ISU/Iowa thoughts
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Did you happen to notice the 2 lost fumbles, the two missed field goals, and the 31-7 score?
nationalchamps
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If the clowns run that 3-4 against us it will be a long day for them.
EstronHawkKing
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Sorry, even though N Dakota St lost to Montana on the road on the final play of the game, I'd say they are still the team to beat in the FCS. You put them at home or a neutral field and they would beat Montana and Ill St easily.
imported_ankle23
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+1000. But they aren't going to change now, are they? that being said, teams that have run the 3-4 against us (zone scheme)have done well in doing so - but i doubt the clownz have the talent to really pull it off, do they? i assume they changed due to lack of DL?
Agree. Even NFL teams have a tough time running a 3-4 unless they have an incredible nose guard that can plug up the middle. Clowns don't have that. I could see them going back to a more traditional 4-3 on Saturday.
deanvogs
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Yeah I saw that. I also saw UNI's terrible, terrible punter give up field position on every punt, and ISU return one for a 81 yd TD. I also saw a UNI Interception lead to 7 pts for ISU. I also saw one of the missed FG only come because UNI fumbled the ball and ISU lost 3 yards and then had to kick a FG which they missed.
I mean you wanna cry about ISU's TO, but you don't want to point out the only reason ISU even scored, is because they were given gifts on a silver platter. I mean TD drives that were 38, 43, & 23 yards.......LOL.....a punt return for a TD, and a FG on a 20 yard drive. Talk about gifts!
Lol I love this post!
Herkeye1986
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+1000
deanvogs
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If I'm a Clownie fan, sure I'm happy as a clam that ISU won easily finally over a FCS team. I would be very concerned that the FCS school had just as many yards, and if you swapped punters for that game, UNI has a very good shot at winning that game. ISU had 193 punt return yards in the game compared to 0 punt return yards for UNI. The UNI punter was awful. He punted low line drives, and ISU returned them to the tune of 193 yards, and that is why they dominated field position and why they won the game.
HawkeyeMike23
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A win this week and Clone fans will already have a successful season, they don't care what happens in the B12 as long as they get this win. Rhoads knows as long as he wins this week, he will be in no danger of losing his job even if he has another 0fer B12 season.
AdamHawk
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Is this seriously a serious post?
deanvogs
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Yes, did you watch the game? If ISU had 0 Punt return yards, and UNI had 193 punt return yards, you don't think that would have affected a game where neither team really mounted a sustained drive? Field position in that game determined the winner.
ISU started drives at UNI's 42, 38, 20, & 26 yard line in the first half alone. Then in the second half the started at UNI's 43, 49, 23, and returned a punt for a TD. They started 7 drives in UNI territory and could only muster 24 points.....that is concerning.....well unless you are a Clownie and don't really understand football.
DP5555
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The point is the Clones game against UNI wasn't near as one sided as it appears based upon the score.
Many ISU fans called the last two seasons trainwrecks and are calling for Rhoads to be fired. Honestly the UNI game win was more important than any win over Iowa, considering the last two years' losses to FCS teams.
Whether he'll be fired or not is due to his buyout and being buddies with Pollard.
Do you think ISU fans were happy with last season?
deanvogs
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The game shouldn't have been that close at all. It just seems that Clownies don't get WHY they should have scored more. They should have scored more because of the lopsided advantage in the punting game, and the field position game. It wasn't like they dominated them on offense, as those numbers were nearly identical. Heck the Clowns couldn't take advantage of short fields as it was, why do they think if they didn't dominate the punting game that they would have sustained drives of even longer yardage????
