El Assico Cy-Hawk predictions

[Bigtenchamp]

the 1920s passing game was have is unacceptable in 2025.

 

[Bigtenchamp]

Kirk Ferentz Iowa State Post Game

www.youtube.com

Some of the things he says are so gag worthy... i like the we were 3 pts short comment when asked about ranked opponents.

As much of a stand up guy as Kirk seems to be I've always thought this was perhaps an insight into some tackiness - He will throw in some excuses for losing or try to act like being close means that much.

Also, he mentioned coming up with 3 instead of 7 on some drives and how that is the difference in games.

Then well stop effing playing for the FG on offense - because this is what I see a lot.

Can't use that excuse when you don't even appear to be going for more than 3.

 

[AreWeThereYet]

On the bright side, KF will (should) surpass Woody in Kinnick

The irony is he will likely surpass Woody playing one of the worst teams Iowa has played in Kirk's tenure.

 

[vork22]

Iowa State has a very favorable schedule. They may be favored in all remaining games. They have a good shot to make the field of 12

We never had a chance with our schedule

Arizona State will smoke them again!

 

[wwhawk]

When Iowa beats mighty UMASS next week, Coach Ferentz will hold BOTH conference records.

Most wins as a BIG coach AND most LOSSES as a BIG coach.

He has 124 conference losses and 145 overall losses.

Longevity has its plusses, and its minuses.

 

[wwhawk]

Corrections to prior post.
Ferentz: 205 & 125 @ Iowa, including 128 & 88 in the conference. Including Maine: 217 & 146
Hayes: 205 & 61 with 10 ties @ OSU, for a .761 winning % (Didn't coach anywhere else.)

Ferentz's 125 losses while at Iowa is the all-time record for losses by a B1G coach at a B1G school

NOT disparaging Coach Ferentz. J. Hayden Fry is #9 in all-time losses as a D-1 football coach. Fry was
232 - 178 with 10 ties in 37 years in his storied career. Iowa football IS Fry and Ferentz!

List of college football career coaching losses leaders - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[trj]

Kansas St. is dogshit. Makes the ISU loss more infuriating. Unfortunately, it may be an indicator Iowa is dogshit.

 

[trj]

Big 12 sucks ass.

 

[Fryowa]

Kansas St. is dogshit. Makes the ISU loss more infuriating. Unfortunately, it may be an indicator Iowa is dogshit.

At least we found out early that Iowa’s eliminated from the playoffs. Pressure’s off now and they’re just playing for the best bowl they can get.

Conference title was out of reach before the season even started, playoffs are now for sure out (not that it was ever realistic), there’s really nothing left than trying to make a better bowl than nebraska. Stress-free watching football now.

That’s what it’s come down to in the B1G now with no divisions and expanded teams. There’s not a snowball’s chance in hell that out of Penn State, Oregon, Ohio State, and Michigan that Iowa ever finishes 2nd in the conference (no playoffs), and by default that means Iowa’s never going to win a conference title.

Folks need to realize that. There’s no real sense of excitement like there was when the Hawks had a puncher’s chance at the west division, and then could hope for the east champ to lay an egg and win the B1G & get a playoff berth. Yeah it was always unlikely, but at least there was a chance if the stars aligned correctly. Now there’s nothing to even hope for because it’s such a monumental thing. What are the odds that out of Oregon, PSU, Michigan, and OSU that three of those teams will be down in the same year, and then in that same year Iowa is better than all the rest of the teams? The answer is zero.

So what we’re left with is ISU as our only meaningful game. The rest is just Iowa fighting to improve from the Ron’s A-1 Muffler Shop Bowl in Kalamazoo to the Nature Made Cheesy Poofs Bowl in Florida somewhere.