^^^2011 SEASON PREDICTIONS^^^

HawkAttack said:
Tennessee Tech : W
Ia State : W
Pitt : W
La Monroe : W

PSU : L
Northwwestern* : W
Indiana : W
Minnesota : W
Michigan : W
Michigan State : L
Purdue : W
Nebraska : L

9-3 (5-3)







* Too many Ws.
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I would bet a lot of money on Hawks winning this game. For one MSU always falls apart late in the season. We have their number as of the last two years. I really dont think they can play in Kinnick.
 
RADMAN said:
You have question marks on the D, most of us don't. Even though we lost some quality players, Clayborn, Ballard, Klug, Sash, we have players that played alot of minutes and practiced against a quality offense all last year. There is no way in gods green earth that this team will give up 20-21 pts a game. I could live with 13-15 pts a game but no way they give up anything more. I predict they will be even better than last year and will have fresh legs in the 4th qtr. because of true freshmen and redshirt freshmen. The offense will be better and score more points than last year and the only question is special teams. If ST are good, we may surprise the national prognosticators big time.
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You could "live with" 13-15 ppg allowed? You realize that in 2009, we allowed 15.38 ppg, and 2008 (arguably the best defense since the '81 squad) allowed 13?

Last year's defense allowed 17 ppg. And you think the unit will match up to the 2008 unit AFTER losing Sash, Clayborn, Klug, Ballard, and Hunter? And if they fail to do so, they've failed in your eyes?

I've seen some high standards, but good Lord.
 
tm3308 said:
You could "live with" 13-15 ppg allowed? You realize that in 2009, we allowed 15.38 ppg, and 2008 (arguably the best defense since the '81 squad) allowed 13?

Last year's defense allowed 17 ppg. And you think the unit will match up to the 2008 unit AFTER losing Sash, Clayborn, Klug, Ballard, and Hunter? And if they fail to do so, they've failed in your eyes?

I've seen some high standards, but good Lord.
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Haha then we win the superbowl. Then again its hard not to when The Mandenberg throws 96 tds.



If coach would have put me in, in the fourth quarter theres no doubt in my mind that we would have won state.
 
OUTofTOWNHAWK said:
I would bet a lot of money on Hawks winning this game. For one MSU always falls apart late in the season. We have their number as of the last two years. I really dont think they can play in Kinnick.
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My head agrees with you, but my heart tells me this is the game they lose that they should have won. Last year's blowout was out of the ordinary for an Iowa/MSU game so I think MSU might win a close one.
 
RADMAN said:
You have question marks on the D, most of us don't. Even though we lost some quality players, Clayborn, Ballard, Klug, Sash, we have players that played alot of minutes and practiced against a quality offense all last year. There is no way in gods green earth that this team will give up 20-21 pts a game. I could live with 13-15 pts a game but no way they give up anything more. I predict they will be even better than last year and will have fresh legs in the 4th qtr. because of true freshmen and redshirt freshmen. The offense will be better and score more points than last year and the only question is special teams. If ST are good, we may surprise the national prognosticators big time.
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so i'm all alone thinking we have question marks on defense? you may want to do some more reading before you label me as the only one with that feeling.

also keep in mind, i went through the schedule on the first page and got to 11-1 as a final record. that would already "surprise the national prognosticators big time."

if we only give up 13-15 points a game on defense this season, i see us in the national championship game. and i thought i drank too much kool-aid with my 11-1 prediction
 
Very hard to predict the outcome of specific games but I'm expecting
8-4. Anything less would be disappointing. Still, I hope for 9-3, anything more is pretty unrealistic IMO.
 
My best WAG(wild *** guess) is that Iowa goes 8-4. I can see a Nebraska loss but its the other three that I can't figure. So I am going to figure a 10-2 season.

Win: Tenn Tech. Out of the gate sacrificial lamb.
Win:mad: Iowa State. ISU is over matched and out played on both sides of the ball.
Win: Pitt. New coach. New system.
Win: LA Monroe. Another sacrifice to the B10 football spirits.
Win:mad: Penn State. O'line. QB's. Defense. Too many problems for PSU to overcome.
Win: NW. In Iowa City. In Iowa City.
Win: Indiana. Second team is in by the third quarter.
Win:mad: Minnesota. New coach new system. Iowa wins.
Win: Michigan. New coach. New system. Contain QB. Make him pass. Defense. Defense.
Loss: Michigan State. The best all around team in Iowa's first 10 games.
Win:mad: Purdue. New QB. Could still be a squeeker.
Loss:mad: Nebraska. Big O'line. Good defense. tough on the road game.
 
Tenn Tech- W
Iowa State- W
Pitt- W
LA-Monroe- W
PSU- W
NW- W
Indiana- W
Minnesota- W
Michigan- W
Michigan State- L
Purdue- W
Nebraska- L

10-2
 
I think the offense will be more prolific than people think. Coker will surpass what was done the last two years, maybe 1200 yards total.

I also think that, coupled with the defense being better than people expect will give the defense a 13ppg allowed. So I'll start there, filling in some low scores where I expect and tweak some others to fit 13ppg.

Hoping the offense can score about 25-28ppg. Here are the scores I come up with. Losses to Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska.

TNT, W 35-0
ISU, W 28-10 "First 'real' TD in 5 years"
Pitt, W 24-17
UL-M, W 42-3
Penn, W 13-10
NW, W 31-9
Ind, W 17-7 "Let down after FINALLY beating NW"
Minny, W 14-3 "Still dragging feet"
Michigan, L 24-23 "FG late"
MSU, L 23-21 "No magic late for us like 09"
Pur, W 31-21
Nebby, L 27-24 "OT"
 
tm3308 said:
You could "live with" 13-15 ppg allowed? You realize that in 2009, we allowed 15.38 ppg, and 2008 (arguably the best defense since the '81 squad) allowed 13?

Last year's defense allowed 17 ppg. And you think the unit will match up to the 2008 unit AFTER losing Sash, Clayborn, Klug, Ballard, and Hunter? And if they fail to do so, they've failed in your eyes?

I've seen some high standards, but good Lord.
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The 13 ppg wasn't just defense, it was Greene.
 
Jonesy86 said:
The 13 ppg wasn't just defense, it was Greene.
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Fair enough, but I don't think Coker is as good as Greene, and the 2008 defense was still better than the unit we'll have this year. I just don't see us matching that standard.
 
8-4, 4-4 in conference play, with losses @ PSU, home to Michigan, home to Michigan State, and @ Neb. Gator Bowl berth.
 
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