Carnage Behind Us

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Hawk1960

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The #6 through #10 spots in the rankings was total carnage and good news for the Hawks.

#6 Baylor (flame out, overrated to begin with)
#7 Stanford (lost, now has 2 losses)
#8 OK State (they escape McDonalds but no happy meal for you)
#9 LSU (lost, now has 2 losses)
#10 Utah (lost, now has 2 losses)

And the loser of the day, PAC 12, they will not have a 2 loss team get in the playoffs.
 
I have little worry (barring complete injury implosion) the Hawkeye offense will pretty much be able to score, at will, the next 2 games. However, after watching the 93rd ranked offense just abuse what I thought was a solid back 7 for the Hawks, for the first time in a month, I'm seriously concerned Shuckers might just make the Hawks join that mess behind them.

Although Purdue offense (112th rush / 67th pass) is in the same statistical and balance neighborhood as Minny's, I don't think Blough will scare the Hawks like Liedner does. Hopefully, Boilers are just the tonic to restore the Hawk D mojo and they can dominate in Lincoln. If not, Armstrong is gonna make Jewel / Fisher / Taylor / Mabin look silly.
 
Oklahoma may only have 1 loss, but it's a really bad one. Really, really bad. It's difficult for me to imagine a scenario where that doesn't hurt them more than the win at Baylor helps them.

I could be wrong. It's happened once before.
 
For OU they have been hot since the loss and if they keep winning big they can be close to the top 4 but the lack of a big win in a conf champ game will hurt them.
 
STILLBUSTER said:
I have little worry (barring complete injury implosion) the Hawkeye offense will pretty much be able to score, at will, the next 2 games. However, after watching the 93rd ranked offense just abuse what I thought was a solid back 7 for the Hawks, for the first time in a month, I'm seriously concerned Shuckers might just make the Hawks join that mess behind them.

Although Purdue offense (112th rush / 67th pass) is in the same statistical and balance neighborhood as Minny's, I don't think Blough will scare the Hawks like Liedner does. Hopefully, Boilers are just the tonic to restore the Hawk D mojo and they can dominate in Lincoln. If not, Armstrong is gonna make Jewel / Fisher / Taylor / Mabin look silly.
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the only team liedner DOES scare is Iowa. He is a mistake prone terd in any other game.
 
INTIMIDATORHawk said:
Oklahoma may only have 1 loss, but it's a really bad one. Really, really bad. It's difficult for me to imagine a scenario where that doesn't hurt them more than the win at Baylor helps them.

I could be wrong. It's happened once before.
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Agree ... that loss to Texas has to sting. The Longhorns are not a good football team.
 
It doesn't matter but it's ridiculous that Okie State is #4 and we're #6 in the AP. Okie State has beaten 1 team above .500 and played zero power 5 teams in non-conference. Iowa has beaten 5 teams with winning records.
 
hwk23 said:
It doesn't matter but it's ridiculous that Okie State is #4 and we're #6 in the AP. Okie State has beaten 1 team above .500 and played zero power 5 teams in non-conference. Iowa has beaten 5 teams with winning records.
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Completely agree. We get a ton of crap but no one bats an eye at Oklahoma State. Our resume is more impressive. Period.
 
hwk23 said:
It doesn't matter but it's ridiculous that Okie State is #4 and we're #6 in the AP. Okie State has beaten 1 team above .500 and played zero power 5 teams in non-conference. Iowa has beaten 5 teams with winning records.
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... and with the one common opponent (ISU) ... OK State wins by 4 in Lames ... Hawks win by 14 in Lames.
 
Pac12 race this year is like a knife fight in the dark, eveyone is getting hurt, nobody knows how/why.
 
Not sure why everyone gets worked up over these. A 13-0 Iowa will get in, a 12-1 Iowa puts it into the hands of the committee and they probably do get left out. Either way Iowa's playoffs started 2 weeks ago and so far they are 2-0.
 
hawkeyescott said:
Not sure why everyone gets worked up over these. A 13-0 Iowa will get in, a 12-1 Iowa puts it into the hands of the committee and they probably do get left out. Either way Iowa's playoffs started 2 weeks ago and so far they are 2-0.
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Agree, but it's always nice to see the talking heads put in their place after their favorite teams get knocked off.
 
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