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Great work to the entire D...I would seriously buy the entire HawkeyeNation a drink if just one of Bernstine's huge tackle total included a 3rd down stop vs. a 1st down conversion. Being 15 yards off the ball on 3rd and 6 is not good (and I understand why we do it, he's not the first safety to...

Completely agree. Kudos to the D, but the O needs to close the deal and help cover up a D that is prone to be...something less than good. Great work though, we survived.

Crazy to believe considering how good MSU's defense is. If I were a Spartan fan, I would try and justify based on the four game gauntlet they just finished: @ Columbus, OH (W), rivalry game vs. Michigan (W), huge top ten match-up night game vs. Wisconsin (W!), road tilt against ranked Nebraska...

Everyone's frustrations last week were very much justified. To imply that Hawkeye fans are any more fickle than any other fan base is laughable (a fan base that actually still watches their team come November). National media mock the phenomenon?!? Kudos to our D for coming through for a big...

Looked good for the most part, his OL failed miserably on a few of those crucial 3rd and 1's. He also needs to follow his fullback lead block too. All in all, a good game, but oh so close at closing the deal and HELPING OUT the D by keeping them off the field!

I am skeptical it will last but I will enjoy watching it until it changes. Persa is kind of fun to watch when it isn't our slow D trying to chase him down...

Kudos to our D for the big stop. Shame on our O for not closing the deal out in the 4th. Ferentz son should get his rear end reamed for an inexcusable penalty at the most crucial time. Get a 1st down when it counts most and milk the clock! Still some BAD BAD special teams play in kick off...

Kudos to our D for the big stop. Shame on our O for not closing the deal out in the 4th. Get a 1st down when it counts most and milk the clock! Still some BAD BAD special teams play in kick off coverage and the squib kick. But I was quick to criticize our D last week for a PATHETIC effort...

JVB's QB passing efficiency is a skewed stat. A 4 yard completion on 3rd and 5 helps that rating, a play I have seen way too often by he and Stanzi the past two seasons. The only other good thing about that play is my weight loss when I am vomiting in the stool after I watch our punt team run...

While I think Bo Pelini is a complete meathead, my level of respect for the guy did go up when he owned up to that performance. I didn't think it was necessarily bad coaching that day, I don't even think it was that bad of a performance beyond Taylor Martinez playing like a bonehead, but you...

Perhaps not that over the top, but some semblance of ownership would be encouraging. Otherwise, it comes across as if he has his head in the sand. I know he doesn't, he generally addresses things behind closed doors in an effort to save anyone from public humiliation (a reflection of how much...

He wouldn't sweat, but he would just chomp on his gum harder, clap a few times as a sign of encouragement and write something down on his piece of paper.

You are right, but there's a lot of hidden bad plays in a good QB rating. Completing a 4 yard curl route when it's 3rd and 5 makes that stat look good, but makes me vomit on Saturday afternoons...

That kind of publicity does not help recruiting at all...and unfortunately it is very very true statistics.

We moved the ball fine because we were playing one of the worst D's in Big Ten history. It was our red zone deficiencies that stalled out great possessions. If you eliminate the fade route pass to McNutt (which will be doubled up now all times inside the 20 yard line), please let me know any...

He played OK. A lot of dropped balls. A Ben Roethlisberger pump fake every now and again would serve him well when keeping a D from jumping on tendencies, of course that requires some level of protection from our OL. Why is Ferentz's son's C job so safe?!? I guess I just get irritated why we...

In years past, I have been quick to put blame on coaches for bad performances (last year @ Minny comes to mind). Yesterday's performance is a reflection of bad D personnel, lack of ST preparation, playing with no emotion in a game we simply needed to get bowl eligible (long November coming...

I like his play, just don't understand why he lines up 15 yards deep on 3rd and 5. We are playing 11 on 10 every time he does it. Sure he comes up and makes the tackle... two yards beyond the 1st down marker... And then I watch our O run a 3rd and 5 and we run 4 yard routes and get tackled...

We can argue all we want about where Iowa FB stands in the BCS hierarchy, but if we continue to hold ourselves back in terms of expectations, we'll continue to hang out in mediocre bowl games with a nicer one every once in awhile. All I know is that our coaching staff failed miserably at having...

Playing conservative makes a lot of sense when you are playing superior competition. It helps you stay in the game and you probably win a game or two more than you should. You also allow inferior competition to stick around like yesterday. You couple that with lethargic effort on the road and...