Lipstick on a pig

loesshillshawk said:
You people amaze me. This is a potent offensive team. Any win in Ames is fantastic. Step away from the edge...at the end of the year no one will say this one didn't count. Just sit back and enjoy the ride.
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NCHawker said:
Please share with the forum, the play, down and distance that you objected to. Describe the defense that was presented. And tell us, what play you would have called....and more importantly - why. And try not to take advantage of hindsight.
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I take it you didn't watch the game huh? You really think that was a well called offensive game plan? How about Wadley on 3 and 8 and he ran it to the short side of the field? Does that count? How about you take a look at the average distance to go on third down. You think that's sustainable?
 
OkstHawk said:
Well if you think we will beat another team this year besides N Texas and Illinois averaging 9 or 10 yards to go on third down, you're sadly mistaken.
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So you're saying Iowa will be static with averaging 9 or 10 yards on third down.
Ohh-Kay
 
We were outcoached on a few plays, namely on their 4th down play touchdown. They were definitely more aggressive on 4th and it worked. I thought we should have went for the 4th and short at the 50.

They ran the ball more effectively than I thought they would, or should, and our safeties had a rough game.

Plenty to improve on(or be concerned about), and plenty to be optimistic about.

Hawks won, showed resilience and some offensive playmaking. Far from a great performance but they won a rivalry game, on the road, coming back from 10 down.

I may be very wrong, as we do tend to get isu's best effort, but I think this was a decent isu team. We'll see I guess.

2-0.

Go Hawks.
 
OkstHawk said:
I take it you didn't watch the game huh? You really think that was a well called offensive game plan? How about Wadley on 3 and 8 and he ran it to the short side of the field? Does that count? How about you take a look at the average distance to go on third down. You think that's sustainable?
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It was a decent, if not good, offensively called offensive game plan. Unless you believe 500 yards of offense and 38 points in regulation was simply due to Iowa's elite offensive talent. Isu's defense isnt great, but Iowa rarely has that much offense, even against poor defenses. Id love to see what our juggernaut offense could do with great playcalling.

Yes, we can't continue to need 7+ yards on average on 3rd down, especially against better defenses. But 38 regulation points and 500 yards while having to execute on 3rd and long so often was something we have maybe never seen.

Plenty to work on, plenty to be optimistic about.
 
OkstHawk said:
Well if you think we will beat another team this year besides N Texas and Illinois averaging 9 or 10 yards to go on third down, you're sadly mistaken.
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I won't say this is a goofy statement, but I will bet my life savings that this will be more than a four win team this year.
 
NW and OSU wishes they could put lipstick on after two games.
 
OkstHawk said:
First, no doubt happy with the win today. But, let's not go putting lipstick on the pig folks. The play calling on both sides of the ball, especially the defensive side was downright brutal. Iowa got out played, out coached and out toughed today and that should make all of us sick. I hope this coaching staff can use today's sloppy effort as a learning experience. This team needs to see some real improvement or it's going to be a very long season. Today's game has really highlighted the weakness in the secondary and the offensive line. Time to get to work gentleman.
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I was very disappointed with Iowa's play on the LOS on both sides of the ball. Good teams will line up against ISU and run it easily. Iowa didn't. They also ran on Iowa very easily for most of the 2nd half and ISUs OL is average on their best day.

This game reminded me of last years NDSU game. Iowa got handled on the LOS by a team that has no business doing so but got a late break with ISUs WR dropping a pass in OT. That just shows the thin line between a win and a loss.

Kudos to the passing game for saving the day
 
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Xerxes said:
I was very disappointed with Iowa's play on the LOS on both sides of the ball. Good teams will line up against ISU and run it easily. Iowa didn't. They also ran on Iowa very easily for most of the 2nd half and ISUs OL is average on their beat day.

This game reminded me of last years NDSU game. Iowa got handled on the LOS by a team that has no business doing so but got a late break with ISUs WR dropping a pass in OT. That just shows the thin line between a win and a loss.

Kudos to the passing game for saving the day
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That last sentence carries major significance. It's been a very long time since we've last been able to say that.
 
It's only the second game and we really don't know a lot about the team yet.

Our D did not look good today. They looked ill-prepared. ISU receivers are a tough match-up, especially when you let them run around for a while because we aren't getting pressure on the QB. I was less than impressed. We got out-coached and out-played on that side of the ball.

The offense looked better today. Still some timing issues, but the communication looked better and Stanley looked much more comfortable. Wadley was a beast and carried the team on his shoulders. Hopefully, they will continue to improve.

ISU looked good today. Glad to get the win. But we'd better improve a LOT if we hope to get more wins. That was rough...
 
Xerxes said:
Yep. IMO he's the best offensive player Iowa has had in 30+ years
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I've called him Ronnie Harmon for almost 12 months.
I've got a 5 page thread of people telling me Stanzley is better than CJB
JoeMoore has already anointed our O-line elite
Easly & ISM are blowing our hair back (and Brandon Smith might be better than both of them)
Butler is a known quantity
Fant & Hockensen are future NFL players
and Drake is superkoolick

^^^^ AND THIS IS SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT IOWA's WEAK UNIT IN 2017!!!

So JoshBrowns prediction months ago that we had the horses to run with anyone is being proven correct. This team has no reason not to challenge for the West title. And now here's a bunch of profanity for the nancy-Hawks predicting 6 wins a month ago. *&^&*%$$##@!*&())*&^^%
 
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OkstHawk said:
First, no doubt happy with the win today. But, let's not go putting lipstick on the pig folks. The play calling on both sides of the ball, especially the defensive side was downright brutal. Iowa got out played, out coached and out toughed today and that should make all of us sick. I hope this coaching staff can use today's sloppy effort as a learning experience. This team needs to see some real improvement or it's going to be a very long season. Today's game has really highlighted the weakness in the secondary and the offensive line. Time to get to work gentleman.
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Is this your first Iowa football game?
Iowa won an Orange Bowl after barely escaping UNI with the help of two botched FG attempts.
Iowa had 500 yards of offense with a QB playing his first road game.
Iowa won the game today so I would say that Iowa outplayed, out coached and out toughed ISU.
The betting line opened at -1 for this game so the "experts: saw this game as a toss up. It was. We won. Stop acting like the world is ending.
 
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