Miller: Winning Perspective

[Hawk1960]

Great article Jon.

The other thing I would add is sometimes we have to remind ourselves these are 19, 20, 21 year old kids and they are going to make some mistakes and have their ups and downs. Good teams find a way to win and winning B10 games on the road is never easy.

 

[SirJamaLot]

Jon excellent article, thanks for bringing some positive perspective to this board. The hawks dodged a bullet sat. probably should have lost but the bottom line is that they have 4 games left and can still have a VERY SPECIAL SEASON.

I love it when the bloggers blame kok when the the players play poorly and then call him a genius when they practice well and execute, I doubt the coaches ever read these fan boards but if the players do they get a chuckle how fickle Hawkeye fans can be.

Go hawks please take the wildcats seriously!

 

[kicker22]

I think this defense is solid, but what bothers me as well as many other posters is that in the our two losses as well as the Indiana game that defense has watched the offense come up with big plays that shift the momentum of the game, only to watch the defense allow the opposition to march down the field. As I said earlier, I have nothing but respect for the defense, but come the fourth quarter when it comes down to execution and "who wants it more" we're not making the plays.
Whether or not Indiana executed a perfect drive, or we failed to step up and make a stop, the bottom line is that it was a dropped pass and not a defensive stop on that final drive that kept our hopes of a big ten title alive. A win is a win, but it wasn't so much of us winning it, but rather Indiana losing it.

 

[Puttman]

Geez, I bet you all would Beeitch if you were hung with a new rope.

 

[ColoradoHAWKEYE]

Arizona, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin all drove down the field on Iowa when they needed too.

The main arguement is that the D'line has not played to their potential this year. They are billed as one of the best D'lines in the country, yet they aren't killing anyone in the running game and QBs have time to throw the ball against them. TFL's, hurries, sacks are average. Yesterday they gave up 20 first downs. They got 1-2 sacks(?) against a team with a stationary QB.

Iowa's defense is average. Good at times, not so good at others. And I think not having Norm is a big problem.

I think you get the point, no, I thought you got the point, no you didn't get the point.

I'm not sure which, because while I agree with you about Norm, I think you need to watch MANY other college games as closely as you do the Hawks. Our D is truly way above average. We are decimated at arguably the key position to a great defense, all the LB spots. That allows other O coordinators to scheme against us. Yet we are so phenomenal up front they still have to greatly respect us. Our D is scary good. Watch every other top twenty team. Very few are consistent on D.

Our Red Zone execution and offensive execution on 3rd downs in competition's side of field (see AZ, Wisky, Indiana) different story.

 

[nationalchamps]

Good teams find ways to win games like these and we found a way to win. Every team has games like these every year. The good ones win, the bad ones don't. Simple enough.