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I had not appreciate the spread was 20 points. I am tempted to drop some money on Iowa with that sort of spread. I think it will be closer than that.

To me, there should also be a question of whether it had any impact on the play. Sometimes the foul is so far away from the play and would not change the outcome that a hands to the face penality that wipes out a big play is silly. I get that they are calling all this in real time and may not...

My problem with refs is phantom calls where a ref thinks they see something. To me, the standard should be a clear foul that the ref confidently sees. Otherwise keep the flag in the pocket. Some of the NFL games are getting unwatchable because of all the flags. I would rather have 10 no...

Agree on football. It just needs to break away, hire a commissioner, and regulate itself similar to the NFL. I assume that if the Big 10 and SEC broke away, the lesser conferences would do something similar and just be the second tier college football. I don't see MBB breaking away. First...

Iowa played the eventual national champion heads up for a decent part of the conference title game last year with literally no offensive production and a QB that could not pass or run. Now, OSU is a different animal because it is more offensive focused, and our D probably isn't as good as last...

For me, I am not rooting for any conference to fail or win other than the Big 10, but I would like to get to the end point and have stability in college football. This constant change and sand under the feet is hard for us older gents to keep up with. As I posted above, if we cannot keep the...

Totally agree. It was not a fair catch and Iowa won the game.......

That's still a really good get for the Pac 12 and a nice fit for the Zags. It will warrant more TV money for sure. My prediction is that once Florida State and Clemson can bolt for the SEC, Stanford and Cal will revert back to the Pac 12 and you will have something resembling a viable major...

They have earned that right.

I am old enough to remember when Tavian Banks was the hottest RB in the country coming into the OSU game. The OC had the brilliant idea of blocking everyone except all american linebacker Andy Katzenmoyer, the thinking being that Banks could take him 1-1. I can still hear Brent Mussberger...

It will be tight for 3.5 quarters and then slip away at the end. Defense plays well and limits chunk plays. Iowa 13, O$U 23

For some reason, I think Lester is the type of OC that does well with a bye week. This offense and the QB room are still very much a work in progress and I think an extra week of prep time will give this team some time to prepare and get better. I also think Brown gets more reps as he learns...

play action fake to TB, QB reverse pivots, and hits TE (usually) quickly in the flat. Safe play. Easy throw. Effective in 2 TE sets and run packages.

It would not be a bad plan next week. 3 TE sets with heavy run and waggle concepts. Iowa has one shot at this thing. First, light's out D that takes away big plays (can't say I believe that can happen), and an offense that does not go 3 and out. The offense has to move the ball on the ground...

This is a dumb debate. I don't care who pays the salaries. I care about good coaching.

While the "bench McNamara crowd" is loud, and I get the concern, again, we have no idea what Sullivan would look like as the starter. He was fine and conservative on a bad NW offense last year. He did have a good completion percentage and protected the ball, but he too checked the ball down a...

Agreed. Unless the Pac12 can convince Stanford and Cal to come back into the fold for practical reasons (and to be clear, I don't even know if they can leave the ACC), then the Pac 12 would be better off just fully merging with the MW and maybe adding a small team from Texas. Its a 4th tier...

Two things can be true at once. McNamara can have a statistically shallow game and optically to us not do much of anything. But, he did no harm. And, perhaps Lester can see an evolution in reads, footwork, instinct, etc. that we just cannot perceive. This Summer, most of us predicted the...

Lester reminds me of Fran. Like him or hate him, Fran answers the damn questions. Unlike KF or BF, who just offer platitudes and coach speak. Lester was specific, honest, and offers information such that he convinces you he knows what the hell he is talking about. Lester is outshining his...

Apples and oranges. Rhabdo wasn't a scandal that impacted directly wins and losses. It was easy to condemn the coaches there and be on the side of righteousness. If we actually won a nattie, and we had used a grad assistant to cheat through in-game scouting like Michigan, we would be using...