As said in "Opportunity" thread ... This game will say a lot about Iowa's season, too, especially a loss. An L after such a perfect first half tells you how inconsistent and unreliable this team can be. That spells very unlikely uphill climb to NCAA.
Really gone south on Dembele since early season. He had clean shot from 3 feet and looked to pass! Really turning into major letdown from what I thought he showed early. Same with Braun.
Man they miss Traore!
These types of games are certainly peeks at the potential but gotta see sustained shooting consistency and competitiveness against the likes of ISU, Mich, Illannoy, Wisc...
... and can NOT have these types of discombobulated meltdowns that just allowed NwU to trim 10 points off the lead!
Back to improved D ... Harding not only upgrade over Bowen / Perk but also better in the controlled quickness and creating dept!
Wasn't so sure first couple games but he's showing those were anomalies and he is legit PG.
Complete confidence in him and DrewT running the team.
I only make 2 or 3 / yr but I'd go a lot more if lived in IC. Also, boys gotta earn some competitive trust. If they had 2 Freemans and / or Josh / Peyton were money every game (rather than so drastically streaky) they'd be NCAA lock and would draw more interest.
1) uninjured, marginally decent QB that can run AND slide.
2) Hulkish OL x 3 -- the meaner the better.
3) 1 stud Corner, 1 stud Safety, 1 stud LB - preferrably from ACC, SEC or B12 - who have seen plenty of opposing passing teams.
Hawks have opportunities - both ways. So far, they're 0-1.
Not losing my mind over UtSt but it is one I thought they'd win and it is definitely a lost opportunity due to bad play. Where we probably differ the most is I think, more often than not, they'll lose those opportunities.
We'll find...