Ethan Grunkmeyer...

Fryowa

Fryowa

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Here's all of his experience in college football.

Couple ways you can look at this...

He's never seen a real defensive line. Ever. Iowa for all it's faults has the 5th ranked rushing defense in all of college football. Now that has to be taken into context with our opponents so far, but Iowa has a ridiculous d-line no matter how you stack it. So...he's getting thrown right in the depths of hell with no way to prep for it. PSU can practice it all they want, any way they want...but Kinnick + night game + QB still in diapers <> a good thing. He will experience things that give him nightmares whether they win or lose. Graves, Hurkett, and Llewellyn will be in his head that whole plane ride.

Iowa's secondary is terrible. If the Hawks can win the LOS and put a few panic attacks on Grunkmeyer that should effectively shut down the pass and allow pressure from LBs. PSU's OL has not been great so far, obviously. There could not be a better scenario for Iowa's secondary.

PSU obviously has to sell itself out to the run and there's going to be a lot of sweeps and reverses. Contain that, they have a shot at this. Fail to contain and it's probably game over.

PSU's rushing defense is 70th in the country.

On paper, this should be a blowout. But, remember...all that expectation crap is for the birds. This is likely going to be decided by 3 points in the 4th quarter and come down to something dumb like a PI call or missed chip shot no matter which team it is.

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Also, PSU has 3 other QBs on their roster.

Two sophomores and one freshman, none of whom have ever registered a snap in a college football game.
 




Fryowa said:
Here's all of his experience in college football.

Couple ways you can look at this...

He's never seen a real defensive line. Ever. Iowa for all it's faults has the 5th ranked rushing defense in all of college football. Now that has to be taken into context with our opponents so far, but Iowa has a ridiculous d-line no matter how you stack it. So...he's getting thrown right in the depths of hell with no way to prep for it. PSU can practice it all they want, any way they want...but Kinnick + night game + QB still in diapers <> a good thing. He will experience things that give him nightmares whether they win or lose. Graves, Hurkett, and Llewellyn will be in his head that whole plane ride.

Iowa's secondary is terrible. If the Hawks can win the LOS and put a few panic attacks on Grunkmeyer that should effectively shut down the pass and allow pressure from LBs. PSU's OL has not been great so far, obviously. There could not be a better scenario for Iowa's secondary.

PSU obviously has to sell itself out to the run and there's going to be a lot of sweeps and reverses. Contain that, they have a shot at this. Fail to contain and it's probably game over.

PSU's rushing defense is 70th in the country.

On paper, this should be a blowout. But, remember...all that expectation crap is for the birds. This is likely going to be decided by 3 points in the 4th quarter and come down to something dumb like a PI call or missed chip shot no matter which team it is.

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This should be a real fun game. All I'm asking is that Iowa show up and play as hard against Penn State as they did against Indiana and Wisconsin. The effort and enthusiasm were there in those two games. If they can do that again, then I am comfortable with whatever result we get.

And the fans need to bring the noise and intensity as well, just like the Indiana game. I think they will.

Iowa needs to play loose and aggressive. I think they will.
 












Fryowa said:
Order chicken strips instead of a steak one time and you'll have the whole season paid for.
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I mean, I can have the steak and pay for peacock too.
But I'm making my stand.

I'm going to poke my fingers in their chest and show them this isn't going to work. This pathetic attempt at customer acquisition. In fact, they're making me so mad I might stop watching reruns of The Office. And at that point, my consumption of NBC material will have gone from hours back in the day....(The Tonight Show with Johnny, Tom Brokaw, Saturday Night Live, St. Elsewhere, Cheers, ER, Friends, The Office, Seinfeld) to.....zero.

No. Seriously. Screw them. If they would immediately dump their broadcast network, I would think about it. Let someone else give it a run.
 


dagdaj said:
I mean, I can have the steak and pay for peacock too.
But I'm making my stand.

I'm going to poke my fingers in their chest and show them this isn't going to work. This pathetic attempt at customer acquisition. In fact, they're making me so mad I might stop watching reruns of The Office. And at that point, my consumption of NBC material will have gone from hours back in the day....(The Tonight Show with Johnny, Tom Brokaw, Saturday Night Live, St. Elsewhere, Cheers, ER, Friends, The Office, Seinfeld) to.....zero.

No. Seriously. Screw them. If they would immediately dump their broadcast network, I would think about it. Let someone else give it a run.
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If it makes you feel better, my gf and I have decided to stop buying beef. We could both afford to buy as much beef as we want but for the price of pork and chicken we're boycotting.

I can smoke and vacuum seal 10 lbs of pulled pork for $1.76/lb and I'd rather eat that than anything made out of ground beef or a steak if I'm being honest. I don't miss it a bit.

It's the same as Peacock. Beef's enjoyment threshold doesn't equal the asking price anymore for me.
 


They will lean heavily on the run. They know that and we know that. If Phil can get our defense to limit the run (I don't think we shut it completely down), that will force Grunkmeyer to make some plays. They have two excellent running backs so this won't be an easy task.
 


dagdaj said:
And at that point, my consumption of NBC material will have gone from hours back in the day....(The Tonight Show with Johnny, Tom Brokaw, Saturday Night Live, St. Elsewhere, Cheers, ER, Friends, The Office, Seinfeld) to.....zero.
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Cheers is my all time favorite show.

I bought the series on DVD back right before streaming became huge and then regretted it once it came on Netflix. Eventually it dropped off so I didn't feel as bad.

A couple months ago the entire series was on Fandango for $35 so I snagged it. I don't even have a DVD player anymore. It goes on sale at Fandango every few months, you should keep an eye out. Otherwise the cheapest spot for it is Amazon but it's $18.95 per season.
 


I own 3 TV shows on DVD.
Well, 4. But 4 gets an asterisk.

-LOST (because it was the greatest ever).
-Ark II (it was my first foray into my favorite genre ever....post apocalypse)
-Wonder Woman

I had a huge thing for Lynda Carter. Who am I kidding? I still do. She is the smoke show to end all smoke shows. Yes, I know I was 5 when that show was on. Yes, I fully remember realizing that when she got out of the pool after competing on Battle of the Network Stars that her bathing suit had become nearly fully transparent. Nature is going to do what nature is going to do.

The asterisk is....Dawson's Creek.
So, remember, this was in that window of pre-on demand and but post VCR, so I had no way to record. When my second kid was born and I took time off work, they were showing a rerun of the final season in the afternoons. It didn't air in primetime anymore. I dunno what happened. I got hooked. It was bad. I had to go back to work like two episodes before the finale. My wife got me the final season for Christmas so I could find out who Joey wound up with.

Don't tell anyone about that. I'd like it to remain a secret and wouldn't want anyone to know.
 




HuckFinn said:
This has become a trap game…for Iowa.
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I'm afraid so... PSU is still pretty talented all up and down their lineup. We can't just show up and expect to win. Sure their young qb is going to making his first start on the road at night in Kinnick. That's a lot going our way. But we'll still have to earn it we aren't gonna 37-0 them. We'll have to 24 to 17 them or something even lower scoring then that.
 


Hawkfnntn said:
I'm afraid so... PSU is still pretty talented all up and down their lineup. We can't just show up and expect to win. Sure their young qb is going to making his first start on the road at night in Kinnick. That's a lot going our way. But we'll still have to earn it we aren't gonna 37-0 them. We'll have to 24 to 17 them or something even lower scoring then that.
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Just get on SeatGeek and get some tickets. ;) Guessing it's an 8 hour-ish drive from Tennessee, you could leave around noon Friday, grab a cheap motel in Mt Pleasant for a couple nights. Super 8 is $65 according to Google. Snag a buddy to go with and it'd be a hell of a fun road trip
 


I'm heading to IC on Saturday to take the game in. I'm nervous. They just saw us dismantle Wisconsin and obviously with their emotional week of losing Allar and Coach Franklin, they could play with a lot of emotion. I would prefer Iowa to focus this week and put it on Penn State.

I hate when teams emotionally don't show up and play flat. I'm guessing KF and staff will remind them how important it is to focus week to week in the Big Ten. Go Hawks!
 


Teams typically get a bump in productivity after they fire the coach. Players are pissed and want to show out for the new guy. They tend to go back to basics.

Player by player they are more talented than us so it would still surprise me if we win.
 


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