our predictions, but isn't it just safe to assume we will be 7-5? I mean sure we might have a magical year once in awhile but it doesn't look to be coming anytime soon. With the schedule we have, it's probably going to be another 7-5 year, similar to this year...

Great post. I certainly questions whether Fran is a competent Power 5 coach at this point, BUT they did say they were working on defense all of last year. We had a young team that now has taken their lumps. So maybe, just maybe they can exceed expectations and win 20+ games. I put the Ceiling at...

I actually think we will be pretty good this year. I'll say 22 wins.

Agree on both accounts. The season certainly isn't over, but if we are going to win out Nate has to be more consistent, or take a seat and the Phil is going to have to get creative sometimes because we have some young players on that side of the ball. Opposing coaches are good at seeking out the...

So when the players aren't executing, what do you do? Stanley will never be benched, but does he deserve to be? I keep hearing about NFL talent, but I sure don't see it unless we are playing the most God awful defenses in the conference. Obviously Nate has a lot of talent; a big arm, but he...

Legit D? Did you watch the game Saturday???

According to the experts it looks like Penn State or Purdue.

Okay here is the real problem. In 2016 I started the "Official Chicago Cubs" thread on HN. They won the World Series. The past 2 season I have not. I think this is on me guys ;-)

I never would have imagined that we would have to win 5 straight to win the division. Milwaukee has proved to be very tough. It would be nice to sweep the Cardinals, knocking them out of the playoffs and clinching the division this weekend.

17 points against a banged up defense who gave up 24 to BYU at home the week before. And this was the biggest game of the year at home for us. I would say that's pretty piss poor regardless of how many yards we had.

Yes maybe. He’s just not a closer. Maybe he can get there. He actually made a play on his own in the first half too. Sometimes a QB needs a little bit of cowboy in him. Nate seems very by the book most the time. Of course he’s probably coached that way.