Iowa favored by almost two touchdowns over Iowa State.
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NorthKCHawk
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9-3 if the season goes chalk.
MelroseHawkins
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End of Sept into first couple weeks of Oct. going to be a brutal stretch. That will define the season. Should be fun, though.
NorthKCHawk
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If Iowa goes 2-2 for its first 4 conference games, this team would have an excellent chance at being in the playoffs.
hawkdrummer1
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This team will need to grow up fast.
ChosenChildren
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Please Hawkeyes, destroy Iowa State at Kinnick. At night. In front of a national audience.
No mercy
No mercy
Seth53
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Does this make the clowns our superbowl?
Northside Hawk
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If we play anywhere near as good as we did the last time they came to town that bodes well for us.
NorthKCHawk
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Anyone who is bullish on the Hawks winning double digit games this season has some serious Gold and Black glasses on. Too many question marks at too many key positions, and the toughest part of the schedule is early. I think this Iowa team is going to be talented and a tough out as the season progresses, but it will take some time to come together.
Yeah 8 wins might be tough to get to from the looks of it... Hell there's a world where Iowa starts off 0-4 in the conference... 0-3 might even be likely.
NorthKCHawk
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We have to win the first three. I think we will. If we could get one win out of the first three conference games, I would take it. We would be 4-2 with a signature win and likely favored in the remaining games. Iowa tends to get better after playing good competition. The back end of the schedule is very manageable.
Yeah that seems like best case to me is a 4-2 start and hopefully some good momentum to finish strong. If they do that we'll know we have a dang good team. That's just a brutal stretch for anyone. Getting just one of em and keeping the others close would be big.
Fryowa
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This is all done keeping in mind that Iowa is going into this thing with a QB who has never played actual college football before.
Northern Illinois - W
ISU - 50/50 - Predicting this game is the dumbest thing possible in the world of sports. If you think you can predict this game you have not followed Iowa football, you know nothing about Iowa football, and you're a moron just in a general sense.
UNI - W
Michigan - L
OSU - L
Washington - L
Minnesota - L - PJ Schmuck has gotten himself in a rut. A doldrums, so to speak, over the past few years. They could likely beat themselves, but the chances Iowa runs the table on MN, WI, NW, and Purdue are nil and of those four this is the most likely one Iowa loses.
Wisconsin - W
Northwestern - W
Purdue - W
Illinois - L
nebraska - W
6.5 is the O/U. The wildcard is what Bert has Illinois doing late in the year. That's the one that could take Iowa to 7.5.
And before the flame lords get their Huggies soaked and start coming at me...none of Iowa's QBs have ever played a meaningful snap of college football. The most important position on the field, arguably more important than the head coach. Not even Nick Saban can outscheme a terrible QB, and Lester/Ferentz aren't Nick Saban.
Could we see the next Chuck Long? Absolutely. Is it likely? No...
Career stats:
Hank Brown...
Jeremy Hecklinski...
Ryan Fitzgerald...
No stats...
Jimmy Sullivan...
No stats...
Northern Illinois - W
ISU - 50/50 - Predicting this game is the dumbest thing possible in the world of sports. If you think you can predict this game you have not followed Iowa football, you know nothing about Iowa football, and you're a moron just in a general sense.
UNI - W
Michigan - L
OSU - L
Washington - L
Minnesota - L - PJ Schmuck has gotten himself in a rut. A doldrums, so to speak, over the past few years. They could likely beat themselves, but the chances Iowa runs the table on MN, WI, NW, and Purdue are nil and of those four this is the most likely one Iowa loses.
Wisconsin - W
Northwestern - W
Purdue - W
Illinois - L
nebraska - W
6.5 is the O/U. The wildcard is what Bert has Illinois doing late in the year. That's the one that could take Iowa to 7.5.
And before the flame lords get their Huggies soaked and start coming at me...none of Iowa's QBs have ever played a meaningful snap of college football. The most important position on the field, arguably more important than the head coach. Not even Nick Saban can outscheme a terrible QB, and Lester/Ferentz aren't Nick Saban.
Could we see the next Chuck Long? Absolutely. Is it likely? No...
Career stats:
Hank Brown...
Jeremy Hecklinski...
Ryan Fitzgerald...
No stats...
Jimmy Sullivan...
No stats...
NorthKCHawk
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We won 9 games with Deacon Hill. The QB position is overrated.
NorthKCHawk
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My final picks will be a bit more optimistic, but not much. For instance, I boldly predict Iowa beats ISU. Its an easy prediction. Iowa is breaking in a few key players, yes, but ISU is breaking in everything. Coaches, players, water boys. This has Iowa win written all over it. And over the years, predicting the Iowa/ISU game has been pretty easy and something a smart person can master, easily. Hawks by a couple TDs in this one. Bet your mortgage payment on that one!
NorthKCHawk
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LOL. Yep, I don't believe Iowa should play in Tampa ever again during the remainder of the KF era and then some. Lovely area, but the conference has to mix up bowl affiliations better.
