Kirk: "Next step for team is to get into the endzone"











Tierney said:
They have a couple of teams that they should be able to score on easily. I think they win three of their first four due to strength of schedule. I can see them trying to put it on the next two teams.
Click to expand...

Wisconsin set all sorts of records last year and could only muster 26 on UNI at home. What gives you any confidence that we can do better?

I say we lose to UNI and squeak by CMU something like 17-13.
 




"Next step is to get into the endzone"

tumblr_m9wrg6rBEe1qi75gqo2_500.png
 


He is an offensive genius! Maybe he should try to get into the endzone with one of those new fangled forward passes.
 




SpiderRico said:
Wisconsin set all sorts of records last year and could only muster 26 on UNI at home. What gives you any confidence that we can do better?

I say we lose to UNI and squeak by CMU something like 17-13.
Click to expand...

They also scored 7 on that mighty Oregon St. defense. I'm impressed with how great Wisconsin has looked!
 


Tierney said:
They have a couple of teams that they should be able to score on easily. I think they win three of their first four due to strength of schedule. I can see them trying to put it on the next two teams.
Click to expand...

Kirk will NEVER try to "put it on" a team.
 


SpiderRico said:
Wisconsin set all sorts of records last year and could only muster 26 on UNI at home. What gives you any confidence that we can do better?

I say we lose to UNI and squeak by CMU something like 17-13.
Click to expand...

Those same Badgers also dropped all of 7 points on an Oregon State defense that ranked 89th in scoring defense, 101st in rushing defense, and 84th in total defense.

I say Wisconsin and Montee Ball are vastly overrated. Russell Wilson was the reason the Badgers were so good last year, and Ball was the prime beneficiary of Wilson's efforts, not the other way around.
 


tm3308 said:
Those same Badgers also dropped all of 7 points on an Oregon State defense that ranked 89th in scoring defense, 101st in rushing defense, and 84th in total defense.

I say Wisconsin and Montee Ball are vastly overrated. Russell Wilson was the reason the Badgers were so good last year, and Ball was the prime beneficiary of Wilson's efforts, not the other way around.
Click to expand...

I tend to discount going on the road to the West Coast as a barometer of how a midwest team will look. We went to ASU in 2004 and got beat 44-7 and their defense was not good at all either. We still avg'd 30 ppg that year. Numerous other times good Iowa teams have traveled out there and looked like they forgot to pack their offense. In addition, OSU got 2 full weeks to prepare for Wisconsin since their first game was postponed due to the Hurricane.
 


SpiderRico said:
I tend to discount going on the road to the West Coast as a barometer of how a midwest team will look. We went to ASU in 2004 and got beat 44-7 and their defense was not good at all either. We still avg'd 30 ppg that year. Numerous other times good Iowa teams have traveled out there and looked like they forgot to pack their offense. In addition, OSU got 2 full weeks to prepare for Wisconsin since their first game was postponed due to the Hurricane.
Click to expand...

Fail again. Iowa averaged less than 25 ppg in 2004. That offense was not high-powered, although it was one of KOK's best seasons, if not the best IMO.

And I don't care about the West Coast factor. You don't go from offensive juggernaut to complete incompetence because one plane trip. You can go from above average offense to complete incompetence, though. And Wisky's showing against UNI, combined with their performance in Corvallis, would suggest the latter.
 


SpiderRico said:
I tend to discount going on the road to the West Coast as a barometer of how a midwest team will look. We went to ASU in 2004 and got beat 44-7 and their defense was not good at all either. We still avg'd 30 ppg that year. Numerous other times good Iowa teams have traveled out there and looked like they forgot to pack their offense. In addition, OSU got 2 full weeks to prepare for Wisconsin since their first game was postponed due to the Hurricane.
Click to expand...

So on Monday before the first game, they stopped preparing for their first game and worked on Wisconsin stuff, because they knew the hurricane was going to postpone their game?


No.
 


tm3308 said:
Fail again. Iowa averaged less than 25 ppg in 2004. That offense was not high-powered, although it was one of KOK's best seasons, if not the best IMO.

And I don't care about the West Coast factor. You don't go from offensive juggernaut to complete incompetence because one plane trip. You can go from above average offense to complete incompetence, though. And Wisky's showing against UNI, combined with their performance in Corvallis, would suggest the latter.
Click to expand...

So I'm guessing you wouldn't call our 2002 an offensive juggernaut? We went on one plane trip to Miami and, well, you know the rest of the story.

It happens.

I'm on record as saying that I don't think we score more than 26 points against UNI.
 


SpiderRico said:
So I'm guessing you wouldn't call our 2002 an offensive juggernaut? We went on one plane trip to Miami and, well, you know the rest of the story.

It happens.

I'm on record as saying that I don't think we score more than 26 points against UNI.
Click to expand...

Going one time zone to the east is not a big deal. And if you're seriously suggesting that Iowa got curb-stomped in Miami because of the plane ride, then there's no point debating anything remotely resembling football with you.

They lost because USC was arguably the best team in the nation at that point, and far better than Iowa. And if the jet lag was that severe for Iowa, I can't imagine how badly USC would have beaten the Hawks if the game had been played in the Rose Bowl. You know, since the lowly 38 points were the result of jet lag from flying from L.A. to Miami.

Fail again.
 


83Hawk said:
Kirk will NEVER try to "put it on" a team.
Click to expand...

Why the heck is that???

I am sure multiple losses/close calls over the years can be attributed to not "putting it on" the other team when the opportunity presented itself.

Some may call it a classy move, but I for one say go for it. Sometimes, classy can be confused with risky. I am not calling for scoring TD's with 5 minutes left in the 4th with a 30 point lead, but I have no problem doing the same in the second/third quarter.

Of course, I am going back in my memory a few years when this scenario was actually feasible.

Man, I miss the days of Hayden laying 40-60 points on opponents and smiling while our defense held them in check.

If it was OK with Hayden, it should be OK with Kirk. Go all out or go home.
 




You must log in or register to reply here.


Latest posts

Share this page






Top