I'm not so sure about our chances strait up. I feel like it may take an opportune turnover or two going our way which are the least predictable things ever pretty much. They're a legit SEC team with big time talent on both sides of the ball. We'll be tested for sure.
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hawkeyebob62
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Except this past season, with the exception of Purdue, WE were the quick-starting team against "superior" competition.
I actually get nervous when we jump out in front of better teams. We often seem to play better in the face of adversity. "Success" and "dominance" aren't long-lasting this particular decade, or at the least, don't seem to be a springboard to next-level status.
This isn't your first rodeo.
I wonder how Iowa has done, historically, against talented QBs who can run?
Stopping one dimensional anything is most often easier.
NEIChawk
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Thank God it's an early game b/c I can turn it off at half and then have a 31.9% of not getting too drunk and boning my wife. If it's a close game then I have a 68.1% of becoming extremely disappointed when we lose it in the last 30 seconds and gettin nuttin from my wife.....
Overall? Not great. In recent years, though, they've done much better, and Fitzgerald's receiving core isn't great by any means.
hawkdrummer1
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I'm in the <50% crowd. Unless our offensive line turns in the performance of the year...it could get ugly. Our D is good enough to keep us in most any game...but they won't put points on the board.
I do have a fear that MSU's defensive line will be an unstoppable tide for which Iowa will have no answer.
Wasn't it Georgia Tech that had the mobile QB that we played in a bowl, and we shut him down? I forget.
Ree4
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Hopefully she ends up getting a "nuttin" from you!
I think our ol started to come alive towards the end of the year. I actually think our entire o finally started to look like they were on the same page. Given the bowl practices, I feel pretty ok with this game.
It's going to be a fight, that's for sure, but I have faith that they have known that since the end of the season.
It's going to be a fight, that's for sure, but I have faith that they have known that since the end of the season.
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hawkdrummer1
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Dude, bone her early.
Thumb "injury" healed? No excuses, just do it. Play with calm and determination, don't give the damn game away. Be a leader. Make some big plays.
Ree4
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Just don't do it during the game. Did the during the Wisconsin BB game. We were ahead by 8 when we started and we were losing when we finished =/ Never doing that again!
lightning1
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This will probably end up being a 10-6 type of game where the 1 turnover leads to the lone TD.
trj
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This Iowa offense isn't exactly prolific. Those LSU/Florida teams couldn't throw the football either and the games ended up being the stereotypical speed and athleticism of the SEC against the slow, plodding BIG. Trust me, I want you to be correct, I want this to be Iowa/Boston college......I just do not think it will be.
And late...why not?
1017HAWKSQUAD
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I fear all the stereotypes of the last few games against SEC team playing out next week. Their Defense is beyond good and resting on the assumption that we will do well against them because of their supposed 1 dimensional offense is naive. During the 2nd half of the season they were much more effective throwing the football.
