TheBattman
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Great game by the Badgers; I think the (th)U(g)'s QB got hit harder than an Ellin Woods wedge shot.
Four Big Ten Teams Will Have 10 wins
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WTF is right!! Since when does 1 football game make a great line?? Gp back and look at the rushing stats for the ENTIRE YEAR!! In the last 8 seasons, the only Iowa team that gave up more rushing yards than the 2005 team was the atrocious 2006 team. And the 2006 team flat out quit at the end of the year. WOW!!
PJHawk
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The Wisconsin game illustrates that by the end of that season they were a damn solid unit completely shutting down Calhoun - the Big Ten’s best running back that year. That was then followed by stopping Maroney and Gary Russell (both 1000 yard rushers) to blow out the Gophers to end the season. Our line was then acknowledged for that by post season awards, which BTW they don't award for "1 football game".
In 2005 Iowa was about two plays away from getting back to back Big Ten titles. One play being the personal foul on Chad Greenway to allow NW to keep driving for a game winning TD and you can take your pick from all the blown opportunities and horrible officiating calls from the Michigan game. That 2005 team was pretty solid and to try to paint it as the defensive line being a weak link is revisionist.
BTW I just checked the stats for the "ENTIRE YEAR!!": the 2005 team allowed 126.0 rushing yards per game, and 10 rushing TD's (that includes the Outback Bowl). The 2009 defense allowed 122.0 yards and 8 rushing TD's; that's pretty much a wash. Five years from now are you going to be bad mouthing the 2009 defensive line as well?
In 2005 Iowa was about two plays away from getting back to back Big Ten titles. One play being the personal foul on Chad Greenway to allow NW to keep driving for a game winning TD and you can take your pick from all the blown opportunities and horrible officiating calls from the Michigan game. That 2005 team was pretty solid and to try to paint it as the defensive line being a weak link is revisionist.
BTW I just checked the stats for the "ENTIRE YEAR!!": the 2005 team allowed 126.0 rushing yards per game, and 10 rushing TD's (that includes the Outback Bowl). The 2009 defense allowed 122.0 yards and 8 rushing TD's; that's pretty much a wash. Five years from now are you going to be bad mouthing the 2009 defensive line as well?
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I guess we will have to agree to disagree. The stats for the entire year say that the 2005 rushing defense was the 2nd worst in the last 8 years. Period.
PJHawk
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Chances are that vaunted GA Tech rushing attack is going to put up some big numbers vs. the 2009 defensive line and push the average per game above the current 122.0 yards per game and potentially even above the 2005 average of 126.0. Just to be consistent with your logic you would then have the 2009 defensive lines supplanting the 2005 defense as one of the worst of the last decade?
TheBattman
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Georgia Tech is going to throw that off a bit if they run 50-60 times; Even a 4 yard per carry average is gonna give up 200-240 yards rushing. 2005 Iowa is going to down like the 1984,1988 and 1997 Iowa teams, the difference between an average and a great season was just a few plays away from a run to Pasadena. The back 7 on this team are the most complete of the Iowa defenses this decade but the tackles aren'te the strongest they've had.
