Northside Hawk
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PJ'S finest hour may end up being his Outback Bowl win over Auburn.
Honorable mention to regular season wins over Wisconsin and Penn State.
Iowa calls 3 timeouts...19 sec
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Honorable mention to regular season wins over Wisconsin and Penn State.
Northside Hawk
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Fleck would have had a bit of explaining to do had he lost Morgan or Bateman or that running back.
He no doubt would have launched into some quasi philosophical bent about some native American hoedown or how Betelgeuse may supernova soon or how he was going to watch a rerun of "Fish That Saved Pittsburgh". Complete with lyrics from Donovan.
MelroseHawkins
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There is something to the coaching staffs not liking each other. They fight for the same recruits and do cross paths on the recruiting trail.
cornfedcowboy
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Had to google "Betelgeuse". You are too smart to be on a football message board.
MattinColumbus
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The Daily Goofer had a tweet up bitching about the 2-pt conversion. Title was ‘Kirk keeps it classy by going for 2 up by 26 in the fourth’. Responses were pretty funny.
WinOneThisCentury
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This is why I don't understand all the people who were saying they were done with Iowa Football. Every year is a different evolution. Last year it was Stanley's inconsistency at times, BF's play calling, and our lack of a running game. This year it's what happened to our run defense at Purdue, how many fingers is Petras going to break in the short passing game, and what the hell is BF doing calling 50 passes against NW.
Trust me...there is no love lost with the B10 and Fleck. He's rubbed alot of people the wrong way with his antics. The fact that he left his starters in the game in the last 5 minutes was pretty lame. Then for Fleck to get pissed because KF was going to call a timeout on the incomplete pass, well, the rest was priceless. It's a god damn rivalry game for a reason...and when you are on the right side for 6 straight...that's good stuff.
Welcome home Floyd...by the time you go back to Minnesota you may be ready to retire in Florida.
Trust me...there is no love lost with the B10 and Fleck. He's rubbed alot of people the wrong way with his antics. The fact that he left his starters in the game in the last 5 minutes was pretty lame. Then for Fleck to get pissed because KF was going to call a timeout on the incomplete pass, well, the rest was priceless. It's a god damn rivalry game for a reason...and when you are on the right side for 6 straight...that's good stuff.
Welcome home Floyd...by the time you go back to Minnesota you may be ready to retire in Florida.
Former Minnesota coach Jerry Kill blasts current head coach P.J. Fleck over antics
Former Minnesota coach Jerry Kill blasts current head coach P.J. Fleck over antics
Former Minnesota football coach Jerry Kill ripped current head coach P.J. Fleck over the latter's antics since taking over the Golden Gophers.
www.usatoday.com
And didn't Fleck go after other teams recruits who had already signed a letter of intent???
WinOneThisCentury
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Wow...just wow. I have alot of respect for Jerry Kill. Kill put together some tough ass football teams. I've heard rumors that Fleck has pissed some people off at the B10 meetings too. He's all about being PT Barnum 24/7...and let's face, there are alot of suckers in Minnesota.Former Minnesota coach Jerry Kill blasts current head coach P.J. Fleck over antics
Former Minnesota coach Jerry Kill blasts current head coach P.J. Fleck over antics
Former Minnesota football coach Jerry Kill ripped current head coach P.J. Fleck over the latter's antics since taking over the Golden Gophers.www.usatoday.com
And didn't Fleck go after other teams recruits who had already signed a letter of intent???
Northside Hawk
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You didn't happen to stumble upon 'Beetlejuice" did you?
I was trying to see things through the lens of a combination Barnum & Bailey carnival barker/Zen philosopher.
And I'll tell you I was about five minutes away from a massive headache.
iloveyoularrystation
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The 2 point makes sense football wise. That minnesota team has playmakers, now if he does it going up by 35 that's different, or late in the 4th that's different. What you don't do is leave your studd players in down by 35 against back ups and thirds stringers so you can get them their stats and stop the shutout. And you don't call a timeout with 19 seconds left to get your first stringers a score against third stringers. On top of that its a super cold night, the increased injury risk by you extending the game is just stupid. I thought the 3 time out thing by Kirk was a great way of pointing out how lame the use of a timeout was there. Fantastic gamesmanship.
If either of them got hurt that last drive omg their fans shoulda ran him out of town with oars.
Here's what I thought KF shoulda done. After the 3rd TO put the starters back in. Double Bateman and blitz everyone else. Not sayin try to hurt their QB but I want him to get hit. Now KF is way more mature then I am but that was my thought process. F them for keeping starters in, throwing the ball and for especially calling that TO with 19 seconds left. If they wanted to run up and spike it/run another play then ok but don't be burning TOs and shit. That was lame and he deserved to be called on it.
kicker22
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So Iowa then won the "classy" game 2-1? Going for 2 up 26 in the 4th and burning 3 straight TOs after PJ's calling of a TO to try to score a meaningless TD against backups? Here's a thought...instead of whining about a team trying to to extend a 26 pt. lead to a 28 pt. lead either (A) keep the game somewhat close or (B) keep them out of the end zone on the 2 pt. conversion. IMO it was nothing more than a lesson in humility aimed at the Gophers...unfortunately it missed its mark as PJ was too busy rowing his boat.
How much time was left in the 4th when we went for 2? Seemed like quite a bit as we still had starters in then. I didn't think that was a big deal and wouldn't have if shoes were on the other feet. Hell it made sense. Is that really what irked him? How about that his offense couldn't score against our 1st team at all that shoulda really irked him. Hope he's happy he didn't end up with the goose egg. Cause that's all he got out of that game
kicker22
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I totally agree. whether it was in the third quarter or in the fourth quarter it was the right football decision after failing to convert the earlier PAT. Calling a TO in the closing seconds of a game while playing your starters against a teams 2nd/3rd team simply to dodge a shutout is just a dick move.
HuckFinn
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Gee. Did the ol’ boat rower get mad because we took an opportunity to get a a 2 point conversion play on tape? Yeah, ok.
It would be interesting to see what other coaches reactions were to all this. I bet some got a kick out of it all too. Fleck doesn't seem to be making friends within the industry which it only takes a couple rough yrs to go down hill. Ask Harbaugh or Franklin hell he might be wishin he'd have leveled up in the last yr or two I'm sure he had opportunities.
Zstatman
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And, of course, here at the T shirt/hoodies commemorating the event: I might buy one of these. I wouldn't be surprised but what one of these doesn't show up in the Gopher locker toom next year!
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Leave The Timeouts Take The Pig Shirt - BreakingT
"Figured we’d take Floyd with us and leave the timeouts here." Yellow print. Available in two styles. Adult T-Shirt: Super-comfortable, cotton/poly-blended crewneck in vintage black. Unisex sizing with a snug fit. S-3XL Hoodie: Premium cotton/poly blended-fleece in black. Drawcord in natural...
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ThunderHawk
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"If he wants to use a timeout losing this bad, FK him. I'm using all three of mine."
That's verbatim.
That's verbatim.
