Howe: Nobody Outside Iowa Locker Room Saw This Beatdown Coming

RobHowe said:
But maybe we should have, at least Iowa winning:

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From Rob's fine article.....

"Iowa has an uncanny way of rising to the moment. The win against Ohio State was its fourth in the last five games against a Top 5 opponent at Kinnick, the lone loss being a last-second, 21-19, setback against Penn State earlier this season."

Kinnick Magic

Now we need to create Carver Magic

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Here's the only thing that frustrates me this morning. We can only play what if today, but what if Iowa had opened up their offense more earlier in the year? What would their record be now? Could they be 9-0? Sadly we'll never know I guess. I just hope this continues into next Saturday and beyond.

On the flip side I'm not advocating a pass first mentality either. I hope Iowa prepares to run and throw the ball first. Take what the defense gives you. Don't be one dimensional. Wisconsin has to be a little confused now or they believe KF will revert back to the mean and try to establish the run game first no matter what.

And again, stay with the alternate uni's. They look much better than the tired old Steeler's look. Sorry Steeler's fans.
 
I predicted an OSU beat down of 41-7 and hoped I was 1,000% wrong. Glad to say I was about 2,000% wrong.
 
RobHowe said:
It's fun when it all comes together. The offensive line, which two freshmen at tackle, playing against what many consider the best D-Line in the Big Ten if not the country, was outstanding.
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Yes. I'm looking forward to next year when people say that Iowa has the 2 best OTs and hopefully the best center if Daniels stays. I'm only semi kidding... :)
 
hawkinstl said:
Here's the only thing that frustrates me this morning. We can only play what if today, but what if Iowa had opened up their offense more earlier in the year? What would their record be now? Could they be 9-0? Sadly we'll never know I guess. I just hope this continues into next Saturday and beyond.

On the flip side I'm not advocating a pass first mentality either. I hope Iowa prepares to run and throw the ball first. Take what the defense gives you. Don't be one dimensional. Wisconsin has to be a little confused now or they believe KF will revert back to the mean and try to establish the run game first no matter what.

And again, stay with the alternate uni's. They look much better than the tired old Steeler's look. Sorry Steeler's fans.
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Re: the bold part of your post, we obviously weren't executing as well earlier this season. Yesterday we saw no drops. One pass--exactly one--could have been deemed "more than catchable" for Brandon Smith, but the pass was well-defended, he didn't "drop" it by any means. In fact, on first glance, I thought it could have been PI.

Previous eight games? Pass WOULD have set up the run IF the pass game was consistently working. We saw flashes, but nothing remotely approaching what we saw yesterday. I'm kind of shocked, actually, that Stanley's numbers only showed 20-for-31 and 226 yards.

Then look a little closer. Some of our scoring drives were "short-field" variety. Stanley was alert to throw away the ball when needed. Add to that Wadley and Butler averaging 6.4 yards a carry, 4 INTs, an OSU ejection, and you have a near-perfect scenario for what happened.

Can it happen again? Absolutely. Will it? If they play like yesterday, no question.
 
hawkeyebob62 said:
Re: the bold part of your post, we obviously weren't executing as well earlier this season. Yesterday we saw no drops. One pass--exactly one--could have been deemed "more than catchable" for Brandon Smith, but the pass was well-defended, he didn't "drop" it by any means. In fact, on first glance, I thought it could have been PI.

Previous eight games? Pass WOULD have set up the run IF the pass game was consistently working. We saw flashes, but nothing remotely approaching what we saw yesterday. I'm kind of shocked, actually, that Stanley's numbers only showed 20-for-31 and 226 yards.

Then look a little closer. Some of our scoring drives were "short-field" variety. Stanley was alert to throw away the ball when needed. Add to that Wadley and Butler averaging 6.4 yards a carry, 4 INTs, an OSU ejection, and you have a near-perfect scenario for what happened.

Can it happen again? Absolutely. Will it? If they play like yesterday, no question.
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That's because it was PI. Defender made contact well before the ball arrived. The replay showed it clearly.
 
hawkeyebob62 said:
Re: the bold part of your post, we obviously weren't executing as well earlier this season. Yesterday we saw no drops. One pass--exactly one--could have been deemed "more than catchable" for Brandon Smith, but the pass was well-defended, he didn't "drop" it by any means. In fact, on first glance, I thought it could have been PI.

Previous eight games? Pass WOULD have set up the run IF the pass game was consistently working. We saw flashes, but nothing remotely approaching what we saw yesterday. I'm kind of shocked, actually, that Stanley's numbers only showed 20-for-31 and 226 yards.

Then look a little closer. Some of our scoring drives were "short-field" variety. Stanley was alert to throw away the ball when needed. Add to that Wadley and Butler averaging 6.4 yards a carry, 4 INTs, an OSU ejection, and you have a near-perfect scenario for what happened.

Can it happen again? Absolutely. Will it? If they play like yesterday, no question.
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I hear you. There were really no dropped passes as in previous weeks, but still believe Iowa used the pass to set up the run which they hadn't done the previous 4 or 5 games at least.

I know it caught OSU off guard as they interviewed Meyer going into the locker room at half. The look on his face when he said, they're passing the ball, was priceless.
 
hawkinstl said:
I hear you. There were really no dropped passes as in previous weeks, but still believe Iowa used the pass to set up the run which they hadn't done the previous 4 or 5 games at least.

I know it caught OSU off guard as they interviewed Meyer going into the locker room at half. The look on his face when he said, they're passing the ball, was priceless.
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His presser after the game had some "gold", as well. I damn near expected to hear, "That's football"!
 
tksirius said:
That's because it was PI. Defender made contact well before the ball arrived. The replay showed it clearly.
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I thought so, but it was pretty close. And that was as close as we got to a "dropped" ball vs. an overthrow or intentional toss out of bounds. If there is any room at all, that catch is no doubt made and for a first down, IIRC.
 
tksirius said:
Yes. I'm looking forward to next year when people say that Iowa has the 2 best OTs and hopefully the best center if Daniels stays. I'm only semi kidding... :)
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James Daniels was impressive yesterday. Like Jackson, he's going to have a decision to make after the season. I think he really likes college, though. I think he comes back.
 
No we did not. Great game by the Hawks... great complete game by the Hawks.
Congrats to coaches and players for a great week of preparation and execution of the installed game plan.
 
Rob, if you saw my posts, I certainly thought Iowa was going to do well. OSU didn't have much of a road resume. Going into the game some of the OSU fans were saying they were concerned about Barrett right, Barrett left and play action pass as their plays. Iowa historically has done well against such QBs.

I think they've had an upgrade in talent speed.

My criticisms were specifically about play calling and coaching this year. And they did much better of wrapping up tackles unlike earlier in the year.

I didn't see KF opening things up. Glad he didn't play for a chance at a 4th quarter win.

The bigger question is which Iowa game plan will we see going forward.

Somewhere along the Meyer said something about being baited.
 
hawkinstl said:
Here's the only thing that frustrates me this morning. We can only play what if today, but what if Iowa had opened up their offense more earlier in the year? What would their record be now? Could they be 9-0? Sadly we'll never know I guess. I just hope this continues into next Saturday and beyond.

On the flip side I'm not advocating a pass first mentality either. I hope Iowa prepares to run and throw the ball first. Take what the defense gives you. Don't be one dimensional. Wisconsin has to be a little confused now or they believe KF will revert back to the mean and try to establish the run game first no matter what.

And again, stay with the alternate uni's. They look much better than the tired old Steeler's look. Sorry Steeler's fans.
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Bite your tongue.......that steeler look will never get old or tired. You damn millennials want everything new and flashy.:)
 
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