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That's a stone cold lock for sure
Still...Go Hawks... Players rather tough. Badgers, well let's get them.
There's no doubt there's a huge difference between playing Purdue and NW than IL and OSU. Playing ISU week 2 doesn't help us either with how our O is always slow to get going regardless of how good they end up being.
This - I will always root for IA to win out, all the time. But at the same time, the talent on D and special teams has been near CFP levels and we were sitting at .500 2/3 of the way thru the season. Entirely due to a lack of any offense.
People are not giving that SDSU win enough credit at all
The reason we want a change more than winning irrelevant games is to give hope to the future of bigger things than 8-4 every year. It's a little short sighted and wanting instant gratification to just want to win now over everything.
A lot of truth here. After seeing them up close and personal at Kinnick, I was shocked by the size of their defensive front, and of their defense in general...every bit a BTen-looking team on defense. Their offense didn't show much vs the Hawks -- which team has this year other than Michigan? -- but no doubt their defense is as good or better than most teams Iowa has played this year.
Think there would have been too much home cooking in Columbus for O'Keefe to overcome? I don't know. Last time he was OC in the Horseshoe, he plucked a skinny freshman QB off the bench and damn near coordinated a victory and Big Ten title with him. Probably would have if Stross doesn't drop a couple easy balls.
Iowa has won more than 8 games the last 5 seasons (covid year was 6-2, they only had 8 games) and won 10 last year, so the only short sighted part is that take.
Yeah I'd have been fine with BF in that role. I think ole KOK was just done and wanted to be retired. I think we needed to be looking outside the box. I don't have a list of names off the top of my head but KF needs to let go of the reigns. Let a creative play caller that mixes in shot plays with different formations that makes us less predictable get in there and be more aggressive. Situationally we are all too often too easy to play against. I feel like there's 20 plays a game or more that we just waste. I'm sure they may say that those 'setup' something. But we've hardly seen much of that this year.
Yes, after Iowa's dismal offensive #s last year, KF had the perfect opportunity to make a major move on offense, in a way that would also let BF save face. Let Brian be the 'run game coordinator', and bring in a completely new face to be the 'passing game coordinator' to modernize Iowa's pass game. Let Brian continue to call the plays, but bring in an experienced, proven passing game mind to also work with the QBs. Am quite certain it would have paid dividends this season. Again, a real lack of imagination and creativity on Kirk's part.
Yeah, I was shocked when a few years ago BF in an interview conceded that basically they were calling only 4-5 plays per game that had a chance for a big gain or score. He was basically saying they were running 60+ plays per game where they were expecting minimal gains. That pretty much said it all.
Years ago when most everyone else was kinda doing that too you can get away with it. But nowadays offenses are measured by chunk plays and scoring. Not just fgs but Tds instead of those. Wasting plays like that leads to wasting possessions and sure Iowas D has let them get away with that. But it's not fun for the players to do and it sure isn't fun for the fans to watch.
But probably a tough loss in OT again?
