HawkeyeWalker
Well-Known Member
There best game of the year on both sides of the ball on Friday. As a huge Hawk fan living in Omaha I venture to say no one wanted an Iowa win more than me. Unfortunately by living here I know more about husker football than I would care to.
They played as well as they can, at home field, + 2 in turnovers, had a intercepted ball instead be a third down conversion, and there wr's caught balls they haven't all year......and won by 13. No excuses as JVB was a little off and the wr's dropped a couple key passes = poor execution.
By the way, our defense played great and I was happy with their performance, especially given the fact they were on the field for 40 minutes. Great effort !
Yes, I would have liked to see us run straight at them a little more early in the game, especially when inside there 40...but that would have been a moot point if the passing game was better. Our oline played really well in the first half and was getting a great push.
Personally, I don't think Iowa lacked passion as much as some on this board, I think we lacked depth, a certain level of talent, and lacked focus and execution at times....key times.
Honestly I think the coaches were questionable at ISU and MN, other than that I think we were outplayed and out executed in our losses. Listen, I have some of the same frustrations as everyone else and wouldn't mind a couple of tweaks, but don't believe a wholesale change is needed, just my opinion. I think more than anything, frustrations from a very disappointing Last year have spilled to this year. NO, I am not satisfied with mediocrity, or underperforming, or losing to teams we seemingly shoul beat...and I will be upset with bad losses going forward. I believe 7ish wins is the basement for what I will "accept", but I believe we Can and Will improve.....does any real Iowa fan have another choice...except for the crybaby fans that will stomp their feet and wallow in misery. I would venture a guess that the loudest of of these malcontents became "Real" Iowa fans around
2002.
To those fans I say poop in one hand and complain in the other and see which one fills up faster.
Again, no one wanted to beat ne more than me, but I love my Hawkeyes, always will, win or lose.
I realize coming to a message board after a loss is not the path to happy and is my own poor choice. Much like I realize my post will do nothing to change people's opinions. I guess it's for my own "healing".
Until proven otherwise, I believe a bowl win and an improved season and a win over ne is in our future.
go Hawks, forever.
They played as well as they can, at home field, + 2 in turnovers, had a intercepted ball instead be a third down conversion, and there wr's caught balls they haven't all year......and won by 13. No excuses as JVB was a little off and the wr's dropped a couple key passes = poor execution.
By the way, our defense played great and I was happy with their performance, especially given the fact they were on the field for 40 minutes. Great effort !
Yes, I would have liked to see us run straight at them a little more early in the game, especially when inside there 40...but that would have been a moot point if the passing game was better. Our oline played really well in the first half and was getting a great push.
Personally, I don't think Iowa lacked passion as much as some on this board, I think we lacked depth, a certain level of talent, and lacked focus and execution at times....key times.
Honestly I think the coaches were questionable at ISU and MN, other than that I think we were outplayed and out executed in our losses. Listen, I have some of the same frustrations as everyone else and wouldn't mind a couple of tweaks, but don't believe a wholesale change is needed, just my opinion. I think more than anything, frustrations from a very disappointing Last year have spilled to this year. NO, I am not satisfied with mediocrity, or underperforming, or losing to teams we seemingly shoul beat...and I will be upset with bad losses going forward. I believe 7ish wins is the basement for what I will "accept", but I believe we Can and Will improve.....does any real Iowa fan have another choice...except for the crybaby fans that will stomp their feet and wallow in misery. I would venture a guess that the loudest of of these malcontents became "Real" Iowa fans around
2002.
To those fans I say poop in one hand and complain in the other and see which one fills up faster.
Again, no one wanted to beat ne more than me, but I love my Hawkeyes, always will, win or lose.
I realize coming to a message board after a loss is not the path to happy and is my own poor choice. Much like I realize my post will do nothing to change people's opinions. I guess it's for my own "healing".
Until proven otherwise, I believe a bowl win and an improved season and a win over ne is in our future.
go Hawks, forever.
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