BirdsOfPrey
Well-Known Member
It's time to set up that giant black & gold Hawkeye circus tent including a sideshow with Wisky women doing freaky things, a giant Herky on stilts knawing on chunks of cheese while rocking to AC/DC's Back in Black. It's the Hawkeye koolaide stand. Get your koolaide!! Here's a big glass for you:
1) Home game @ Kinnick Stadium & Iowa's 1st national TV game this year
2) Wisconson feeling good coming off big home game effort vs. highly rated traditional power Cornhuskers. To me, the Shuckers look very similar to last years team that beat on weak teams early and crapped it out late when the competition improved.
3) Large hostile noisy packed stadium crowd of 70,000. Wisconson has not played any tough road games this year. Wisky lost to Northwestern in their toughest road game & were not as dominant on the road. Biggest crowd in road games was 40,000?
4) Wisconson is very one dimensional, they run the ball. The Hawks have proven they can stop the run or stop the pass, but doing both this year with young linebackers has been a problem. Iowa can slow down Wisky's running game.
5) Wisconson will have had no bye week to scheme for Iowa. The Hawks last 4 games were against teams coming off a bye week. Minnesota & Maryland & Illinois likely targeted those home games as must win games.
6) Iowa has been favored in every game this year but are big underdogs this week. Iowa plays their best football & Kirk does his best coaching when they are the underdog.
7) Wisconson has been prone to turnovers - four turnovers in two games, three turnovers in two games, multiple two turnover games, with only one clean game.
8) Iowa matches up well with Wisconson in the trenches.
9) Wisconson has been slow starting while Iowa is close to leading the nation in scoring 1st quarter points this year. Iowa has also proven they can burn clock with time consuming drives. Wisky's not a quick strike/comeback type team.
10) Wisconson has played an easier schedule than Iowa with all home games. Is Nebraska really any good? Wisky handled Maryland at home. Iowa should have beaten Maryland. Northwestern wooped Wisconson & highly rated Notre Dame too. Iowa crushed Northwestern. Iowa crushed Purdue & Illinois while Wisconson struggled with both. November is when the Hawkeye players & coaches perform best every year.
11) The "Big 10 power committee" has to figure Iowa needs this game for a bigger & better Bowl game invitation = more Big Ten Conference $$$$$ & power = no bias this week = fairly officiated game = best team wins. GO HAWKS!!
1) Home game @ Kinnick Stadium & Iowa's 1st national TV game this year
2) Wisconson feeling good coming off big home game effort vs. highly rated traditional power Cornhuskers. To me, the Shuckers look very similar to last years team that beat on weak teams early and crapped it out late when the competition improved.
3) Large hostile noisy packed stadium crowd of 70,000. Wisconson has not played any tough road games this year. Wisky lost to Northwestern in their toughest road game & were not as dominant on the road. Biggest crowd in road games was 40,000?
4) Wisconson is very one dimensional, they run the ball. The Hawks have proven they can stop the run or stop the pass, but doing both this year with young linebackers has been a problem. Iowa can slow down Wisky's running game.
5) Wisconson will have had no bye week to scheme for Iowa. The Hawks last 4 games were against teams coming off a bye week. Minnesota & Maryland & Illinois likely targeted those home games as must win games.
6) Iowa has been favored in every game this year but are big underdogs this week. Iowa plays their best football & Kirk does his best coaching when they are the underdog.
7) Wisconson has been prone to turnovers - four turnovers in two games, three turnovers in two games, multiple two turnover games, with only one clean game.
8) Iowa matches up well with Wisconson in the trenches.
9) Wisconson has been slow starting while Iowa is close to leading the nation in scoring 1st quarter points this year. Iowa has also proven they can burn clock with time consuming drives. Wisky's not a quick strike/comeback type team.
10) Wisconson has played an easier schedule than Iowa with all home games. Is Nebraska really any good? Wisky handled Maryland at home. Iowa should have beaten Maryland. Northwestern wooped Wisconson & highly rated Notre Dame too. Iowa crushed Northwestern. Iowa crushed Purdue & Illinois while Wisconson struggled with both. November is when the Hawkeye players & coaches perform best every year.
11) The "Big 10 power committee" has to figure Iowa needs this game for a bigger & better Bowl game invitation = more Big Ten Conference $$$$$ & power = no bias this week = fairly officiated game = best team wins. GO HAWKS!!
