Iowa -15.5 vs Illinois.........

deanvogs said:
Yep, and frankly that is why the NW game didn't bother me at all. It was an easy comfortable win that it never felt like Iowa was in danger of losing at all.

It always confuses me as to why people get so bent out of shape on how a win looks? Well never mind, they have their axe, and that just wanna grind no matter what it seems.
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Yeah this is true. I imagine where the frustration comes from, at least where mine comes from sometimes, is you see a game like Ohio St in 2017 or Minnesota 2018 or first half vs Minnesota 2019 when Iowa is attacking and scoring a ton of points.

We all know the potential is there for a better offense. And some fans don't like the tight wins vs subpar teams and in close losses to PSU and Wisconsin, it can't be helped but to wonder what if Iowa attacked their weak spots (DBs) instead of trying to attack their strengths (front 7's).
 
No way I would bet Iowa with that spread. I think we are likely to win but I don't envision a blowout like the last time we played them. As long as we get a win so I can cover my +7.5 wins on the season that is all I care about.
 
Kirk owns Campbell, Kirk owns P.J., Kirk owns Lovie, hopefully in ten days we can say Kirk owns Frost (have to at least be 2-0 against a coach)
 
Iowa will win, but they are not covering that. That's a sucker's bet to take Iowa and the points.
 
I think we are going to see Old Kirk Saturday. That playbook was way too wide open against Minny so I think we see a more conservative game plan. A lot of runs,ball control, short throws, we have seen it before. Hawks win 24 to 17.
 
1980HAWKFAN said:
I think we are going to see Old Kirk Saturday. That playbook was way too wide open against Minny so I think we see a more conservative game plan. A lot of runs,ball control, short throws, we have seen it before. Hawks win 24 to 17.
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Iowa only had 290 yards of offense against Minnesota.....old Kirk never left the building. When Iowa looked semi potent on offense he was busy unwrapping his bubble gum.
 
The first half of Saturday's game was Minnesota's undoing . And a good part of Iowa's success in the first half was Minnesota coming into the game flat emotionally. Wisconsin did that the week before but Iowa wasn't able to capitalize on their opportunities.

Kirk was very much in charge the whole game. The difference was that Stanley wasn't standing in the pocket taking 5 seconds to decide when to throw the ball. When Stanley threw the ball he on target an not behind the player. For the most part he was very accurate

In the second half Minnesota was bringing more pressure, covering better. Minnesota got back in their game, defensively.

Offensively Minnesota wasn't able to score enough on Iowa's defense to change the outcome.
 
Xerxes said:
Yeah this is true. I imagine where the frustration comes from, at least where mine comes from sometimes, is you see a game like Ohio St in 2017 or Minnesota 2018 or first half vs Minnesota 2019 when Iowa is attacking and scoring a ton of points.

We all know the potential is there for a better offense. And some fans don't like the tight wins vs subpar teams and in close losses to PSU and Wisconsin, it can't be helped but to wonder what if Iowa attacked their weak spots (DBs) instead of trying to attack their strengths (front 7's).
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Nailed it.

The key word you said is “attack”.

Nate looked good when they let him attack downfield. Zone to the short side of the field on (seems like) every first down is not attacking.
 
hawkinarkansas said:
Iowa only had 290 yards of offense against Minnesota.....old Kirk never left the building. When Iowa looked semi potent on offense he was busy unwrapping his bubble gum.
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It seemed like the 1st half Hawks were more aggressive and throwing more than they usually do against Minny. We opened up a lead and then defense stepped up in second half and held on for the win. You're probably correct with Old Kirk was still on the sideline but it felt like we played a bit more aggressive than the usual stretch right left and 3 yard out pattern in the 1st half.
 
Lose either one of the last two and the good vibe for beating another top ten team is lost.
 
DDThompson said:
Lose either one of the last two and the good vibe for beating another top ten team is lost.
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There is a risk of losing one of the next two since Iowa's offense can be so anemic. If Iowa finishes 8-4, well, that is where Hawkeye Homeostasis seems to be quite often. Feel OK, but not good.

9-3 sounds 100% better.
 
Right now Iowa is -16 with an O/U of 47, so they're thinking 31-15 or 32-16 against a team that's won 4 straight? Hey, I'm all in favor of it, but I'm gonna have to see it to believe it.
 
deanvogs said:
Posted this in another thread.

Illinois is living off turnovers. Illinois beat Wisconsin, MSU and Purdue and were +2 in TO in each of those games. They beat Rutgers and were +3 in TO. They were +3 in TO and couldn't beat Nebraska, they were +1 in TO vs Minnesota and got blown out. They were +0 in TO vs Michigan and got blown out. They were -1 in TO vs EMC and got beat.

So you are telling me KF gets to coach in a game where ball control and protecting the ball is gonna be important? Yeah, this game is tailored made for KF. I think Iowa protects the ball and covers.
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They were with Michigan fairly late.
 
1980HAWKFAN said:
It seemed like the 1st half Hawks were more aggressive and throwing more than they usually do against Minny. We opened up a lead and then defense stepped up in second half and held on for the win. You're probably correct with Old Kirk was still on the sideline but it felt like we played a bit more aggressive than the usual stretch right left and 3 yard out pattern in the 1st half.
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Yes. You’re right That’s what happened.

He couldn’t figure that out because he didn’t want to.
 
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