Bowling?

[1hawkeye1]

It's the attitude of your posting that is so frustrating. Stop exaggerating to try and make other people sound irrational. No one, I repeat, no one is saying this Iowa team could end up being world beaters. People are simply saying this team has a chance at going bowling. Which is a completely rational possibility. Not because of how great Iowa is, but because the Big Ten is simply not as good as expected. If Iowa can continue to improve they certainly have the ability to win 6 or 7 games. That doesn't mean they are going to. It means it's possible. There's no need to contort what people are saying. It's arrogant and condescending to suggest things that simply are not being said.

OK, everything's "possible," I guess. But I'm not dealing in fairy tales and wishes. I do not agree with you that this is a bowl team.
And I'm sorry I hurt your feelings.

 

[deanvogs]

I think it's possible for them to win two big ten games. That is what I predicted before the season. If you are honest with yourself, after watching the three games considering the competition level of those three teams, one can't possibly think this is a bowl team based on that performance vs that level of competition.

Iowa will have a chance to beat ever team on the schedule that isn't named Ohio St. They won't win them all, but thinking that they can beat Minny, Purdue, Michigan St., Wisky, is not like some pipe dream of beating Ohio St. I am being honest with myself, and I could see 3-4 BIG wins.

Yes, I have and I was rooting for Akron to beat Michigan. The thing is on that game, Michigan is not as good as their ranking and Akron would beat Iowa if they played each other. I love what Terry Bowden is doing in Akron and that is a big reason why they almost won on Saturday. Michigan is over rated, but come on. They will blow out Iowa based on their talent alone. Most don't realize just how terrible Iowa's secondary is this year. Isu didn't figure that out till 7 minutes left in the game and when they did look what happend. Iowa's secondary is between D-1aa and D-1a talent. Any big ten team will target them often and will put up big time points doing so. Don't know how anybody could disagree with this, but I'm sure there are many on this board who will.

Typical Freed. You see everything in the negative light, and it makes you view everything that way. Akron is terrible, but they played awesome that one day. If they played Michigan 10 more time, they would lose every time by an average of about 30 points. Iowa would also beat Akron 10 times out of 10.
DON'T NOW HOW ANYBODY COULD DISAGREE WITH THIS......because somehow my opinion is always correct???

 

[DP5555]

OK, everything's "possible," I guess. But I'm not dealing in fairy tales and wishes. I do not agree with you that this is a bowl team.
And I'm sorry I hurt your feelings.

No harm done. You didn't hurt my feelings at all. Just sayin you may want to work on your reading comprehension because no one is claiming this team is going to compete for a B10 Championship.

 

[blubberhawk]

Did you know that there are multiple receivers who go out on a pass play? The NIU INT wasn't "throw an out pattern behind the receiver". There were multiple guys, Rudock chose to throw to the flat, and threw a bad ball. It happens, but it wasn't the coaches fault.

Also, the fake punt, we were in punt safe. That play is basically 100% on James Morris, unblocked but unable to make the play. When your senior MLB is unblocked, you can't ask for a better opportunity.

So in "punt safe" 1 guy is responsible for a fake??

The "out pattern" on that play (late interception) should not have even been an option.
It was Ruddock's first fricking college game. The out pattern is very tough to throw, high risk and was obviously his first option. He made a mistake and threw the pass. That play should never have been called at that point in the game. We were close to mid-field and **** pounding them with the run game. We have a good kicker. If ever there was a time for the normal Ferentz conservative play calling, this was it.

 

[Eda]

So in "punt safe" 1 guy is responsible for a fake??

The "out pattern" on that play (late interception) should not have even been an option.
It was Ruddock's first fricking college game. The out pattern is very tough to throw, high risk and was obviously his first option. He made a mistake and threw the pass. That play should never have been called at that point in the game. We were close to mid-field and **** pounding them with the run game. We have a good kicker. If ever there was a time for the normal Ferentz conservative play calling, this was it.

Are you one of those guys who calls for KirFer's head when he goes conservative to go to OT or we end up losing? If so... Please excuse yourself from this conversation.

As for the out, it wasn't a bad playcall. Not ideal, but not a bad one. If Rudock completes that pass, KMM steps out of bounds and only 4 seconds comes off the clock. There was also a curl pattern that was open on that play, but would've been short of the first down marker and would've run more clock than the out pattern; obviously Rudock might want that one back.

If we run the ball, AT LEAST 15 seconds are burned off the clock before the next snap. And we needed AT LEAST 25 yards to get within FG range.